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facility on a gentle hot-bed, and may be made any 

 time during the spring or beginning of summer. 

 When rooted, they should be potted in a compost 

 of equal parts of rich earth, rotten dung, and leaf- 

 mould, well sifted and incorporated together ; and 

 if properly attended to, they will flower strongly the 

 next spring. New varieties are obtained from seed, 

 which should be sown in a rich light soil, and very 

 thinly covered, or the seeds will rot ; when the plants 

 are of sufficient size, they may be potted and treated 

 as the cuttings. 



Among the following are some of the finest va- 

 rieties : 



