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roots. During this period they should be watered very sparingly, 

 as too much moisture would endanger their rotting. At the end 

 of this time they may be set upon the stage, with the other kinds, 

 and watered more freely. They will soon put out their leaves, 

 and will flower throughout the months of May and June. After 

 the flowers have faded, gradually cease giving water, until the 

 foliage has assumed a decayed appearance, when it must be 

 wholly withheld. The bulbs are so small that they may remain 

 in the pots, which should be kept in a shed or some other shel- 

 tered place, out of the way of wet. When the time arrives for 

 planting again, they should be taken out of the pots, separated, 

 and reset in a fresh compost, and the same treatment observed 

 as before. 



The bulbs may also be grown in the same manner as the tiger 

 flower; and those persons who do not possess a green-house, can 

 have their flowers in as good perfection as those who do, though 

 not at the same season. They may be planted in the month of 

 May, in the border, in a light rich soil, composed of leaf mould, 

 or peat, and loam: they should be set about an inch deep and 

 two or three inches apart. When the flower stems appear, tie 

 them neatly to small sticks, to prevent their being broken by the 

 wind. The bulbs may remain in the ground after they have 

 done blooming till November, unless there is danger of severe 

 frost, when it will be necessary to take them up and lay them 

 away in dry papers, out of the reach of it, until spring. 



This species produces seeds in abundance, which vegetate 

 very freely, in a common hot-bed, planted in the month of Feb- 

 ruary or March, in the same soil as recommended for the old 

 bulbs. We have now growing in the open border a great num- 

 ber of plants from seeds sown last spring. The leaves are as 

 vigorous as those on the old roots, and we have no doubt, from 

 the appearance, that they will, some of them, produce flowers 

 next season. The bulbs are so easily increased, that we hope 

 they will soon become common in every garden. 



Art. VI. JVotices of new and beautiful Plants figured in the 

 London Floricultural and Botanical Magazines ; with some 

 Jlccount of those which it would be desirable to introduce into 

 our Gardens. 



