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potting your bulbs give good drainage, and place tbe bulbs on the 

 surface, pressing them down into the soil till nearly covered. Cro- 

 cuses and snowdrops should be about an inch under tbe Burface. 

 Hyacinths in glasses require rain water, and the glass should be 

 filled till just touching the bottom of the bulb. Renew the water 

 now and tben as it gets impure, and keep adding more as tbe roots 

 drink it up. October is tbe best time to fill your glasses and pots. 

 Keep them in a cool dark place — a closet would do — till they have 



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grown an inch or so. After tins bring them out to the light, and 

 let them have as much fresh air as possible. Keep them from frost, 

 but as cool as you can above it. Prost destroys the bloom. Tbe 

 double varieties are not so good for pots or glasses as tbe single. 

 Among the best are the following : — 



Bed. — d. Bouquet Royal, s. Amy, s. Baron Kothschild, s. Prima 

 Donna, d. Princess Royal, s. Von Schiller. 



Blue. — s. Grand Vedette, d. Rembrandt, s. Celestina, s. Grand 

 Lilas, d. Prince of Saxe-Weimar, s. Shakespeare, s. General 

 Lauriston. 



Lilac and Mauve. — s. Adelina Patti, s. Haydn, s. L'TJnique. 



White. — s. Grand Vedette, s. Blanchard, d. La Virgiuite, s. La 

 Vestale, d. Prince of Waterloo, s. Queen Victoria, s. Seraphine. 



