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8. When ripe, sow it immediately in pans or pots, and place them in the green- 
house, where they may be allowed to remain till the end of April, when they will 
have formed roots nearly as large as a pea. 
9. At the end of April, take up the roots and plant them in a bed of light soil, 
composed of loam, leaf-mould, and rotten dung, with a small portion of sandy peat, 
as recommended for the old roots. The roots should be planted about four inches 
apart, and about an inch deep; set a hand-glass or frame over them, to protect them 
from excessive wet and cold; but in line weather expose them to as much air as 
possible. 
10. In June, or when the weather is quite settled, remove the lights or glasses 
altogether, and no more care is required until the end of September, except giving 
a little water as often as they require it. 
11. About the end of September or beginning of October, the roots should be 
carefully taken up, and planted in sixty-sized pots, in the same manner as recom- 
mended for old roots. 
All the other species may be brought forward and made to flower finely in the 
greenhouse: the C. repcmdum, indeed, does by far the best in the greenhouse 
regularly, but should always be placed on a shelf in a very airy situation. 
CULTURE OF THE PRIMULA PRiENITENS. 
(Sinensis, Lindley.) 
This plant is a native of China, and was introduced into this country in the 
year 1820 ; and from its free blooming habits, and gay appearance in the winter 
months, when under good cultivation, is well deserving of the notice of every lover 
of plants *.’* The method of culture is as follows : — 
1 . Make cuttings of all the old plants, taking them off a little above the surface 
of the soil, and with a sharp knife cut off the bottom leaves, but by no means disturb 
the upper ones. 
2. Fill a quantity of various sized pots with rich mould, composed of equal parts 
of loam, peat, and rotten dung : select the pots according to the strength of the 
cuttings. 
3. Previous to filling each pot, lay a good portion of broken pot, to give a good 
drainage, or the plants will be liable to perish. 
4. Plant one cutting in each pot, and put a little white sand round it ; and give 
to each a sprinkling of water through a fine rose watering-pot. 
* Horticult. Reg. vol. ii. p. 164. 
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