ERYTHRINA CRISTA GALLI. 
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About the middle or end of October, is the proper 
time to take up the roots, which should be done on a 
dry day; clear off the earth and put them in some 
place secure from frost, or they keep very well under 
the stage of a Greenhouse, without further trouble. 
When laid by in cellars, they require to be kept 
from damp and heat. If the cellar is wet, they will 
keep set upon the top of the potato bin, or on a shelf. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA GALLI, 
Is a fine plant for flowering in the Garden, or to 
flower in a pot on the veranda in summer, where with 
its green laurel leaves and crimson flowers it makes a 
fine show. If designed for the Garden, they only re¬ 
quire to be set out in a good rich soil about the mid¬ 
dle of May, and in fall, after the frost has stopt the 
growth, the shoots should be pruned, to within a few 
inches off the main stem, then take them up, and place 
their roots in a pot of earth, and lay them in the cellar 
till spring. If it is desired to grow them in pots, repot 
them in good soil, with a little decayed manure, early 
in April, and place them in a warm situation, in the 
Conservatory, keeping them a little moist ; and when 
the shoots have grown 6 or 8 inches, water them fre¬ 
quently till they come into flower, which is usually in 
July. As soon as the flowers are over, cut back the 
shoots, and top dress them with a little fresh soil, keep 
