IRISH GARDENING 



C>)rrespondence. 



\\'ii\ I'l.Aii'. Uli.hs i.\ nil-: Daijk? 

 SrK, — "Hints to Amateirs," by R- M. Pollock, in 

 your issue for October, tins exposed ibe old skeleton in 

 tbe cupboard once more, and whicb seems to have been 

 handed down for ages past, one g-eneration after 

 another. To place bulbs in glasses and bowls in the 

 dark to make roots is an " absolute fallacy." which can 

 be proved by an}' one that will give the other side a fair 

 trial, and we should then hear less often, "Oh, my 

 bulbs in glasses and bowls have failed again." I have 

 grown Hyacinths and Narcissi in glasses with water 

 for over thirty years, and many kinds of bulbs in bowls 

 with fibre without any failures, the glasses and bowls 

 placed directly in sunny windows or in the greenhouse, 

 where they make roots quicker and stronger than in 

 the dark. There is not the slightest danger of growth 

 starting before root action, while both leaves and 

 flower spikes will be so stout and sturdy that many 

 will stand without supports. Another bogey is the 

 recommending of rain or soft water for growing bulbs 

 in glasses. This will always go putrid in a very short 

 lime, and once the bulbs have got the taste of this you 

 need not look for healthy roots afterwards, but may as 

 well toss the whole thing away (bar the glasses). 

 Ciiven good spring or well water, and if it contains 

 " lime " so much the better, and there will be no need to 



use charcoal or any other absorbents. To change 

 water in the glasses stand them In a sink or tub every 

 three or four weeks and fill up svith can or jug, making 

 them run over freely until all the water is changed. 



FRF.ni:RICK KKI11-OR1). 



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