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CROCUS — CUPHEA. 



plied with water. In about a week they may be 

 changed to a south window in a room warmed to 

 60 or 65 degrees. If the pots are warmed to a 

 temperature ten degrees higher than the atmos- 

 phere they will advance most vigorously. 



Give them an application of liquid manure once 

 a week. If they grow too rapidly remove to a 

 cooler room and give more air. A succession of 

 bloom may be kept up by bringing them forward 

 as wanted. The bulbs should be used but once for 

 the second flowering is inferior. 



VARIETIES OF CROCUS. 

 Albion, very large white. 

 Albertine, white-striped violet. 

 Charles Dickens, large purple. 

 David Rizzio, deep purple. 

 La Neige, snow-white. 

 Lord Paltnerston, sky-blue. 

 Mammoth, pure white, very large. 



JVezv Golden Yelloiv, each bulb of this variety produces from ten 

 to fifteen flowers. 



Prineess of Wales, pure white, very large and fine. 



CUPHEA. 



The Cuphea is named from KupJios, curved ; in 

 reference to the form of the capsule. The species 

 most commonly cultivated is CupJica Platycentra, 

 from Mexico, often called the Cigar Plant. The 

 Cuphea grows about a foot in height, is extremely 

 easy of cultivation, a profuse and constant bloomer, 

 hence a desirable house plant. 



