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seed will come up in about a month. The boxes may be 
placed in a cold frame, on a thick layer of ashes, and be 
shaded when there is much sun. Care must be taken to pre- 
serve the young plants from slugs and other insects. About 
the second week in May, plunge the boxes up to the edge, in 
the open ground, where they have only tlie morning sun. 
About the beginning of July, when the foliage begins to turn 
yellow, water must be gradually discontinued, and the roots 
suffered to go into a state of rest; they may then be taken up, 
sifting the surface soil of the boxes, that the small tubers may 
not be lost. A ftw gentle drying, store the roots in a box of 
dry sand. The seedling roots may be planted at the same 
time and treated in the same way as directed under the head 
‘season for planting’. In consequence of their luxuriant 
growth they will require to be i)lanted quite as far distant 
apart as the established sorts; though the seedling roots the 
first year are much less in size, yet the major part of them will 
bloom profusely the following season, and will, under the 
management above detailed, amply compensate the florist for 
the trouble attending their culture. 
195 Linn.^:a borealis. Culture of. This little plant is highly 
interesting, from the association which it has with one of the 
most talented naturalists that ever existed. Men, like all other 
objects, whether of nature or art, are judged of comparatively, 
and although we have those of the present day whose know- 
ledge in natural history exeeeds that of any in tlie preceding 
century, still they are less in advance of their contemporaries 
than was Linneus in advance of the age in which he lived. 
He so far outstripped all his competitors in the investigation of 
tlie works of creation, as to be entitled to be called the most 
eminent naturalist the world has ever produced. On this 
account in part we advocate the culture of the little plant 
which bears his name and partly because it claims our atten- 
tion for its own sake — for its pretty pale rose-coloured sweet- 
scented flowers. 
In commencing its cultivation care should be taken to obtain 
well rooted plants, or first to pot them in light sandy peat 
until they are well rooted; they may then be turned out into a 
light sandy peat bed, in any sheltered situation, either in full 
exposure to the sun, or in the shade. As the slender shoots 
202, AUCTARIUM. 195, D. Cameron. 
