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temperature, usually afforded by the greenhouse; and 
when the flowers are fully expanded, the plants can be 
taken to the sitting room, or wherever their presence is 
desired, observing to protect them from sudden changes 
or cold draughts of air, and it will help them if the water 
given to them should be moderately warm, say 80°. 
GROWING IN CLASSES, 
Hyacinths in glasses are an elegant and appropriate 
ornament to the parlor, and for this purpose occasion 
little trouble. The bulbs should be procured and placed 
in the glasses as early in the season as possible, keeping 
them in the dark until their roots are well started, after 
which the lightest position that can be afforded is the 
best. The water in which they grow should be changed 
twice o1 thrice a week, and in severe weather the plants 
must be removed from the window, so as to be secure 
from frost. 
OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 
For decorating the flower garden, the bulbs should be 
planted in October or the early partof November, at six 
or seven inches apart each way, in light, rich soil, ata 
depth of four inches from the crown of the bulb to the 
surface of the earth, and covered over, as soon as the 
ground freezes, with three or four inches of leaves or 
rough manure. It may be necessary to place sticks to 
them when in bloom, to prevent them from being broken 
by the wind; and this is all the attention they require 
till the foliage is withered, and the season has arrived for 
taking them up, when, instead of the usual practice of 
drying them at once in the sun, we would advise the 
Duch method to be adopted, namely, to place them side 
by side on a sunny spot of ground and cover them with 
about an inch of loose earth. Lett in this position for a 
