before were shut up as it were in sleep, and its 
leaflets closed and pendant, spread forth with a 
lively excitement that is difficult to separate from 
sensation. 
The gardeners’ mode of culture is this. In 
February, plant four or five bulbs in a small pot; 
when they produce foliage, and send their fibrous 
roots round the inside of the pot, transfer them, 
with the earth unbroken, into larger pots, sinking 
the ball nearly two inches in the fresh pot, and 
filling it up with compost. Repeat this three 
times, at proper intervals, still sinking the plants 
in the soil at each removal. 
The lady who supplied us with the plant, from 
which our drawing was made, pursued a somewhat 
different plan, and which was eminently success- 
ful. She took a large flower-pot, and put at the 
bottom not more than two inches in depth of light 
rich earth and manure, off the top of her asparagus 
bed ; on this she placed four or five bulbs, half 
their length in the soil, and half out. When they 
had grown an inch or two, she added a little of the 
same soil, and so she proceeded, adding soil as her 
plants grew and strengthened, till the pot became 
filled with soil, and finely covered with foliage. 
Water sparingly for the first month, after which 
the earth can scarcely be kept too moist. 
Amongst the many novelties in the country we 
promise ourselves the pleasure of publishing some 
that will be very superior and showy window 
plants, from the genera of Cereus, Mamillaria, 
Mesembryanthemum, Cytisus, Azalea, Fuchsia, 
Camellia, Chrysanthemum, &c. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 1, 761. 
