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exhibit the blossom in all its splendour, which exists 

 only a single day ; but as if to compensate for its 

 transient visit, each plant will produce numerous 

 flowers ; and where a bed of them can be collected, 

 they will amuse their admirers for several weeks, from 

 July to September. In such a case, the bulbs may 

 be planted about two inches deep, and from twelve to 

 fifteen inches apart, towards the end of April or early 

 in May, and taken up again in October, to preserve 

 for planting the ensuing year. 



OBSERVATIONS 



ON THE 



CULTURE OF BULBOUS ROOTS, IN POTS OR 

 GLASSES, IN THE WINTER SEASON. 



The culture of bulbous roots in a greenhouse, or light 

 room, during the winter, is comparatively easy, pro- 

 vided two points be attended to ; the first is to keep 

 them near the light, and to turn the pots or glasses 

 round frequently, to prevent their growing crooked ; 

 and the second is, when the plants have done growing, 

 to give those in pots little or no water; for want of 

 attention to these points, bulbs have been known to 

 produce foliage, year after year, without showing any 

 blossoms. All bulbs have a certain period of the year 

 in which they are in a dormant state ; this, in a state 

 of nature, is invariably after the seeds are ripened ; 

 but as in a greenhouse, many of this family do not 



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