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afforded at the same time as much light as possible. Eepotted 

 in the following October, or planted out in a soil well enriched 

 with leaf-mould in the open border, they will blossom in great 

 splendour during the Cold weather; during which time also 

 they may be easily propagated by layers. They blossom, too, 

 in pots more or less all the rest of the year, but they require to 

 be continually renewed. 



3. D. Heddewigi. Also lately introduced from Japan ; bears 

 large, superb, crimson flowers, with petals prettily fringed. Cul- 

 tivated in exactly the same manner as the last. This likewise 

 is considered variety of a D. Chinensis. 



4. D. barbatus. SWEET WILLIAM. The fine varieties of this 

 plant, though they thrive well, rarely if ever open their beau- 

 tiful trusses of bloom in the locality of Calcutta. The seed may 

 be sown in October, and the young plants kept through the 

 succeeding Hot and Kain seasons, by sheltering them from the 

 wet. without at the same time screening them too much from 

 the light. In November, pot them singly in large pots with 

 fresh and rather rich soil. During the dry weather they will be 

 benefited by having their pots sunk in water to the rim for an 

 hour or two every four or five days. 



5. D. Caryophyllus. Comprises those lovely and varied fragrant 

 flowers so well known under the name of Carnation, Clove, and 

 Picotee. In the locality of Calcutta the only specimen ever met 

 wit! i is a dull, dark-crimson flower of poor description. Plants 

 of choice kinds may be raised from seed, and preserved easily 

 from year to year, but they obstinately refuse to blossom. 



In the North- Western Provinces, on the other hand, no plants 

 succeed more satisfactorily. Seed of the finest kinds is expensive, 

 but it rarely fails of germinating abundantly, and well repays 

 for the cost of it. It should be sown in October. The young 

 plants should be put out about March, in a prepared piece of 

 ground, elevated enough that no water may lodge upon it, and 

 it will be found that they can then bear, without taking much 

 harm, full exposure to both sun and rain. Should, however, a 

 little protection be considered expedient, it is of the utmost im- 

 portance that they be not overscreened from light, or they will 

 be all but sure to perish. In October or November each plant 

 may be put in a large-sized pot, with a soil composed of equal 

 parts of common earth, vegetable-mould, decayed cow-manure, 



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