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the change may be brought about in a gradual manner; and 
third, the summer heat necessary to cause it to flower: the whole 
of this may be done in three months, but the intermediate stage 
is in every case necessary. We may form an idea of the effect 
on vegetation if the summer was to come upon us in one week— 
and this effect virtually occurs with every plant so taken from 
the open air and placed in a temperature of some fifty or sixty 
degrees. 
One other remark and we have done:—wherever composts 
are required for any purpose they should be at once made up, it 
not already laid together—in both cases let them be turned, 
chopped, and well mixed, at least once a month until wanted. 
The frequent turning is necessary that as much of the earth as 
is possible may be presented to the action of frost to sweeten 
and ameliorate its crude properties—which is done by the ex¬ 
pansion of the water, when frozen, contained in the earth causing 
a separation of its parts—and when so pulverized the soil freely 
admits oxygen, which combining with the carbon of the earth 
forms a nutritive food for vegetation. Editor. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Hexandiiia Monogynia — Amaryllidacece. 
Coburgia Versicolor. This beautiful plant is the produce of 
the excursions of J. Maclean, Esq. over the Peruvian Andes from 
Lima, though the exact place of its growth is not noticed. The 
tube of each flower is of a pale red colour; the limb, which is 
divided into six parts, is for the most part green on the outside, 
and on the inner or expanded side white, with a green margin. 
“ To make the bulbs flower we ought to obtain a vigorous state 
of growth before Midsummer, and at that time, if bloom does 
not appear, place them in a hotter situation. They like strong 
soil, mixed with perfectly rotten and pulverised dung or leaves, 
the neck being kept above ground, if they are in pots.” W. H. 
Bot. Reg. 
Octandria Monogynia — Onagracea. 
Fuchsia Splendens. This species was raised from seed sent 
