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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELL ATU S. BLUE, 

 Class, Hexakdria. Order, Monogynia. 



Hemerocaleidex. 



Native of the CapeofGood Hope. 1692. — Pro- 

 pagation, seeds, division. 



As soon as the plants have done blooming, se- 

 lect a number of the oldest of them and detach 

 the suckers, which pot singly into No. 16 size 

 pots : when this is done, give them a good water- 

 ing and place them in the flower-house, where they 

 must remain until they blooiu»; this will be in the 

 following spring, if they are potted in May. As 

 soon as they have done blooming, shift them into 

 No. 8 pots, and replace them in the flower-house 

 until June, when they may be put out into the 

 open air. to remain till October ; at which time 

 remove them into the greenhouse, and finally, id 

 January, into the flower-house. They will bloom 

 in April. Those which are intended to be brought 

 into flower in January must be placed in the flower- 

 house in October. For succession, pot a certain 

 number every spring, and plant the old stocks 

 out in a warm situation in the open borders, or 

 throw them away. Plants of two or three years 

 old bloom better than older plants. 



Soil. — Two parts loam, one good decomposed 

 dung, to which add a little rough sand. 



Water. — Give in abundance when the plants 



