APRIL. 



47 



TUBEROSES. 



Plant tuberoses in rich light earth, in a warm sicaa- 

 tion, two or three inches deep, about twelve inches 

 apart. They w^ll blow in July — they may be propa- 

 gated by offsets from the main root, taken off either 

 before you plant the roots, or when you take up the 

 roots — the offsets may be planted in dry light earth, 

 sheltered with mats till May : in dry weather water 

 Ihem ; next October or September the leaves will fail 

 off, when the roots must be taken up and preserved 

 for planting next spring. Take them up the follow- 

 ing fall, and the year following they will flower. 



AURICULAS IJV POTS. 



Those in bloom must be protected from the hot 

 «un, from heavy showers and wind ; those you intend 

 for seed must (when the flowers begin to fade) be 

 plunged into a border where they will have th^ morn- 

 ing sun, and be sheltered at ten or eleven o'clock. 

 Keep them from weeds, and water them in dry w^eather ; 

 in June or July, gather the seed pods as they ripen. 



Auriculas are also propagated by suckers from 

 the sides and roots of the old plant. This month 

 plant suckers in pots or borders, in a shady situa- 

 tion, and water them frequently in dry weather—by 

 this mode you can increase your stock of favorite 

 flowers; but when you raise from seed, there is no 

 certainty that the youag flowers will be exactly like 

 the old ones. Seedlings sown last fall must be shel- 

 tered from the noon sun, and the boxes in which thuy 

 grow removed the latter end of this month to a shady 

 place. Auricula seeds may be sown early this month. 



BALM OF GILEAD 



Seed may be sown in a warm situation, on rich 

 earth ; sow the seed and manage the plants as directed 

 for the hardy annuals. 



