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gun and air. When the spring comes, the pots may 

 be put out into the natural ground again ; or, which 

 is better, the balls of earth may be put into a hole 

 made for the purpose ; and thus the plants will be 

 in the natural ground to blow. In this country they 

 should be placed in the shade when put out again ; 

 for a very hot sun is apt to tarnish the bloom. 



3S6. SYRINGA, ov Moch-Orange.— A. yery stout 

 shrub, with blossoms much like that of the orange, 

 and with a powerful smell. It is propagated from 

 suckers, of which it sends out a great many. 



387. SWEET WILLIAM.— A very pretty flower. 

 Makes a fine show. Comes Double by chance : and 

 is very handsome whether double or single. It is 

 propagated from seed, the plants coming from which 

 do not blow till the second year. The Sweet Wil- 

 liam root does not last many years. It may be pro- 

 pagated by parting the roots ; and this musthe done 

 to have the same flower again to a certainty, because 

 the seed do not, except hy chance, produce flowers 

 like those of the mother plant. 



388. TUBEROSE.— This is a bulbuous-rooted 

 plant that sends up a beautiful and most fragrant 

 flower. But, even in England, it cannot be brought 

 to perfection without artificial heat in the spring. If 

 got forward in a green-house, or hot-bed, and put 

 out about the middle of June, it would blow beauti- 

 fully in America. It is a native of Italy, and the 

 roots are brought to England and sold there in the 

 shops. It is propagated and managed precisely like 

 the Hyacinth, which see. 



389. TULIP.— Beds of Tulips vie with those of 

 Carnations and Auriculas, They are made shows 

 of in England, and a single root is sometimes sold 

 for two or three hundred guineas. And, why not ; 

 as well as make shows of pictures^ and sell them 



