112 FAMILIAR GAUBEN FLOJTESS. 



must be in a frame with lights ; it must be well drained, 

 and it must have a sunny exposure. Plant the roots in 

 rows aerossj three inches apart in the rows, and the rows 

 six- inches asunder. This must be done in September or 

 early in October. Give the least amoxmt of water possible 

 to be safe J but moisture the roots must have. Make use of 

 the lights judiciously, giving air as often and as long as 

 possible, and above all things taking care not to push the 

 growth. You will in due time have a splendid bloom. 

 And to speak the plain truth, to secure a good bloom is 

 easy enough ; the grand thing for the cultivator is to bloom 

 the same roots a second time, a third time, a fourth time, 

 and so oil, and with each year's growth to obtain a supply 

 of offsets. To do this you must encourage your plants to 

 flower freely and to complete theij leaf-growth, and then 

 you must let them go quite dry, and put on the lights 

 to help on the roasting process. 



