By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 55 



will have a decided advantage over imported ones, for, as their 

 fibres will not be entirely decayed, they will push immediately 

 upon being removed into brisk heat, and may be brought to 

 flower as early as May. 



According to the above-mentioned distances, half a quarter 

 of an acre would contain 15,125 roots, leaving nearly as much 

 space, for the alleys as the beds, which, at 3d. each, amounts 

 to the sum of £189- ls.6d. and as, when a sufficient stock of 

 offsets, to select the largest, was obtained, the annual return of 

 blowing roots may be estimated at half the number planted, 

 the profits of a bed of Tuberoses, after deducting every expense 

 of rent, dung, and labour, would be considerable, even if 

 it were necessary to cover it in autumn and winter with 

 frame lights. There are many places in our Island where I 

 should imagine this plant might be cultivated with still less 

 care and attention, especially in the southern counties near 

 the sea; in the vicinity of London, Ham Common, Sunburyy 

 and Walton upon Thames ; in the Isle of Wight ; about 

 Southampton ; below Exeter ; near Bath and King's Weston r 

 in South Wales : and the theory which I would recommend 

 any intelligent gardener to adopt in its general management 

 is, to keep the roots growing as vigorously as possible from 

 May to October, but in a state of complete rest and drought 

 for the remainder of the year. 



