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CLINTONIA PULCHELLA. 
mode of cultivation. " The seeds," he says, "were sown about the middle of Septem- 
ber in a well-drained pot^ the soil used being- light and sandy ; the seeds being barely 
covered with a very fine top soil, the pot was placed in a moist heat till the plants 
were of sufficient size to prick off into sixty-sized pots of the same light sandy soil, 
putting five or six in a pot ; they were then placed in the greenhouse, near the 
glass, or in an airy situation, till the following- February, when they were shifted 
again into small sixties, filled with soil composed of two parts leaf mould enriched 
with strong well-decomposed manure, one part good loam and sand, and placing three 
plants in a pot ; they were then placed in a house the temperature of which was 
kept at from 55° to 60°. In a short time they began to grow vigorously, being 
shifted regularly as they required it, each time into one size larger, until they finally 
flowered in a twenty-four size. After the plants had been in heat some time, and 
began to show symptoms of flowering, they were taken back to the greenhouse, 
where they have been in flower these two months, presenting at the present time 
(June 16th) one entire mass of bloom, some of them being trained in cones two 
feet high and three feet in circumference. 
" This plant is also well adapted for planting out in beds in the open air during 
the summer months ; and I have invariably found that, in proportion to the richness 
of the soil, the larger was the flower and finer the bloom. When in growth, like 
most of the Loheliacece, they require plenty of water." 
