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tifully, and I expect to have them in flower till Septem- 

 ber. Then I shall let them dry up gradually till they 

 lose their leaves, when I shall lift the roots, store them 

 in earth in a shallow box, and keep them dry over win- 

 ter. Next spring they will be available for pot culture 

 for early flowers, or for again planting in frames. I pre- 

 fer one and two-year-old plants to those that are older, 

 hence would raise a fresh lot from seed every year." 



The tubers should be started into growth about the 

 first of March, or earlier, if they have sprouted. Give 

 them three-inch pots, filled with light, sandy soil, made 

 rich with thoroughly rotted manure. Place them in the 

 warm greenhouse, shaded from the sun, but as near the 

 light as possible. Shift into larger pots, as required. 

 The atmosphere should always be warm and moist, and 

 the plants should never suffer for want of water, but the 

 leaves should never be wet on their upper surface. After 

 flowering, water should generally be withheld until the 

 plants are dry, then set away in some warm, dry place, 

 until it is time to start into growth again. Any desired 

 variety may be propagated by division of the tubers, or 

 from leaf cuttings, in the same manner as the Rex vari- 

 eties of the Begonia. The Gloxinia was named in honor 

 of P. B. Gloxin, a botanist of Colmar. 



GOLDEN LILY. 



See Lycoris. 



GRAPE HYACINTH. 

 See Muscari. 



GREEN DRAGON. 



See Arisaema, Page 31. 



GRIFFINIA. 



A small genus of handsome greenhouse bulbs from 

 South America, belonging to the natural order, Amaryl- 



