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grown here will come into flower much gsvoner after 
being brought into the house, than do those from foreign 
countries. While this is the best method of growing 
them, the more common one is to take the bulbs, as 
imported, pot them from the first of October to the first 
of December, plunging them in the same manner, and 
in all respects treat in the same way. This does not give 
the bulbs a chance to fill the pots with roots, or to make 
the preliminary growth so essential to their perfect 
development. If the florist grows his own bulbs he can 
have them potted by the first of August, and they will 
very soon commence their season’s work. 
Treatment After Flowering in the Green- 
house.—Soon after flowering, the pots can be put in 
any out-of-the-way place, either in a cool shed, or under 
the benches, there to remain until they can be planted 
in the field for future use. There they should be liber- 
ally treated, both as regards care in cultivation, and in 
having a liberal supply of plant food. Bulbs that have 
been forced should have a rest of, at least, two years in 
the field, before they can be successfully grown again 
in the pigenhouses 
The Bermuda Lily.—This is the popular name 
of L. longiflorum, var. eximium, first brought prom- 
inently to the attention of the florists, by H. K. Harris, 
of Philadelphia, under the name of ZL. Harrisii. It 
was also sent out under the name of L. floribundum. 
It is often called Easter Lily. 
These bulbs are almost exclusively grown for forcing 
purposes on the Island of Bermuda, where they perfect 
their growth early in July. This fact is important, as 
bulbs matured at that time will perfect their flowers in 
the greenhouse fully two months earlier than those 
grown at the North, where they do not ripen until Octo- 
ber. The methods of cultivating this, the most showy 
of Lilies for Easter decoration, are variable, each florist 
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