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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 w r ell 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 
