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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



once a fortnight into the flower-house. Potting 

 should be performed as soon as the leaf is fallen, 

 that they may be the better established in the pots. 

 They will be ready for forcing when they have had 

 one summer's growth. Those which are forced 

 one winter, must be allowed to rest the ensuing 

 winter to recover. It is requisite to prune them 

 by cutting away the weakest shoots, and shorten- 

 ing the luxuriant ones, this causes them to pro- 

 duce short spurs ; it should be done as soon as 

 they have ceased flowering, to enable them to bloom 

 the next winter. 



In potting, use strong rich garden soil. 



LACHENALIA PENDULA, TRICOLOR, QUADRX- 



COLOR. 



Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia. 



ASPHODELE^I. 



Native of Cape of Good Hope. — Propagation, 

 offsets. 



Treatment, see Ixia. 



OXALIS — PURPUREA, LUTEA, BOWII ? 

 VERSICOLOR. 

 Class, Decandria. Order, Pentagynia. 



OXALIDE^E. 



Native of Cape of Good Hope. — Propagation-, 

 offsets. 



Treatment, see Ixia, 



