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DOUBLE SWEET-SCENTED TUBEROSES. 
WHITE FLOWERS FOR EASTER. 
Photographed and Copyrighted hy J. C. Co. 
Flowering Spike of Double Sweet-Scented Tuberose, 
The Sweet-scented Double 
White Tuberose (POLIAN- 
1 HEsTuBEROSA)has become 
exceedingly popular. It 
possesses both a character 
and a perfume distinct from 
any other flower, and can be 
induced to bloom at various 
seasons. At one lime they 
were only obtainable from 
the South of Europe ; now 
they are specially cultivated 
in different parts of the 
world, and can easily be 
forced into bloom for the 
Easter festivals. Those who 
do not cultivate these 
flowers for winter de- 
coration can procure the 
bulbs in the spring, when 
they will come into flower 
during the summer. The 
double-flowered Tuberose 
may be had in suceession 
by potting the tubers and 
standing them in a cold 
frame, covering them 4 in. 
deep with cocoanut fibre 
refuse ; but they will start 
much more quickly and with 
greater certainty in a gentle 
bottom heat. Loam and 
well-decayed manure, in 
about equal parts, with a 
little coarse sand, is the most 
suitable compost i:i which to 
grow them. The pots may 
be taken out of the frame as 
soon as the flower stems 
appear above the leaves ; 
they are then staked and 
removed to the greenhouse, 
and placed near the glass. 
Carters’ Extra Large Bulbs, per loo, 17s. 6d. ; per doz., zs. pd. 
J37, A 97, HtoH Holdorb, Lonoon.— 2907. 
