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The florist with a modest area of glass will find the Allium Neapolitan 

 a very handy thing. The little bulbs can be put in between the carna- 

 tions, or along the edge of a convenient bed anywhere. 



By planting a lot every week or ten days a constant succession of the 

 useful trusses may be had. As they belong to same species as the leek, 

 garlic, and onion, the odor is pronounced. This may be overcome, how- 

 ever, by placing the flowers in water for forty-eight hours before they 

 are used. The bulbs multiply and will bloom freely year after year. 

 We always leave them in the soil until we throw out the bench and then 

 save the bulbs in sand until they are wanted for planting. 



There are a number of other things I would like to discuss in the line 

 of greenhouse bulbs, among them being Callas, Preesias, Dutch Hyacinths, 

 but as it would make an article of wearisome length to take them all up 

 in detail, I will mention cnly one more. That is the Amaryllis Johnsonii. 

 We find this a very good thing to have, being bright and showy, and a 

 favorite with our customers. We get the bulbs in the fall and always 

 have them in bloom for Easter. Our method of cultivation -is simply to 

 pot them and keep them growing. They like a warm spot and are 

 easily held back. Such bulbs as are not sold out are as good or better 

 the next year. After the blooming season is over we put them under 

 a bench and leave them dry till wanted for starting. 



There are a number of hardy bulbs that will be found not only very 

 acceptable to the florist when lined out, but also when planted in a 

 bed or border for decorating the home grounds. The best of these are 

 the Liliums Auratum, Speciosum Rubrum and Album, and the old, 

 original Easter lily, the Candidum. These should all be planted in 

 the fall in light soil and put down six inches below the surface. Tulips 

 and hyacinths are fine for bedding out on the home grounds, but as the 

 time of flowering cannot be governed and the texture of the blooms 

 not so good as those grown under glass, they are not grown in this 

 manner extensively by florists. Among the most popular of the tender 

 out-door plants are the cannas and dahlias. These are both produced 

 from tubers, or may be grown from seed. The tubers should be lifted 

 and stored under a bench in a cool greenhouse or in a cellar after a 

 good frost in the fall. Along in February they should be divided into 

 sections of two to three eyes and potted. Or the cannas may be planted 

 in boxes or flats of sand and placed under a bench in a warm situation 

 until growth is started, when they may be potted or planted into the 

 beds out of doors. 



Gladiolus may be either grown in the greenhouse or out of doors in 

 the garden. For greenhouse culture the corms may be planted in flats 

 or at intervals between the rows in a carnation bed. The smaller- 

 growing sorts are best adapted for this method of forcing. The robust, 

 rank-growing varieties are very desirable for cut flowers when planted 

 in the open ground, and though the plants are rather unsightly after 

 the blooms are gone they require but little room and may be planted 



