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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
The Guernsey Lily. —The best soil for growing the Guernsey Lily is 
light loam, well rotted manure, and coarse sand, all in equal portions. The 
pots should not he larger than small forty-eights ; a piece of pot, placed with 
the concave side downwards, should be placed over the aperture, and a few 
more pieces should be laid over and about this one ; above these some hog 
moss ought to be placed, and then filled up with the compost to within an inch 
and a half of the top of the pot; and then the bulb should be put in, but 
placed only on the surface, and not buried in the mould. This being done, 
the pots should be placed under a wall, and covered over for at least two 
months, or till such time as they have made pretty good roots. "When wanted 
to come into flower, they should be placed in a frame, a greenhouse, or a 
window, where they shall have plenty of light, but where no frost can reach 
them. Until the flowering is over, they will require very little water. They 
should be potted as soon as obtained, and placed as has been directed. When 
the flowering is over, they will begin to grow, in which state they will want a 
little more water, which should be supplied to them from time to time until 
the leaves begin to turn yellow, which shows that the growth is over, and then 
water must be entirely withheld, and the plants allowed to go to rot. 
Tiie Tuberose. —It will answer very well in the same soil and size of pots 
as the Guernsey Lily, and the general treatment is much the same, only the 
Tuberose must be planted deeper in the mould, and get a more abundant 
supply of water, though not in excess. When the plants get into a strong 
state of growth, they should be placed in pans of water with pebbles in them, 
on which to suppress and support the pots. 
For window culture, both the Guernsey Lily and the Tuberose may be 
grown in pots of sphagnum, with very little mould. The sphagnum for this 
purpose should be cut small before it is used, and no more water given than is 
sufficient to keep the sphagnum moist. 
Mole Heaps. -—Loam taken from mole heaps will answer very well for 
horticultural purposes if mixed with unsifted peat, or any other unsifted soil, 
and with coarse sand. 
Shrubby Calceolarias. —-As these are of no use after they have done 
flowering, they should be thrown away, and the succession kept up by young 
plants struck in the summer, potted first in small sixties, and again into 
larger sixties ; and they should be placed in a rather cool and dry part of the 
greenhouse near the glass, but where no frost can reach them. In this 
situation they should be kept during the winter ; and when the spring Comes,' 
they should be repotted, first into small forty-eights, and shifted as the roots 
fill the pot, till they reach the size of a twenty-four or even a sixteen. While 
they are in these winter quarters, the plants should have no more water than 
barely suffices to keep them alive ; but in the growing season they should have 
plenty. 
Verbenas. —Young plants of these should be struck in the summer and 
put into large sixties, so that the pots may be well filled with roots before the 
winter sets in. During that season, the pots should be placed in a dry and 
