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manner. They delight in a rich loamy soil, and should be 
planted in a shady and moist situation. They are quite hardy. 
The wood should be quite ripe to insure success by either method 
of propagation. The colors of these plants may, to a certain ex- 
tent, be varied by artificial means. The rose-colored variety, 
(Hypraneza HorTensis,) by means of a mixture of iron with the 
soil they grow in, may be changed to a blue tint. To attain this 
result, iron-filings, or the refuse which accumulates on a grind- 
stone, should be employed. 
LILIES. 
This large and handsome family of flowering bulbs, delighting 
in a soil composed of well-rotted manure, leaf-mould, and sandy 
loam, in equal parts, may be propagated generally from offsets, 
and some varieties from seed. Most of the species are quite 
hardy, but if covered with well-rotted manure, will bloom much 
stronger. They generally flower in July and August, and should 
be well watered in dry seasons till done blooming. When a dis- 
position for dormancy is evinced, watering should be dispensed 
with; and, if in pots, the stalks cut down, and the bulbs removed 
to some place protected against frost, there to remain until the 
season for flowering. As soon as the foliage begins to decay, the 
roots may be divided. If delayed until the foliage commences to 
grow, the bloom will be greatly weakened. 
PETUNIAS. 
Blooming from June to November, and every shoot being laden 
with flowers, the Petunia should have a place in every garden. 
Some varieties, when once established, will sow themselves rather 
too plentifully oyer the garden.“ The better sorts should only be 
cultivated, and will amply repay, in the beauty and profusion: 
of their flowers, the labor bestowed upon them. They can easily 
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