B'JLBOUS-HOOTED FLOWERS. 



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it miglit he diflS.cult to tell. Our climate is well suited to their 

 growth and culture, much better in most of the Dominion than 

 that of England or France, and they require no more care than a 

 Potato. Indeed, we are inclined to helieve, that with a covering 



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of leaves or strawy litter that wotild keep out the frost, where 

 the winters are open, and with none at all where the snow keeps 

 the ground from freezing, they could be wintered safely in the 

 BoU. Yet the better and safer method is to take them up in 

 October, let the bulbs or corms dry for a day or two, and then 

 put them away in a cool, dry place, free from feost. We are in 

 the habit of packing them in perfectly dry sand, and find that 

 they never fail to keep in fine condition. 



