188 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
this purpose. It is not difficult to successfully grow the 
plant. The method employed by those who grow this 
Lily largely and well, is to pot the bulbs singly in eight 
inch pots, as soon as the bulbs can be obtained, the 
earlier the better, and when possible using a rich, lively 
loam, avoiding fresh manure; plunge the pots to the 
rim in a frame where they can have free sunlight and 
air. Their annual autumn growth will soon commence, 
when water should be freely given, and growth encour- 
aged as much as possible, which will continue until the 
ground is frozen. Upon the approach of frost, cover 
the pots with newly fallen leaves, and cover the frames 
with sash or shutters, using care to exclude heat, which 
might stimulate untimely growth, and to keep out the 
frost, or rather, hard freezing, in order that the pots 
can be taken into the greenhouse as required, during 
winter. The pots can be brought in at any time after 
the plants have had a short rest. It is better, however, 
not to start them too soon, but to commence about the 
first of January, and bring them in as required for a 
succession. ‘They are best grown in a cool house, where 
they can have an abundance of light and air. When 
crowded, in a warm house, they grow up long and weak, 
and quickly become the prey of insect enemies. In a 
cool house, say with a temperature of 60° F. by day, and 
40° by night, they will come into bloom in ten weeks. 
They can be made to bloom in much less time, but at 
the expense of health to both plant and flower. 
Home grown bulbs are greatly to be preferred to 
imported ones, the latter quite frequently being injured 
by heating in transit. Another reason for this prefer- 
ence being that all vegetation is more rapid in this cli- 
mate than in France, where these bulbs are principally 
grown for the American market. Here the bulbs have 
a longer period of rest, and develop their growth in a 
much shorter period. The consequence is, the bulbs 
