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the double African, American, and Italian grown bulbs 

 are all good. The Pearl is dwarf in habit. 



VALLOTAS 



The Vallota, or Scarborough Lily (V. purpurea), is 

 a general favourite for its brightly coloured flowers 

 in autumn, and because of the ease with which it 

 can be grown in a greenhouse or window. It is 

 hardy in a few favoured places, and in some is 

 grown as a frame bulb, but for the greater number 

 of British gardens it is best when grown in a house 

 from which frost is excluded in winter. It should 

 be repotted as seldom as possible, and then the roots 

 should be little disturbed and the plants transferred 

 to a larger pot with the ball attached, only removing 

 some of the soil on the surface to allow of top dressing. 

 The offsets may be removed with a stick. It likes a 

 rich, light soil, and may be potted towards the end of 

 spring. The roots should never become dry. Some 

 give a little liquid manure during summer, and when 

 well grown few plants look more ornamental, with its 

 heads of deep scarlet flowers. There is a larger-flowered 

 variety named major. 



WATSONIAS 



Although the Watsonias will do if planted out on a 

 warm south border in favoured places in this country, 

 and treated as half-hardy bulbs, intending growers are 

 advised to grow them in pots as greenhouse plants. 

 They have fine branching stems of a height of from 

 two to three feet, and pretty blooms somewhat resem- 

 bling those of the Freesia*in form. The corms should 

 be planted in spring, and treated like Gladioli in pots. 

 After flowering, water should be gradually reduced 

 when the leaves begin to turn yellow, and the corms 



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