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common seasons. Those that are to be kept in pots, if not 

 repotted, do it immediately, and give regular supplies of water. 



CHARACTER OF A POLYANTHUS. 



The pips large, flat, and round, with small indentures 

 between each division of the limb, dividing the pip into 

 heart-like segments edged with bright yellow; the edge and 

 the eye ought to be of the same color, the truss to consist of 

 not less than five full-blown pips, supported on a strong stem, 

 standing well above the foliage. 



POLIANTHES TUBEROSA FLORE PLENO. 



This very popular bulb, generally known as Tuberose, has 

 been cultivated in England upwards of two centuries, wh^ce 

 we no doubt have received it, and now can return those of 

 our production to supply their demand. The flowers are 

 many and highly odoriferous, and of the purest white, and 

 on a flower stem from three to five feet high. To have them 

 in the greatest perfection, they should be planted in a lively 

 hot-bed, about the first of this month, in six inch pots filled 

 with light rich earth, giving very little water until they 

 begin to grow, when they ought to be liberally supplied with 

 plenty of air, and about the end of next month they may be 

 planted in the borders, providing a spot for them that is or 

 has been well worked, and enriched with well-decomposed 

 manure. Secure their flower stems to proper rods. Previ- 

 ous to planting the roots, all the off"-sets should be taken off 

 and planted separately; keep the crown of the bulb level 

 with the surface of the pot, and when they are replanted in 

 the open ground, put them two inches deeper. 



But when the convenience of a hot-bed cannot be obtained, 

 they will succeed very well if planted about the end of this 

 month or first of next in the garden, in a bed of earth pre- 

 pared for their reception. Let it be dug deep, and make 

 the soil light and rich, by giving it a good supply of manure 

 two years old, well broken and incorporated with the earth, 

 adding a little sand where the soil is heavy. The black earth 

 from the woods produced from decayed leaves is equally as 



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