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spring, and the young bulbs may be planted in the 

 next October, to flower the succeeding year. 



POTENTILLA, (CINQUE-FOIL.) 



The varieties of this plant are from the Nepaul 

 country, the mountainous parts of which have con- 

 tributed many beautiful plants, sufficiently hardy for 

 our flower borders ; few of them exceeding the Po- 

 tentilla, whose flowers are crimson and purple.. 



IXIAS 



Are bulbous roots from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 of the same rank and size that the Crocus is here, 

 but much more varied in color : a mixture of peat 

 and sand is the best soil for them. 



STAPELIA. 



This is a succulent genus, and has many species: 

 the shape and appearance of the flower and shoot 

 are singular : one species has a very disagreeable 

 smell, so delightful, however, to the olfactory nerves 

 of flies and maggots, that they deposite their eggs, 

 and are hatched, in it: not desirable for the boudoir. 



GLADIOLUS PSITTACINUS, 



A species lately introduced among us, exhibiting 

 flowers of the richest tints Orange ground and 



