684 GAEDEN MANAGEMENT. 



CI48, Jonquils are also beautiful, and efifective if half a dozen or a dozen ar« 

 planted in a single pot ; otherwise they are too insignificant. The beautiful 

 large double and single sweet-scented can be bought from Is, to 3s. a dozen: 

 culture the same as the narcissus. Tulips in pots require similar treatment 

 to hyacinths. The earliest are the single and double Van Thols ; but any 

 of the early single varieties will force. Generally, however, only the double 

 ones are much used for this purpose. Perhaps the following are as effective 

 as any : — 



La Candeur, — pure white. 



Extremite d'Or, — crimson, bordered with 



orange. 

 Purple Crown, — purple. 

 Blue Flag, — violet. 

 Crown Imperial, — white and crimson. 



Rex Eubrornm, — crimson. 



Imperator ditto, — crimson. 



Eegina ditto, — crimson. 



Tournesol, — yellow and xed, variegatum 



yeUow. 

 Duke of York, — bronze-crimson. 

 Gloria Solis, — yellow and red. 



2149. For growing in pots, pans, or baskets, few bulbs can equal crocuses. 

 The pots must be thorouglily drained, as an excess of water is certain de- 

 struction to these bulbs : any light soil will do to grow them in. They can 

 also be grown in moss, damp sand, &c. , and their general management may 

 be the same as for hyacinths. They ai-e rather impatient of heat, or a close, 

 confined atmosphere, and can seldom be got to flower well before the middle 

 or end of January. A list of good sorts will be found at page 179 : any or all 

 of these will do for pot-culture, either as edgings to pots, vases, or baskets of 

 hyacinths, narcissus, or tulips, or, arranged in contrasting masses by them- 

 selves, they are at once the brightest and happiest-looking harbingers of 

 spring. 



■2150. Snoicdrops. — These must not be overlooked. The best way to succeed 

 with them in pots is to take up patches entire out of the garden, place them 

 in pots, and bring them forward on a warm shelf or with a very gentle bottom,' 

 heat. Accustomed to the companionship of the biting blast and the cold 

 snow, they will not endure much heat ; but gentle, patient treatment will 

 generally be rewarded by the unfolding of their spotless tiny bells that ring 

 the knell of the departed year, and announce the coming of a joyous spring. 

 Yes, the meek, gentle snowdrop comes to us in the dark days of winter, 

 like Mom in the white wake of the morning star, comes furrowing all the 

 orient with the golden beams of hope, D, T. F, 



§ 7.— Fruit-Culture under Glass. 



2151. One of the chief duties here is fruit-preservation. This is just the 

 very worst month in the whole year for keeping ripe fruit of any kind, and 

 especially trying for ripe grapes ; one speck of decay or mildew will soon 

 become a thousand under the influence of a November fog. Houses of ripe 

 fruit must therefore be examined daily, and every specked berry or decayed 

 leaf removed. Brisk fires must also be lighted in the morning, to enable you 



