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twenty species, but few of them generally cultivated, 

 except F. imperialis. Crown Imperial ; and F. persica. 

 These will require planting, and ought not to be lifted 

 oftener than every third year. There are four or five 

 varieties of the above, showy flowers, and singular in 

 appearance. They require a deep rich loamy soil, and 

 if in beds, plant them from three to four inches deep, 

 and one foot apart. They will grow under shade of 

 trees, or any situation where the soil is adapted for 

 them. No imbricated or scaly bulb ought to be retain- 

 ed long out of the ground. When any of these are 

 lifted, and the young bulbs taken off, they should be 

 planted at once. See particularly on bulbous roots in 

 general next month. 



SOWING SEEDS OF BULBOUS ROOTS. 



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Where any seeds of these are saved, with the inten- 

 tion of sowing, let it be done this month. Procure 

 boxes about seven inches deep, and in size proportion- 

 ed to the quantity to be sown. Put five inches of light 

 sandy soil in the box, level it smoothly, and sow the 

 seeds separately and thickly ; cover with half an inch 

 of light sandy loam, with a portion of earth from the 

 woods. Keep the box or boxes in a sheltered situation, 

 giving frequent sprinklings of water to keep the earth 

 damp, which must be protected with a frame, or cover- 

 ed with leaves during winter. The plants will ap- 

 pear in spring, and must be watered and kept in the 

 shade : when the leaves decay in June, put one inch 

 more soil upon them, and the second year they can be 



