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doubtful if any excels the A. Johnsonii, and a collec- 

 tion of Amarylli might well begin with this. 



Tuberoses should be started in a warm place where 

 they will not be exposed to draughts or chills. Be- 

 fore potting, take a sharp knife and remove all the 

 old root and hard substance about the base, leaving 

 but a thin layer below the bulb. Unless this is done, 

 growth will be either delayed or prevented, as the 

 new growth cannot push through this hard substance. 

 Pot singly in four-inch pots and keep moist and warm 

 until growth begins, when they may be given a posi- 

 tion in a sunny window, and encouraged to grow until 

 time for planting out in the open ground, after all 

 danger of frost is past. If it is not desired to plant 

 directly in the open ground they may be shifted into 

 six- or eight-inch pots and plunged in the ground. 

 They must be plunged to the brim, or over, and will 

 require more water than when growing in the ground. 

 If they are still blooming at the approach of frost 

 they may be lifted and removed to the house. Others 

 that have been bedded out may be lifted, potted, and 

 brought in, and will bloom as freely, though not as 

 quickly, as those in pots. Disturbing the roots does 

 not seem to interfere at all with the process of bloom. 



The double pearl Tuberose blooms but once, and it 

 is hardly worth while, unless one has much room and 

 time, to try to bring the small bulbs forward to the 

 blooming stage, as they must be cultivated for two 

 or three summers and cared for for as many winters. 



