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CULTURE OF THE GLGEIOSA SUPERBA. 
About the month of January the roots should be potted two inches deep in 
• upright forty-eight pots. The soil used for the purpose should be composed of one- 
half of loam., one quarter of leaf mould, and one quarter of peat ; plunge the pots 
or roots in a frame or bark-bed, where they will receive about eighty degrees of 
, heat ; water them very sparingly until the shoots have grown a little. In the 
beginning of March they should be shifted into a size larger pots, being careful not 
to break the ball, using the same compost as before ; then plunge them in a bark- 
bed or frame, and allow them as much as ninety degrees of heat. When the shoots 
grow, they must be supported by tying them to sticks, or a temporary trellis ; by 
which treatment they will advance upwards of ten feet high, and flower beautifully. 
When the stalks have died down, remove the pots from the bark-bed to a dry part 
of the house, where they will be entirely free from any droppings of water, as they 
must have no moisture during the time they remain in a dormant state. They are 
.readily propagated by dividing the roots, or by seeds, which generally ripen very 
freely. 
APOCYNEiE — GENUS ECHXTES. 
“ E. Stellaris is a tender stove climber, newly introduced from Rio Janeiro to 
the Horticultural Society by the Hon. Robert Gordon. In the month of August 
its flowers perfume the part of the hothouse in which it is placed with a delightful 
smell of Primroses. It readily grows in peat and loam, but is scarcely to be propa- 
gated, except by cuttings of the root .— Botanical Register , 1664. Its flowers are 
deep rosy red in the centre, with fine starry lobes, bordered with a sort of orange- 
yellow, which gives a striking appearance to the flowers.” 
All the species, with the exception of hispinosa, succulenta, tuberosa, and 
difformis (which are greenhouse plants), require the heat of the stove. They all 
grow freely in a mixture of peat and loam, and require nothing particular in their 
treatment. Cuttings will strike root very readily if planted in sand, or sandy soil, 
and covered with a hand or bell glass. 
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CULTURE OF THE GENUS GLADIOLUS. 
If the possessor washes to grow them in pots, the following rules must be 
attended to: — 
1. All the species thrive best when planted in a mixture of very sandy loam, 
and decayed leaves or peat soil. 
