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CDapter XXIX — Fmsias^ 



Rich and varied as is the flora, of South. Africa, it is doubtful 

 whether it contains a more beautiful, more fragrant, or more useful 

 class of plants than the elegant Freesias. Not so very many years 



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FIG. 34.-FREESIA AUREA. 



ago he was accounted a clever gardener who could grow and flower 

 Freesias well year by year ; but many amateurs soon found 

 that strong heat was not at all necessary to secure the most 

 i satisfactory results. Failures with Freesias may generally be traced 

 j to one or both of two mistakes — namely, a too free use of water in 

 ' the early stages of growth, and failure to fully appreciate the 

 advantages of thoroughly drying and baking the bulbs. 



Let us descend to details — the Freesias are worth it. Five- or 



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