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yU OXALIS — P^ONY. 



These bulbs are generally cultivated in the greenhouse, 

 and require a compost consisting of about one-half fresh 

 loam, one-third leaf mould, and the remainder sand, in 

 which they may be planted in September. \\ hen cultiva- 

 ted in the garden, they should be planted four or five inches 

 deep, and protected with dung, &c. They produce their 

 flowers early in June. 



OXALIS. 



The Oxalis is a native of the Cape of Good Hope ; the 

 species are numerous, and their roots are very small bulbs, 

 articulated, jointed, or granulated, in a manner peculiar 

 to this genus. They produce curious flowers of various 

 hues, yellow, purple, rose,, red, white, striped, vermilion 

 colour, &c. The bulbs should be planted in very small 

 pots in August and September, in a compost, consisting of 

 about two-thirds loam, and one-third leaf or light mould, 

 and treated in the same manner as other Cape Bulbs. 

 They increase in a peculiar manner, by the parent bulb 

 striking a fibre down from ils base, at the extremity of which 

 is produced a new bulb for the next years plant, the old 

 one perishing. These plants will flower freely in a green- 

 house. 



PiEONST. 



" Pceonia round each fiery ring unfurls, 



Bares to the noon's bright blaze her sanguine juris." 



Of tliia genus of splendid plants there are kaown to be 

 about twenty species, and as many varieties. It is said 

 that tlif ' Pceonia officinalis rubra, or common double red 

 Peeony, was introduced into Antwerp upwards of two centu- 

 ries ago, at which time it was sold at an enormous price. It 

 has since b-en highly esteemed in Europe and America, 



