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fully lifted before the end of the month, and planted in six 

 or seven inch pots, with light loamy soil. Place them in the 

 shade till they take fresh root, and give them frequent sprink- 

 lings of water. As soon as the foliage becomes erect, expose 

 them to the full sun, and treat as green-house plants. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



These very ornamental plants blooming so late, and at a 

 period when there are few others in flower, one of each variety 

 (or two of some of the finest) should be lifted and put in 

 eight-inch pots, in light loamy soil, and treated as above di- 

 rected for stocks, &c. These will flower beautifully from Oc- 

 tober to December ; and, when done blooming, the pots may 

 be plunged in the garden, or covered with any kind of litter 

 until spring, when they can be divided, and planted out 



CAPE AND HOLLAND BULBS. 



About the end of this month is the period for all of these 

 that are intended for the green-house to be potted. We spe- 

 cified some of the former last month, and will here enumerate 

 a few others. 



Anomatheca cruenta, a sparkling little gem of a bulb, pro- 

 ducing a mass of scarlet flowers spotted with orange and 

 brown. 



Bab\ana, a genus of small bulbs, with pretty blue, white, 

 red, and yellow flowers. B. distica, pale blue flowers in two 

 ranks. B. stricter, flowers blue and white. * B. tubljibra, 

 beautiful bright blue. B.plicata has sweet-scented pale blue 

 flowers. B. villosa, red; B. sufyhurea, sulphur-colour; B. 

 rubro-cyanea, dark purple with crimson centre. There are 

 about twenty species of them, and they grow from six to 

 twelve inches high. Five-inch pots are sufficient for them 

 (Soil No. 11.) 



Gladiolus, corn-flag, a genus of above fifty species. There 

 are several very showy plants among them, and a few very 

 superb. G. fioribiindus, large pink and white flowers. G. 

 cardindlis, flowers superb scarlet, spotted with white. G. 

 byzautbtm, purple G. bldndvs, flowers of a blush rose 



