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CULTURE OF TIGRIDIA PAVONIA. 
1. Sow the seeds about the end of March or beginning 1 of April, in pans or 
boxes, and place the pans or boxes in a cucumber frame, where they will receive 
about sixty degrees of heat ; and keep the frame closely shut until the plants begin 
to appear. 
2. As soon as the plants are up, admit air pretty freely in the middle of the day, 
whenever the weather will permit ; and by the middle of May they will be ready to 
transplant. 
3. In preparing for transplanting them, make up a slight hot-bed, and in about 
three days, when the bed is settled, level the surface, and lay on some rich light 
soil, to the depth of six inches : in about three days after the soil is laid on, 
the bed will be ready to receive the plants. 
4. Plant the seedlings in rows four inches apart, and two inches in the row ; give 
them a gentle watering, and put on the lights : keep them closely shut down for a 
few days, and shade them from the mid-day sun until they have again commenced 
growing. 
5. As soon as they are well established, give them plenty of air to prevent their 
growing weakly ; and about the beginning of July they may be fully exposed to the 
weather. 
6. When the leaves begin to decay, take up the roots, and lay them in an airy 
situation to dry, in the same manner as tulips, &c. After they are dry put them 
in paper bags, and lay them out of the reach of frost during the winter. 
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