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Maid of Orleans, | Le Cocu en colere, 



Le Cocu content. | Princessinn Esterhazij, 



&c. &c. &c. 



I confess I am at a loss to say what compost is 

 proper to grow it in, and yet, after all, the fault per- 

 haps does not rest with the soil, but the climate, 

 which, take it the year round, is too harsh and moist 

 for this delicate exotic yet I recommend the fol- 

 lowing : 



2 barrows of light loam, 

 1 do. leaf-mould, 

 1 do. old frame dung, 

 J do. old cow dung, 

 do. river sand. 



MODE OF PRESERVING THE SEED. 



To any one having an opportunity of collecting any 

 Yellow Picotee seed, which he may be desirous to 

 bring or send to England, I recommend him to put it 

 into a small phial or glass bottle, corked so as to 

 exclude the air. In this state, it will keep good for a 

 couple of years. 



