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thems roots’! may Have® pletty! ‘of Aouiishinieltt?" (ABBE the tle ot 0 
April, or as soon ‘as the? plants’ have’ ‘done’ flowering’ t hey sh oul Ae al 
takemmup! and! ia wr sélécting ‘the runtiers of the rievotl ar, if 
wellrooteds but-the eld plants will do: equally well if” reduced to os 1a 
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plants and: heel lofig'Poots éut back 1° The ground’ wheat tf the 1h of ete ‘ 
dug,vand a ‘portion of fresh "sol and “well- décomnposed pianure added, 
The-plants'should then’ be planted abbut tei inches apart. ‘ te fey jure, 
tobe supplied with’ water occasionally, to keep: ‘then in. 4 growin i state, 8, 
during the summer? They “will amply ‘repay ‘in ‘the, autumn with, 
abundaiice of flowers the little” attention required. at ‘3 {0% ere 
»The! double purple Violet isa hardy" variety, isang ee Auge 
dhe blossoms’ fron’ March until May.’ “Ty? treatment: durin,  summe er 
isithe samebas that? for°the Russian’; but Iét no one’ “expect to it have : 
flowers inithe perfection to which they are’ capable ‘of Attainin Hit pay 
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taking: the plants up ‘annually, rédividing ‘and’ planting’a at “Teast, ten, 
inches: apart.’ They ought tobe’ planted in various ettattons, and 
aspects, toi keep up’ a continous supply.” een ani hit ‘a fog fe 
Thertred! Violet iy ‘a’ variety of" comparatively’ recent” ‘thttos ction, . 
It-is\ veryhardy, an'early aid, free: ‘bloomer, ‘and-* very. | desirable 17 
out+of=door culture 5! ert no" “atteaition’ ‘should then’ Bee paid. pe, ts. 
arborescent peculiarity!” tErO «Se ont Nae nog 
‘The Neapolitan: Wibtet 3 i8 mticly mioré tender thin the ‘iBpye Yarieties 
butijit will:neverthélessy produéé ii’ many’ situations an | abundance ¢ OL an 
fine: Accoveret out ‘of doors)” A ‘dry and sheltered’ place’ should be selecte vee 
fordthiThe plants should ‘be planted from ‘twelve to! sixteen’ inche @3 
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apart.o/The runners’ ‘should be carefully réthoved during ‘the s summer, 
excepttwo or three of the! earliest front’ each plant; and +} these. sh Hout 
beh pegged down; to’ keep up’a supply for xenewal: next “season. 
theyiare:very subject'to mouldiness from damp, every. care should I fy 
taken to. prevent that’evil by judiciously removing, when ‘overcrow. ed, 
a part of their foliage; and as the winter: approaches: all decayi ing. Tea ef, 
There! areoother: varieties, ‘but these may’ suffice to give | a SUPPLY 0 ot 
flowersicwhilst the weather “is| mild and open durin, , winter, : and ‘an, 
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baanlers aid, Camellias. Look over’ ‘and attetid to\previdus directions?" 
respecting; Azaleas; and water. plants°@rowing ‘in® heat! Bate ge Mts - 
and.rather vliberally, syringing them freely" every evening? a man" 
taining.a regularly moist ‘atmosphere. °/Also'seé that these are mee fectly'? 
free, from their great) enemy blaek ‘thrips; and af- ‘any of the? ‘plants? at iu 
found, to:he infested with this pest: use some means at onée to effectual od 
clear‘them!:perhaps the most’ effeetual,/and where “many ‘plants’ have” 
to be cleared, the cheapest’ and quickest plan i ig'to smoke rather ag eis 
at night and again the following morning, taking caré to’ have the foliag ge 
perfectly. dry: and the: atmosphere as much so’ as ‘possible, for’the folia age 
of these when’ damp is easily-injured by" tobacco smoke? but if ‘Petfectly ipuld 
dry will:stand almostcany amount.) “Speéimens ii’ leat” chiedl Reve 
