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the little blue Anemone. ‘The foliage of plants of this class 
should be kept quite moist until the flowers begin to expand. 
Hyacinths can be forced in clean water in narrow vases, 
made on purpose. ‘The lower surface of the bulb should 
merely touch the water. If kept in a moderately warm room, 
roots will soon fill the vase. A shady position is necessary 
until the scape has grown to a height of about six inches. 
The Chinese Sacred Lily, a kind of Narcissus with large bulbs, 
may be grown in a similar manner in glass bowls, half-filled 
with clean pebbles of about the size of a hazel-nut. The bowl 
should be partly filled with water and one or two large bulbs 
placed in the centre. These soon commence to root, and 
flower in about a month or six weeks. The Chinese Sacred 
Lily, when grown in this way, is both interesting and orna- 
mental. 
