BERMUDA LILY. 191 
having a plan of his own; or, at least, in visiting many 
of the largest growers, we hear very different opinions 
expressed, in regard to the size of the bulb to be grown, 
for the greatest profit; the temperature required to bring 
them forward to the best advantage, and whether they 
are best grown in pots or on benches. 
We find the better plan is to pot the bulbs as soon 
as received from Bermuda, and that a careful selection 
of sizes is a matter of great importance. It was, for 
some years, thought that the larger the bulbs, the greater 
would be the chances of success in their flowering; but 
now the smaller sizes are more generally used. It is 
found that well-matured bulbs, of from three to five 
inches in circumference, well grown in a five-inch pot, 
will give from one to three fiowers each, and that the 
small bulbs will produce their flowers in a much shorter 
time than the largest sized ones. As the flower stems 
are cut, for decorative purposes, close to the pot, as soon 
as two or three flowers are opened, the plant from the 
small bulb will bring very nearly as much as the other, 
which costs three times as much at the start, and as 
much more to grow. The plant sells for a given price 
per flower, and, as there are not usually more than three 
open at a time, the unopened buds are of no value. The 
profits of a grower depend largely upon how much he 
can cut, or grow, on a given space, and in growing Lilies 
he finds he can get double the number of stalks from a 
bench planted with small bulbs, from what he could if 
planted with the largest ones, consequently they are far 
the more profitable. 
There is another important consideration in the use 
of small bulbs, viz., the time in which they can he 
brought into flower. One florist, last season, cut his 
first flowers at ‘* Thanksgiving,” and they came on rap- 
idly thereafter. At this season flowers for decorative 
purposes are in good demand, consequently they bring 
