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EARLY FLOWERING BULBS. 
to restrict the supply of food till an inclination to bloom is 
superinduced; let them, therefore, be kept in small pots till the 
flowers can be seen, then pot them largely, and the aliment 
taken up is at once absorbed by the blossom, and the stem re¬ 
mains in its dwarfed condition. 
A brisk bottom-heat is to be maintained throughout the period 
the plants are retained in the frames, admitting on all favorable 
occasions an abundant supply of air; and, as the warmth of the 
season increases, this may be extended to the entire removal of 
the lights through the day, till in May the entire collection may 
be placed in their blooming pots, returning them to their former 
stations till room is made in the erections destined to receive 
them finally. 
The subject of our accompanying plate is one of the many 
handsome varieties, lately originated, of the pretty Phlox Drum- 
mondii , for the opportunity of publishing which we are indebted 
to Messrs. Henderson, of the Pine Apple Nursery, Edgware Road. 
Being a seminal offspring, it will require to be perpetuated by 
cuttings, which strike readily in the summer and autumnal months. 
In other respects it may be treated in the manner usual with its 
parent. 
EARLY FLOWERING BULBS. 
The great value universally attached to the hyacinth, and the 
trouble taken to have it in flower at an early period of the year, 
are sufficiently convincing, that a taste prevails for flowers of the 
kind ; and believing this, I beg to point out a few that, in my 
opinion, are at least its equal in beauty, and have the advantage 
of being more manageable. There are many plants abundantly 
established in certain localities, and deserving every care for 
their intrinsic loveliness, that are yet, from some reason, but 
little known among the general run of gardens, as has been 
shown by several of your correspondents lately; and to this class 
belong many of those I am about to name; the obscurity in 
which they are plunged is, I think, traceable to the apathy of 
dealers, many of whom, instead of seeking out the truly valuable 
and placing them prominently before the public, either run after 
