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of broken crocks, charcoal, and sandy loam. Supply plenty of 
moisture when in a state of growth; but keep it perfectly dry 
during the season of repose. It requires only the shelter of a 
frame or a cold pit, and thrives well if planted out in the frame, 
in a mixture of sandy loam and peat. It will also grow when 
planted about six inches deep in a warm border, and protected 
by some slight covering in frosty weather, but exposed whenever 
the weather is fine and mild. It is increased by dividing the 
tuberous roots.— Pax. Mag, Bot. 
CULTURAL REMARKS ON AMARYLLIDS. 
Such of your readers as possess a stove, and are fond of rearing 
seminal novelties, should grow a collection of these handsome 
bulbs. They are all beautiful, but if a selection may be made, I 
prefer the genus Hippeastrum, especially for the production of 
seedling varieties; for though the number of true species is limited, 
not exceeding twenty, and the hybrids and cross-bred kinds are 
perhaps more than two hundred, yet the whole of the group so 
readily intermix, that a great temptation still exists to try them 
further. So far as growing them to produce flowers is concerned, 
I fancy no class of plants to be of easier management: they need 
only to be grown strong to ensure fine blossoms ; this they will 
do most satisfactorily under the following treatment: in spring, 
that is, between February and May, according to the time they 
are desired to bloom, repot the plants and set them growing : for 
one or two years it may be necessary to do this without regard to 
their blooming, in order to induce a habit of flowering at the 
required time. The soil for them should be a mixture of equal 
parts loam, silver sand, and rotten manure; this may be regarded 
as the staple for the majority of the order, though a few of the 
more delicate kinds succeed best when a portion of peat is added, 
or substituted for the manure. In potting, drain well, and give 
plenty of root-room: they are too often cramped in this repect, 
and hence, from the short supply of food, a puny growth results. 
An ordinary-sized bulb should have a twenty-four-sized pot, and 
the larger ones will fill a sixteen; carefully preserve all the live 
