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stove at the Chiswick establishment, and having produced immense quantities 
of tubers, was liberally distributed, and is this year to be found in most good 
collections. 
Like many other newl3^-introduced plants, however, it has been kept in too 
high a temperature, and its blossoms have not, in consequence, been developed in 
the perfection they were expected to attain. The proper system of managing it 
seems to be to start the tubers into growth in a moist stove, or anywhere with a 
slight bottom heat, and transfer them, through an intermediate house or pit, to a 
light and airy greenhouse, where they will flourish in the greatest possible health, 
and bloom splendidly. 
Single specimens not having, by themselves, a very striking effect, on account 
of the fewness of their branches, we perceive that they have been planted thickly 
in large square boxes at the gardens of the Horticultural Society, where they are 
now forming the most gorgeous masses of blossom. Placed here and there on a 
stage in the large conservatory, their appearance is most brilliant and fascinating. 
As the tubers will be numerous enough for almost every culturist to adopt this 
practice in the ensuing season, we strongly recommend it to all. 
Each of the many tubers which an established plant annually sends forth, will, 
if abstracted, produce a perfect plant ; and the great extent to which this method 
of increase may be carried, precludes the necessity of propagating the plant by 
cuttings, which will, notwithstanding, strike with facility. 
Any rich loamy soil will suit this species. 
