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arrival piace the plants in a shaded tank, 

 the water in which has a temperature slightly 

 higher than that prevailing in the interior of 

 the packing case. During the next few days 

 gradually raise the temperature to the normal 

 and the plant will quickly respond. Under 

 these conditions the plants remain till the 

 time of planting. 



By the time the plants are about four 

 months old, they will have passed through the 

 stages of their career most fraught with those 

 dangers which we can avert by constant care 

 and watchfulness, and are old enough to 

 shift for themselves. In a climate like that 

 of New Orleans, La., planting out in the pond 

 where they are to grow during the summer is 

 all that is then necessary. In a more tem- 

 perate region a few extra precautions are 

 yet demanded for Victoria regia, for, though 

 both species may be grown out of doors, only 

 the V. Cruziana will do its best in a cool pond. 

 At Philadelphia, for instance, plants of this 

 species may be put outdoors in shallow sunny 

 pools in June. V. Cruziana even perfects 



