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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



well rooted they should be moved to larger pots, and placed 

 in the frame, giving them air and water ; as winter advances, 

 give them a little more heat till the following March, when 

 those that are intended for bloom early, may be plunged into 

 a hotbed frame, which soon causes the production of a 

 number of flowers ; they may then be placed in the green- 

 house, and if well sheltered will remain long in flower ; in 

 June some may be turned out into the garden, and will con- 

 tinue a mass of bloom for several weeks. 



The other species and varieties for the greenhouse are 

 as follows : — -angelina, mini at a 3 nitida, versicolor, Phoenix, 

 superda, Beauty of Charonne, etc. 



COTYLEDON. 



Gen. Char. {Decandria Pentagynia.) Calyx five-cleft ; corolla 

 of one petalj five honey-scales at the base of the ovary ; capsules 

 five. 



The name means a vessel or cup, from the hollow' form of 

 the leaf. A genus principally of Cape plants, of a succulent 

 nature, requiring a dry greenhouse to be healthy ; the flowers 



* Floricultural Cabinet. 



