52 Notes and Gleanings. 



LiLiUM AURATUM CULTURE. — The Culture of this plant is the same as that 

 of Liliuui lancifolium. Early in November, repot it, removing all the soil that 

 comes away easily ; but on no account remove or injure the fresh, healthy roots. 

 If there are any offsets, remove them, and pot them off singly in four-and-a-half- 

 inch pots ; or three or more may be placed in a seven-inch pot. The drainage 

 should be good. Half fill the pot with a compost of one half turfy loam from 

 rotted turfs, and the remaining half with equal parts of sandy peat and leaf-mould 

 or very old manure. Introduce the bulbs, spreading out the roots ; and cover 

 them and the bulbs to a little more than an inch above the crown. The old de- 

 cayed stem should be cut down to the soil. One bulb should have a seven-inch 

 pot ; whilst three bulbs may be placed in a nine-inch, or seven or more may be 

 placed in a twelve or thirteen inch pot. Strong bulbs should have more pot- 

 toom than weak. Give a good watering, and place the pots in a house or pit 

 from which frost is just excluded. The soil should not be kept more than moist 

 over the winter. When the shoots are growing, water should be given ; and 

 a light and airy situation in a cool house or pit should be afforded. The pot 

 should be filled to the rim with the same kind of soil as was used for potting ; 

 the water should be liberal ; and liquid manure may be given once a week. The 

 frequent syringing overhead will also be of advantage. The plants cannot have 

 too much air, nor be kept too near the glass : only in no case must they be 

 allowed to touch it. After flowering, lessen the supply of water, and repot 

 immediately the foliage turns yellow. 



PiMELEA Culture. — The pimelea may be grown well in a compost of turfy, 

 sandy peat two-thirds, and one-third sandy, turfy loam, with the addition of 

 enough charcoal about the size of a pea, and silver sand, to amount to one- 

 fourth of the whole. The peat and loam should be chopped, and made pretty 

 fine, and the whole well mixed and incorporated. The plants should have a cool, 

 airy frame or pit during the summer ; and in winter a light, airy situation in 

 a greenhouse from which frost is merely excluded. They should be cut back 

 after flowering ; and, when the young shoots are a few inches long, the plants 

 should be carefully potted, removing the greater part of the old soil, but preserv- 

 ing the roots, and, in potting, providing good drainage, and keeping the neck or 

 collar of the plant slightly raised in the centre of the pot. After potting, keep 

 the plants rather close and shaded for a few days ; afterwards give them plenty 

 of air, and keep them near the glass ; then water when necessary ; but do not 

 give excessive quantities at any time, and yet sufficient at every watering to 

 show itself at the drainage. Careful watering is needed in winter, and plenty 

 of air. 



Wintering Caladiums. — Caladiums should be wintered in a house with 

 a minimum temperature of from sixty to sixty-five degrees ; and the soil should 

 be kept dry, but not dust-dry, as that is apt to cause the roots to rot upon their 

 coming in contact with moisture. If possible, place the pots on a moist bottom ; 

 they will absorb enough moisture : but, failing this, sprinkle two or three times 

 a week with water, so as to make the surface of the soil and the pots moist. 



