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separation of their root should take place, when they may be potted as 

 above. Some species seed freely, and when such is the case the seeds, 

 if a great supply of plants be desired, should be so^vn immediately after 

 they are ripe, in pots of light, rich mould, and immediately plunged into 

 water to the depth of two or three inches. 



X. STELLATA 



Seeds freely, but does not propagate very readily at the root ; it is, there- 

 fore, better to treat it as an annual. ^Mien the seeds vegetate, they 

 should be transplanted into separate pots, for one plant is quite sufficient 

 for a small pot, which it will soon fill with roots, and require to be planted 

 out in the cistern to expand its ramifications, and gain strength enough 

 to produce its beautiful flowers. As the foUage of most aquatics floats 

 on the surface of the water, and presents a broad horizontal surface, 

 it becomes necessary to water them, both to remove the dust and filth 

 which will be deposited upon them, and also to refresh them, hke other 

 plants. 



EURYALE, 



Of which there is only one species, is, strictly speaking, only an annual 

 plant ; its seeds should be sown as soon as procured, whether by import- 

 ation or by its culture at home ; for few aquatic plants will vegetate if 

 their seeds are long kept out of the water : the Nelumhimn is probably 

 the only exception. The seeds of Euryale should be so^-n in rich, loamy 

 soil, and plunged about two inches under the surface of the water in the 

 cistern ; when the plants have vegetated, they should be separated, and 

 planted singly into pots, to be afterwards planted out in the cistern in 

 the Aquarium, or in a large tub or pan plunged in the tan bed of a plant 

 stove, but placed as near the Ught as possible. 



XELUMBIUM. 



This splendid plant was successfully cultivated by the late ^Mr. Kent, 

 of Clapton ; he has detailed the substance of his mode of culture in the 

 Hort. Soe. Transactions, vol. iii. p. 36, to the following effect : — " The 

 Nelumbium is easily raised from seed, which retains its vegetative powers 

 for fortA* years, and with every advantage, in a fair season, will produce 

 blossoms the first summer. It is generally grown in large tubs, with a 

 few inches depth of water over the surface of the mould, placed in the 

 tan bed of the stove. By these means I raised a fine plant last year ; 



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