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OF THE GEORGINA. 



THIS flower was introduced about the year 1804, 

 by Lady Holland, from Spain. It is a native of 

 Mexico, in South America,, the part from whence 

 potatoes were first brought to England by Sir 

 Walter Raleigh, in the year 1565. The roots are 

 susceptible of frost, and liable to be destroyed by 

 it; of course they must be taken up every year, 

 and kept in dry sand, with the crown uppermost. 

 It is propagated by dividing the roots; a single 

 tuber even will suffice, by cuttings and by seed. 

 In many instances it will sow itself, for plants very 

 frequently spring up on the spot where it has stood 

 the preceding year. It is now generally treated as 

 an annual, by sowing the seed in March, upon 

 heat ; the young plants are pricked out singly into 

 small pots, and kept in frames until May, when 

 they may be turned into the ground to flower in the 



