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should be served up. To set the glasses on the window ledge is nearly as fatal 

 to them ; the cold air coming up between the sash chills them. Plants of all 

 kinds are as sensitive to a draft as human beings are. In order to have them 

 near the light, put up light brackets or a narrow shelf across the window, say 

 six inches from the glass, which 

 will protect them both from the 

 sun and the draft. 



A very good plan for growing 

 them in glasses is first to put the 

 bulb in clean sand until the roots 

 have become well grown, say six 

 inches long; then take them out 

 of the sand, put them in glasses, 

 and treat as above. It is really 

 curious to see them growing in 

 water, and when, as you some- 

 times will do, you get a good 

 spike, the satisfaction is very 

 great. 



Hyacinths will grow and bloom 

 in moss alone, if it be kept con- 

 tinually wetted ; but a far better 

 way is to fill half way whatever 

 vessel you may choose — a bowl, 

 dish, or vase — with clean sand, 

 place the bulb upon it, and fill the 

 rest with good green moss. Use 

 sufficient water to keep the sand 

 full, but with none lying on the 

 top. Once in three or four water- 

 ings you may use liquid manure, 

 which may be made of half a peck 

 of well rotted cow manure put in 

 ten gallons of water, well stirred 

 up, and allowed to settle, the clear 

 liquid alone being used . This will 

 strengthen the growth; still with- 

 out such stimulant the plants will ^'s 27 -Jardmet .vith jacinth 

 come short, strong, and well colored, if kept fully exposed to the light, and well 

 supplied with air. 



Those who grow Hyacinths in part to gratify curiosity, will be amused by 

 taking a deep saucer or glass dish, fill it to the rim with clean, white gravel, 

 upon which place a good, firm bulb; then treat the same as with glasses. The 



