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sea, Mr. Street of Biel, says (Gardeners’ Chronicle v. 1,309) 
“ I planted out in the open border, here, four large plants 
of the Agapanthus uinbellatus, early in the spring of 1825, 
in different places, and slightly varying earths. They were 
planted in a southern aspect, and are all thriving well. 
At approach of winter, I put some leafy mould, moss, or 
decayed bark, over the surface ; and stick firm over all, some 
evergreen branches of Red Cedar or Cypress, which is cleared 
away in April. They flower every year, from July to October 
or November. In 1835, one plant, set deeply in rich earth, 
with a clayey subsoil, at about 170 feet above the level of 
the sea, produced 12 stems, which bore 891 flowers. Calla 
aethiopica, in pots, produces ripe seeds here, some of which 
were sown in the open ground, on a hill, in the end of March, 
1822. They were protected with an old broken frame, and in 
about six or seven weeks fifteen seedlings appeared. In the 
autumn they were taken up, with some earth about them, put 
then into pots, and kej)t in a glass-house during the winter, and 
one of them flowered at about thirteen months old. In the 
spring of 1823, a seedling was planted out under a high wall, 
in a western aspect, where the sun cannot shine on it until 
mid-day, in an argillaceous soil, on a decayed rocky sub- 
stratum ; this plant continued to grow and flower freely every 
year, at the end of May, and in June; it generally produced 
4 flowers. In June, 1828, it produced 11 flower-s, and per- 
fected a few seeds. In 1824 and 1828, I found 8 seeds in one 
berry. This plant remained undisturbed till the spring of 
1838 ; it was then dug up, and a large mass of rootlets was 
found, which would have made a great number of plants. It 
was replanted in the same place, and is now going on well; at 
the approach of winter it is covered over with old tan or leafy 
mould; and early in the spring the earth about it is stirred up. 
There are here seedling plants, growing in other situations, 
which I expect will bloom this season. Oxalis floribunda 
was planted in the open border, rather deep ; it survived the 
last two winters well, and begins to flower in June, continuing 
till December, but it has not yet produced seeds. It is 
now (April 15th) springing up healthily. Oxalis crenata 
survived the last winter, notwithstanding that the frost was 
severe.” 
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