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autumn, and to place them in pots, as small as their size 

 would conveniently admit without disturbing the bulbs. I then 

 arranged them between the heaths in a cold pit, which was 

 erected solely to exclude frost, there being no flue attached 

 to it, and I kept the pots repeatedly watered through the 

 winter, whenever the mould appeared to be getting dry. 

 When I examined them for potting, previously to their being 

 put into the Cucumber frame, in order to bring them forward 

 in the month of March following, I was surprised to observe 

 the difference in size between the roots so treated and those 

 that had been kept dry ; also that, though many of the latter 

 had perished, there were no symptoms of decay in those that 

 had been preserved in a moist state. 



I afterwards remarked, throughout the summer, that the 

 luxuriant growth of the plants, so treated, as much surpassed 

 those that had been kept dry, as the appearance of the bulbs 

 excelled at the time of potting. 



As the Tigridia Pavonia is a plant much admired, and now 

 generally cultivated, I have ventured to communicate to you 

 these particulars, in case you should think them worthy of 

 the notice of the Horticultural Society. 



I have the honour to be 



Your most obedient servant, 



John Damper Parks. 



Bexley, November 24, 1824. 



