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not exceeding 55° for the first fortnight, after which it may be raised to 
60° or 65° Fah. When the foliage is tolerably well developed they 
may be removed from the pots they then- occupy to others one size 
larger, and potted in good turfy loam ; if very adhesive, a portion of 
sharp sand may be added. Keep them moderately close after shifting, 
occasionally syringing or damping the absorbent surfaces of the struc¬ 
ture, to generate sufficient moisture to prevent flagging. Little or no 
water should be given at the root until they have taken hold of the soil, 
when they will require to be liberally supplied. The administration of 
liquid manure from this period tends greatly to facilitate the develop¬ 
ment of foliage to its fullest extent, on which depends the rapid 
accumulation of cellular matter, and consequent enlargement of bulb. 
Keep them growing the whole of the season with as little check as 
possible, and when the leaves appear to have nearly ceased to perform 
the necessary functions assigned to them the plants may be removed to 
the foot of a south wall (and placed upon coal ashes or other material 
to prevent the ingress of worms), in order to thoroughly ripen and 
consolidate the nutritive matter secreted in the bulb during its season 
of active vitality. When this is accomplished their removal to winter 
quarters should not be delayed. 
During the succeeding season many of the larger bulbs may be 
expected to produce flowers, and if a few bulbs at a time are gradually 
introduced into heat a succession of bloom may be maintained for some 
considerable time. After blooming, give them a good chance to make 
their growth and recover their wonted vigour; when this is completed 
nothing remains but to ripen the bulb, as previously recommended. 
As regards sorts, the following selection will be found to embrace a 
portion of the best and showiest of Hippeastrums ;— 
1. Ackermanni 
2. „ pulcherrimura 
3. Aulicum platypetalum 
4. jEtna 
5. Delicatura 
6. Elegans 
Devon. 
7. Intermixtum latipetalum 
8. Lineatum 
9. Magnificum perfectum 
10. Marginatum conspicuura 
11. „ venustum 
12. Psittacinum vittatum 
H. M. Clevelands. 
SOMERLEYTON PARK, SUFFOLK. 
A SHORT distance inland from Lowestoffe, on the Suffolk coast, is 
Somerleyton Park, the seat of Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart. On travelling 
by rail to the Somerleyton station from Norwich, the line runs for 
some distance nearly parallel with the river Yare, and on approaching 
Lowestoffe with the Waveny—both traversing a tract of marshy giound 
which a few years since was a complete morass, but since the opening 
of the railway from Norwich to Lowestoffe and Yarmouth the greater 
part has been reclaimed and brought into cultivation, principally as 
meadow land. Y^e had no opportunity of examining the soil com¬ 
posing this extensive flat, but at some time or other the sea must have 
reached nearly if not quite up to Norwich. It is, no doubt, a rich 
