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ing it. The proper soil is a mixture of peat and 

 loam, with a little very rotten dung. 



ESCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA 



Is a plant of late introduction to the flower-gar- 

 den, and one of its most showy ornaments, display- 

 ing a brilliant succession of rich yellow colored 

 flowers, from July to November, and is found to 

 stand our winters with the protection of a light 

 covering of straw or litter, when the weather hap- 

 pens to be severe. It grows luxuriantly in common 

 garden soil, with a slight admixture of leaf-mould, 

 and is produced from seeds sown on heat in April 

 or May ; the young plants, if taken care of, will 

 flower the same season. 



GLADIOLUS CARDINALIS. 



This is one of the Cape bulbs, yet it may be 

 flowered in the open air in this country, as indeed 

 may be most of the African Gladiola, by protecting 

 them with a covering of straw during me winter 

 months. This Gladiolus displays its blood-colored 

 blossoms, which are very beautiful, during this and 

 the ensuing month. October is the time for plant- 

 ing the bulbs, seven or eight inches deep, lest frost 

 should reach them. They require a peat loam, and 

 a moist situation. Many pretty hybridized Gladioli 

 have lately been produced from seeds of the differ- 

 ent varieties. The seed, if sown in the green-house 

 in November, will vegetate strongly in the following 



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