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tuberous roots, and the best way to keep these is in the 
pots without disturbing them. If nearly, but not quite, 
dust-dry, and guarded from frost, they will be perfectly safe 
through the winter. In the month of February they should 
be shaken out and planted in shallow boxes filled with a 
similar soil to that recommended for the seeds. It is a 
matter of importance never to put them in pots or boxes 
containing more than two or three inches of soil in the 
first instance, for in a deep soil they are apt to rot; but in 
a shallow soil they are sure to grow, the temperature of 
a warm greenhouse being sufficient for the purpose. A 
moderate amount of care will insure a fine lot of plants 
by the end of May, when they should be very carefully 
“hardened ” in frames to prepare them for planting out. 
About the second week in June is, generally speaking, the 
best time to put them out in beds; but in the southern 
and western counties they may be put out at the end of 
May, and provided they are not punished by frost, it 
may be said the sooner they are planted the better. They 
will flower saperbly, and in all adverse seasons it will 
be found that these frail, succulent, and comparatively 
tender plants endure wind and rain with less harm than 
any other bedders. In a dry hot season they must have 
plenty of water, but in an average season they will need 
but little or none. 
The following varieties for summer flowering constitute 
a fine collection:—Mont Blane, Coral Rose, Countess of 
Kingston, J. H. Laing, Lady Hume Campbell, Lemoinei, 
Trocadéro, Mrs. Laing, Louis Thibaut, General Roberts, 
White Queen, Laing’s Superba. 
To produce fine specimens some strong plants should 
be dried off and rested as soon as convenient, without 
