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die off, they should be repotted and watered sparingly 
at first, and more plentifully as they advance in growth; 
and when in flower they may also have water in the 
pans under the pots. When the flowers are past, they 
should not be put away, but kept growing by keeping 
them near the window and regularly supplied with 
water as often as they get dry, for on the full develop¬ 
ment of their leaves and ripening of the bulbs after the 
leaves die off, depend their flowering another season. 
A shelf in the cellar is a good place for the pots with 
the bulbs in Summer, as they require nothing more 
till they begin to grow, though they usually shoot 
up their flower stems rapidly, and will require to be 
examined occasionally to see if any show their flower 
buds, when they should be removed to the light and 
watered. As soon as they have done flowering they 
should be repotted: to do which, turn them out of the 
pots and shake off the old soil and separate the offsets 
being careful not to bruise their roots. None should 
be cut off except such as are decayed. Put the old 
bulb in a pot by itself, and the offsets in another pot. 
Be careful not to place the bulb in the pot deeper 
than one-third or half its depth. The soil should be 
light rich loam and one-third white sand and the rest 
peat soil or leaf mould well mixt together, and the pots 
should be well drained. 
Those that grow with a large thick neck and keep 
their leaves all the year round, as the Crinum, should 
be kept in their pots, and may be plunged in the 
ground during hot weather, and taken up before it 
gets cold. The plants may be kept in a warm room 
during winter, and they require a good quantity of 
