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This same method is to be pursued in transplanting, tak- 

 ing care not to injure the roots. Perfect drainage must be 

 secured both in potting and repotting. 



The newly received bulbs, having been potted, should be 

 placed in a hot-bed, under a flue or any dry place where 

 the temperature will vary little from 50. Let them remain 

 for about six weeks, and receive no water after potting until 

 the leaves appear. They should then be plunged into a hot 

 bed of about 70 temperature. The bulbs will soon show 

 the leaves and flower-scape, when they must be slightly 

 watered, gradually increasing the quantity as growth pro- 



In a few weeks the plants will be in flower, when they 

 may be removed to the parlor or conservatory. After the 

 bloom is over, remove them to the greenhouse, and keep them 

 duly supplied with water and liquid manure until the strong- 

 est growth is attained, which will be in July if the bulbs 

 have been potted in January, which is the most suitable 

 time. Then place the bulbs on a shelf near the glass, in 

 full sun, and gradually diminish the supply of water so as to 

 have them at rest by the beginning of October. They may 

 then be stored away in the pots near the flue so as not to 

 roast them, and no more water be given. 



