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bed when it is emptied after the 2Oth of May, and 

 partly shaded, they will be fine, robust plants by 

 August, and may be used to replace the Pansies when 

 it is not desired to carry these through the summer. 

 If one has a sufficient number of pots, pot and plunge 

 in the hotbed and they will not be set back by trans- 

 planting, but they must be plunged to the rim. They 

 should be shifted when necessary, duly mulched, and 

 not allowed to dry out. 



Nothing finer than the tuberous Begonias can be 

 desired either for bedding or for pot culture. The 

 single are perhaps showier for bedding, but the double 

 are handsomer for pot culture. They do admirably 

 bedded out in a shady corner, or in pots in the sand- 

 box. Peat, or a compost of two parts loam, two parts 

 leaf-mould, and one part each of sand and old, well- 

 rotted manure suits all varieties of Begonias. In set- 

 ting out the tuberous Begonia it is well to mulch the 

 bed with lawn clippings. Water thoroughly once a 

 day, and, if very dry, or at all exposed to the sun, 

 twice a day. So really wonderful are their blossoms, 

 and so long and freely do they bloom, that they well 

 repay a little extra care and protection. When frosty 

 nights come the tuberous Begonias must be lifted, 

 potted and kept indoors until they have completed 

 their season of growth. Then water should be gradu- 

 ally cut off and the pots stored away in a dark, warm 

 closet until spring, or if there are too many Begonias 

 to pot they may be ripened off at once by putting on a 



