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and shift the plant, with the ball of roots entire, into a 
pot six or eight inches diameter, adding a little more 
loam and some decayed manure with the soil. Lateral 
shoots will soon be produced from the crown of the 
plant, which may be tied to the centre stick, or others 
may be placed in for them to twine upon. When they 
reach the top of the sticks, they may be turned down, 
and suffered to twine or fasten as they will. Water 
the plants as often as the soil appears dry, and they 
will soon be in flower. A few seed pods may be left 
to ripen, and the others taken off as soon as the flow¬ 
ers fade. 
TIGRIDIA PAVONIA, or tiger flower. 
This is a very beautiful bulbous plant, and produces 
its flowers in succession during Summer. As each 
flower lasts but one day, it shows best by being planted 
in a bed by itself, and as several flowers are produced 
from the same spatha, they show to more advantage. 
In April, spread some decayed manure on the bed, 
and dig it over, breaking the soil fine; then draw drills 
across the bed eight inches distant, and plant the bulbs 
four inches apart in the rows, covering them three 
inches deep. Nothing more is required than to keep 
them free from weeds, till the leaves die in Autumn, 
when the roots should be taken up, carefully dried, 
and put into bags till Spring; or they may be preser¬ 
ved in the same manner as before directed for the roots 
of CommelinaTuberosa. They are increased by divi¬ 
ding the bulbs. 
