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CRASSULA CROCUS. 



It requires an abundance of water except in the 

 months of September and October, when it should 

 be kept rather dry and be given rest to prepare for 

 winter blooming. 



The Crassula will endure any amount of heat, 

 wants the full sun, should be kept in-door all sum- 

 mer. 



It is easily multiplied by cuttings which should 

 be taken off and laid for two or three davs in the 

 sun to dry. Start them in damp sand under glass. 



As soon as rooted establish the plants in 2i-inch 

 pots, in which they will bloom. Spring cuttings 

 will make profusely-blooming plants the next winter 

 if kept in small pots.and allowed to fill them with 

 roots. They should never be set out in the open 

 ground. 



After the plants have bloomed prune them into 

 shape and keep them rather dry until they make, 

 new shoots. Then turn them out of the pots and 

 shake off part of the soil, replacing it with fresh. 

 Unless the plant is very crowded, which may be 

 determined by the condition of the roots, a pot of 

 the same size will answer. 



CROCUS. 



Crocus is said to be a Chaldean name, applied to 

 this plant by Thedphrastus. It is also stated 

 to have been named for the youth, who, ac- 

 cording to Grecian mythology, was changed into 



