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to freeze, when they should be removed to the Greenhouse or to a warD* 

 room. They will need occasionally moderate waterings before they be- 

 gin to vegetate, and when they attain to a growing state should receive 

 a plentiful supply by pouring it into the saucers. They should at all 

 times be exposed as much as possible to the sun, air, and light, to pre - 

 vent their foliage from growing too long, or becoming of a yellow hue. 

 Bulbs cultivated after this manner will mostly bloom in January, and 

 next to the Hyacinth, the Polyanthus Narcissus, and Double Italian, or 

 Roman Narcissus, may be ranked among the most desirable for beauty 

 fragrance, and easy culture. 



Those intended for glasses should be placed in them about the middle 

 of November, the glasses being previously filled with pure water, so that 

 the bottom of the bulb may just touch the water ; then place them for 

 the first ten days in a dark room, to promote the shooting of the roots, 

 after which expose them to the sun and light as much as possible. They 

 will bloom however with but little or no sun, but the flowers will be infe- 

 rior in color. The water should be changed as often as it becomes im- 

 pure, at which period the roots ought to be drawn entirely out of the 

 glasses and rinsed in clean water, the glasses being at the same time well 

 washed inside. Rain or soft water is preferable to that termed hard, but 

 either will answer the purpose, provided it be perfectly clear. Bulbs that 

 have been forced are of but little value, and require a considerable period 

 to regain their natural vigor. When removed from the pots or glasses, 

 the.j should be immersed in water for a week, and then planted in a soil 

 properly prepared, where they will usually commence flowering again the 

 second year. 



Dahlia, or Georgina, — Few of our most rustic plants exact Ie«s care 

 than this splendid native of Mexico. Indeed so simple is its culture 

 that it is already widely disseminated in every part of Europe, as well 

 as in the West Indies, South America, &c. in all of which it has been 

 found to succeed. It will thrive in any good soil, but as is the case with 

 other plants held in great estimation, amateurs bestow more care to its 

 culture than is absolutely required, and have adopted particular rules for 

 that object. The roots are tuberous, and towards the last of April they 

 begin to push out young shoots at the base of the stem of the previous 

 year, ki this period, or rather earlier, they should be planted ; they will 

 however succeed perfectly well if this is deferred till June, but will not 

 come so soon into flowering. In England they usually from choice plant 

 the Dahlia in poor gravelly soil, in order to render it more dwarf i-i sta- 

 ture, and this course may have its advantages in a humid atmosphere. 

 In our own country, however, where the heat of summer is excessive, and 

 where we are sometimes visited with a severe drought, the Dahlia would 

 often be absolutely blighted, unless the soil were sufficiently rich and re- 

 tentive of moisture. When planted in a generous soil, our climate is so 

 extremely congenial to its habits that it expands with the utmost luxuri- 

 ance, attaining a degree of beauty in its development, if not unequalled, 

 at least not to be surpassed. 



The course we have adopted for its culture, although extremely simple, 

 has been eminently successful, and the directions we shall now give are 

 in accordance therewith. — Make the ground mellow to the depth of eigh- 

 teen inches, digging in at the same time a liberal supply of manure. 

 Plant the dwarf kinds at three, and the tall ones at four feet distant ; 

 and before placing the roots, dig in a shovel full of manure at the top of 

 each hole destined to receive them. The root should be placed two incL- 



