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deep in the morning it will be all gmie by the next morn- 

 ings and another inch may he supplied. The object is to 

 keep the roots in full activity^ and yet to avoid treating 

 the jilants as acpiatics^ for to be deeply immersed would be 

 deadly to them. The result of this treatment will be a 

 growth of large, thiclcj glossj', richly-coloured loaves, and 

 a show of flowers far finer every way than can be obtained 

 by the system of cultivation that commonly prevails. We 

 have always so treated our exhibition lachonalias, and have 

 never withheld from such as desired tlie information a 

 disclosure of the secret of success. As regards tempera- 

 ture, that of an ordinary greeidiousc is all-sutlicient. These 

 plants will endure without serious harm a temjierature as 

 low as .3.5°, and one as high as 9U\ But such extremes are 

 to l_ie avoided, and the proper temiierature for them is 45" 

 t(.i GO', with as nnich air as weather will permit, and full 

 exposure to the light. 



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