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head once or twice a day. When in full growth water freely, 

 avoiding excess, and once or twice a week, after they become 

 pot-bound, give them weak liquid manure. During the winter 

 water cautiously. The tuberous-rooted species must be dried 

 off, and the pots turned on their sides to prevent the soil 

 getting wet. 



It is of great importance to pot them in light rich soil, 

 through which the roots can travel freely. A very suitable 

 compost may, however, be formed with good turfy loam and 

 leaf mould, mixed in the proportion of two parts of the former 

 to one of the latter. The loam must be broken up roughly, 

 and, after adding the leaf mould, a good sprinkling of small 

 crocks and a liberal proportion of silver sand should be 

 mixed with it, to keep the mass open and porous, this condition 

 being of the utmost importance. 



BEGO^"IA VEITCHI. 



BEaOXIA EOS.EPLOBA. 



The most hardy kinds are B. rosceflora, a stemless species, 

 which flowers well in a cool greenhouse ; B. WeUoniensis (also 

 known as B. ClarJcei), which is one of the best window plants : 

 and B. Veitchi, which is hardy enough to plant in the open 

 garden in a sheltered spot. For winter flowers the best are B. 



