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7- Early in the following April prepare a bed in the open ground, in a warm, 
sheltered situation. 
8. The bed being prepared, plant the roots in rows eight inches apart, and four 
inches in the row, covering them first to the depth of the top of the crown : always 
keep them free from weeds, and when the leaves begin to decay take them up as 
before. 
9. At the second year's planting the largest bulbs should be selected, and planted 
on a separate bed ; and many of them will flower this third year. 
10. When it is desired to have them flower early in the spring, plant them 
in pots, and place them in a hot-bed or vinery about the beginning of February. 
11. The best soil to plant them in, is composed of one-sixth of rotten dung, one- 
sixth of leaf-mould, one-third of fresh light loam, and one-third of fine white or red 
sand. 
12. Always be careful that the bulbs are w r ell matured when taken up in the 
autumn, or they are apt to rot during winter; and if they are preserved until 
spring, they become so exhausted by the means used to keep them, that when 
planted, the flowers, if any are produced, are extremely weak. 
13. To remedy this, plant them in a light soil and warm situation, being careful 
never to plant them deep enough to cover the crowns. If this be attended to, and 
they are taken up as soon as the tops decay in the autumn, before they are saturated 
with wet, and carefully preserved dry through the Winter, they will flower freely. 
14. In front of the wall of a hot-house, the roots will survive most of our 
winters, and will flower in succession all the following summer and autumn, and 
will abundantly increase ; but in any other situation this system can rarely be 
depended upon, and therefore it is always advisable to take them up on the 
approach of frost; and if they are not ripe, dig them up with the soil about them 
and place them in a greenhouse or frame. 
15. Separate the offsets in spring, and treat them in the same way as the old 
bulbs. 
16. To obtain flowers somewhat earlier than the usual season, it is only necessary 
to plant the roots in pots, and place them in a forcing-house or hot-bed frame, until 
all danger of frosts is over ; and after being exposed to the air by degrees, turn 
them out into warm situations in the borders. 
CULTURE OF THE GENOTHERJE. 
The name CEnothera is derived from Oinos, wine, and thera, a catching, 
because the roots are said to smell like wine ; and the ancients supposed that, when 
mixed with drink, they possessed the power of calming the most ferocious animals. 
They are also said to allay intoxication. It is, however, doubtful whether our 
CEnothera is the real genus to which Theophrastus* applied the name. Most of 
