. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. January THE COTTAGE GAKDENEB. S23 more will be required thnn the extermination of weeds and worms—a supply of water in jieriods of drought—and a slight top-dressing of rich soil among the young seedling plants which will appenr in less tliau a month. Thus en- couraged, tlio seedling plants will grow vigorously till Novemher. JMany will llower in the succeeding April, when the best should be moi'ked, the worst rooted out, and space thus given for the growtli of those that have not flowered. ^Vhou the tubers are at rest, the largest (which will b
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. January THE COTTAGE GAKDENEB. S23 more will be required thnn the extermination of weeds and worms—a supply of water in jieriods of drought—and a slight top-dressing of rich soil among the young seedling plants which will appenr in less tliau a month. Thus en- couraged, tlio seedling plants will grow vigorously till Novemher. JMany will llower in the succeeding April, when the best should be moi'ked, the worst rooted out, and space thus given for the growtli of those that have not flowered. ^Vhou the tubers are at rest, the largest (which will be in- dicated Ijy the strength of the foliage) should be lifted, and the bed again toi^-dressed Avith rich soil to encourage tlio small roots which should remain undisturbed in the bed another year. The roots taken up may be dried and stored as directed for tlie double Anemones, but should be re- planted rather earlier in the autumn than is recommended for them. A second sowing of seed should be made in February, on the plan described above. A few of these will llower in autumn, and many in the following spring. Single Anemone roots may remain in the ground for two seasons, if this be preferred; strong plants will remain green nearly all the year round, and during most of tlie luonths will furnish ornaments to the table boufiuot as a rewai'd to the cultivator. NEW PLANTS. THEIR POETIIAITS AND RED-rLOWERED Almeidea [Almeklea rubra).—Botani- cal Maf/azine, t. 4348.—Tliis genus of Brazilian shrubs was named by St. Hilaire, in honour of Don R. P. de Almeida, Ids friend and patron ; and rubra refers to the red colour of the flowers, wliich in this species are produced at the end of the branches on close sjjikes, called thyrses. Five more species of these pretty bushes have been recorded, and all natives of Brazil. They belong to the Natural Order Riicworts (Rutaoeffi), and the nearest alliance is Oalijtca, from the same country; and what we did not expect to se
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