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cinths in water are, — placing them in the full light when first planted, 

 which is very unfavourable to the growth of the roots — keeping them 

 away from the light when throwing up the leaves and blossoms, which 

 prevents their coming to their natural colours — placing them (before 

 the leaves and stems are sufficiently advanced) upon a chimney piece 

 or other very warm place, which spends too much of the bulb in 

 fibrous roots, and forces up the blossoms before they arrive at their 

 proper size, form, or colour. 



Of Hyacinths, Dwarf Tulips, &c, in Pots. 



Hyacinths, Narcissus, Jonquils, Tulips, Persian Irises, and other 

 bulbs for early blooming in pots, (without any hot-beds or greenhouse,) 

 should be planted in October, for which purpose deep-shaped flower 

 pots should be procured, called bulb pots, placing crocks or coarse 

 gravel at bottom for drainage, and be filled to within two inches of 

 the top with rich loam, containing a portion of fine road sand and 

 decayed manure ; then place the bulb on the same without pressure 

 in so doing, then fill to the top with the same compost, after which a 

 little pressure should be used, which will settle the bulb and mould 

 firmly together with the top of the bulb just above the surface of the 

 soil. 



When the desired number of roots have been thus potted, they 

 should be removed to any spare corner of the garden, and buried to 

 the top of the pots in the earth, when they must be covered with leaves, 

 coal ashes, or any other light dry substances to the depth of nine or 

 ten inches, where they may remain without any attention until 

 January ; the covering should then be carefully removed, when the 

 plants will be found to have vegetated an inch or two, they should 

 then be placed in any warm and light situation, where they will make 

 rapid progress, and produce blossoms far superior to those obtained by 

 other modes of treatment. 



ARTICLE VI. 

 REMARKS ON THE OLD DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE. 



BY ELIZABETH, ENSHAM, IN OXFORDSHIRE. 



As you beg for all the information your subscribers can give respect- 

 ing the culture of the old double yellow Rose, I am induced to give 



