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if introduced into the flower borders, and intermixed with 

 perennial plants of variable colours, have a very pretty 

 appearance when planted in clumps or patches. This may 

 be done in the month of October, by taking out a spadeful 

 of earth from each place alloted for a plant, and then 

 inserting three or four bulbs, about two inches deep. If the 

 ground be poor, some rich compost may be dug in around 

 the spot before the bulbs are planted, and if several sorts be 

 planted in the same border, let them be of various colours. 

 The tuberous-ropted are of various colours, as blue, 

 yellow, brown, and spotted ; they are easily cultivated, and 

 flower freely in a loose soil inclining to moisture, if planted 

 in March or April. 



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These are tender, but very free-flowering bulbs, producing 

 on their stems, which vary in height from six^inches to two 

 feet, very delicate flowers of various colours, as orange," 

 blush, white, purple, green, crimson, scarlet, and some have 

 two and three colours connected in the same plant. 



There are, in all, upwards of twenty species, which may 

 be cultivated in the green-house, by planting the bulbs 

 in pots in September or October, and placing them near 

 the light, and then watering them sparingly until they 

 begin to shoot. 



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This is a hardy race of bulbs, and produces very delicate 

 yellow flowers early in May. There are different varieties, 

 some of which are single-flowering, and others double. 

 Their fragrance is very grateful, being similar to that of 

 Jasmines. The bulbs may be planted about two inches 

 deep in the flower borders, or in pots, in October, or before 

 the setting in of Winter ; they flower better the second year 

 than in the first, and, therefore, should not be moved and 

 replanted oftener than once in three years. 



