148 ON THE CULTIVATION OF DUTCH BULBS IN POTS. 



March, and potted, will make fine plants, and be fit to tam out 

 in May. 



If you think these remarks worth a place in your Cabinet, they 

 are quite at your service. W. Denver. 



February 6th, 1834. 







ARTICLE III.— On the Cultivation of Dutch Bulbs in 

 Pots. By Mr. Thomas Appleby, Gardener to the 

 Rev. J. A. Rhodes, Horsforth Hall, near Leeds. 

 To flower these bulbs in pots to perfection, they should, as soon 

 as received, be planted in pots five inches wide and six deep, in a 

 rich compost of loam, vegetable mould, and well-rotted cow-dung, 

 in equal parts, well sifted, and mixed with one-eighth of fine sea- 

 sand, or, where that cannot be got, tine river-sand, with a small 

 portion of salt added, will do. Procure some oyster-shells, and 

 lav one partly over the hole at the bottom of each pot, and another 

 resting upon it, to form a good drain. Then put as much soil in 

 (having it rather dry) as will allow the bulb to be just covered 

 within the rim of the pot ; press it firmly down in the pot with the 

 lingers, or a blunt piece of wood made for that purpose : this is 

 to prevent the roots going too quickly through to the bottom. 

 Place the bulb upon the soil, and fill up round it, pressing it hard 

 down also, to prevent the bulb from rising when it begins to throw 

 out its roots. Give them a gentle watering, and plunge them into 

 a cold frame, covering fhein two inches deep over the bulbs either 

 with rotten tanners' bark or sifted cod-ashes. They must remain 

 here until they break through the covering, and then remove them 

 into the greenhouse to flower. Should they be wanted to flower 

 in February or March, or even earlier, they must be placed the 

 month before in a stove or forcing-house, to bring them forward. 



Such of your readers- as may not have the convenience of 

 frames, greenhouses, &c, may place their pots of bulbs in a cellar, 

 or any outbuilding, covering them as before described ; and as 

 they make their appearance, bring them into the windows to flower 

 in succession — only do not sutler them to get much above the 

 covering, before they are removed into the light and air, or th«y 

 will be drawn and blanched. . - . 



