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CULTURE OF THE GENUS BRUNSVIGIA. 
The whole of this beautiful genus flowers most of the summer, and the bulbs 
grow to a considerable size ; therefore 
1. Always be careful, if the plants are grown in pots, never to allow the roots to 
be cramped in too small a compass, for they never thrive under such circumstances. 
2. The best soil is light turfy loam mixed with equal parts of peat and sand, 
chopped and well mixed together, but not sifted. 
3. Always plant the bulbs very shallow, or they are liable to be injured, if not 
destroyed, by the water given during the time of their growth, and particularly just 
when they are starting in spring. 
4. When planted, place them in a warm part of the greenhouse ; if the cultivator 
has no greenhouse, a frame will answer the purpose, or even a warm situation out 
of doors, providing they are protected from dashing rains and excessive cold. 
5. Although at the time of flowering they are entirely destitute of leaves, yet 
they require a pretty liberal supply of water ; this should not be thrown carelessly 
on the bulb, but be poured carefully upon the dry soil in the pots. 
6. When the flowers are dead, and the leaves begin to grow, remove the pots 
into a hothouse if convenient, and let them remain there, giving a moderate supply 
of water until the bulbs are perfected. If it is inconvenient to remove them to a 
hothouse, keep them somewhat warmer than previously, in a frame ; this increase 
of heat is indispensable for good success, for unless the leaves be assisted in their 
growth, the future flowering of the bulbs will be weakened, if not wholly prevented. 
7. When the bulbs are nearly perfected, which will be known by the leaves 
beginning to die, decrease the quantity of water until the leaves are quite dead, 
then withhold it altogether. 
8. When the bulbs are quite perfected and the leaves dead, remove the pots to 
a cool part of the greenhouse or other convenient situation, and keep them per- 
fectly dry, until the time to start them again, when they must be turned out of the 
pots and be replanted in fresh soil as before, always being careful to give each pot a 
good drainage with potsherds. 
9. The proper season for repotting those which flower in April and May, is 
February or the beginning of March at latest ; for those flowering in June and July, 
March or the beginning of April ; for those flowering in August and September, 
about the end of April. 
10. Those persons who possess neither frames nor greenhouses, may plant the 
bulbs in the open borders in spring. It is necessary, however, that the soil should 
be light and the situation warm. 
