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as they commence to expand, tied into small bunches 
and dried carefully in the shade. Be careful to keep 
their stems in a perfectly straight position, and do not 
place too many in a bunch. 
Acroclinums are plants easily cultivated, doing best 
in a well-enriched, deep soil, and in the event of their 
making too rank a growth it is advisable to support 
with stakes, and in order to have them do well, keep 
the plants ten or twelve inches apart each way. The 
they will not tlower so early. If the latter methods aro 
adopted the young plants will require to be transplanted, 
but can be removed to the places where they are in¬ 
tended to bloom. Be careful to sow the seed as thinly 
as possible, and, if sown under glass, take every care 
to prevent the plants from becoming drawn, as stout, 
robust plants are essential to complete success in the 
cultivation of this pretty tribe. The following varieties 
are perhaps the most desirable: .!. roseiim —the flow- 
Grocp of Everlastings. 
seed can be sown about the first of April, very thinly in 
a shallow box of light, rich soil, covered slightly, and 
placed in a gentle hot-bed. As soon as the young plants 
are well up transplant them an inch or two apart each 
way, into similar boxes; keep close and moist until well 
established, then gradually harden off and plant out 
when all danger of frost is over; or the seed can be 
sown in a cold frame about the middle of April, or in 
a nicely prepared border about the first of May, but 
rs resemble a Daisy in size and form, and are of a 
right Rose-color. A. album, similar to the above in 
very respect except in color, which is almost pure 
diite. A roseum fl. pi., is a novelty of last season, and 
ne of the best of the class, the flowers being perfect in 
irm and of a bright pink and rose color; in size some¬ 
what larger than the old. It also possesses the desira- 
ility of reproducing itself pretty true from seed. 
Queens. K. Y. CHAS. E. PAHNELL. 
