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must be kept clear of insects by syringing, and of sediment and de¬ 
cayed leaves. This species does not produce suckers freely, but is 
easily propagated in spring either from the leaves or division of the 
old root. — 0. Tiiomas, Chatsworth. 
[We were surprised to find that the cut flowers kept fresh and frag- 
out of doors, yet it requires to be flowered ia a greenhouse to have it at 
its best, the flowers opening so much better and of a purer white under 
glass than in the open. Indeed, plants used for room-decoration in 
positions away from direct light have produced the best flowers I have 
seen. For the above purpose no plant is better adapted, standing as it 
does the rough-and-ready usage of house Jwork better than any other 
Fig. 56.—Nymph.iEA Daubeniana. 
rant in water for t n days, opening and closing at intervals, and diffus¬ 
ing a perfume somewhat like Violets, but richer and more powerful.] 
NICOTIANA AFFINIS. 
This is one of the best deoorative plants we have, and, judging from 
what I have seen, is not nearly so well known as its good qualities entitle it 
to be. My experience with it is that, although it will grow and flower 
flowering plant I have tried. It also adapts itself in the most convenient 
manner to any size that may he wished to grow it. I have had little 
plants in 3-iuch pots which have come in as useful as larger plants with 
twenty times the amount of bloom. Ihe best way to use the plants is 
to dot them among.-t tho-e which are much dwatfer, a few specimens 
quite altering the appearance of a group of plants, and that for the better. 
Jt is so easy of cultivation that a few lines will enable me to note the 
salient points thereof. I sow the seeds in March, in heat. The seedlings 
