BULB GROWING : SELECTION OF VARIETIES 

 AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



Prof. H. C. Irish, Shaw School of Botany, St. Louis, Mo. 



Fifj. 1445 — Narcissus Horsfieldii. 



F the many factors tending to 

 make the home surroundings 

 beautiful, probably none can 

 accomplish desired results 

 more easily and cheaply than a luxuriant 

 growth of bulbs, artistically arranged in 

 the sitting room window, or beautiful 

 clusters placed in different parts of the 

 lawn. It is not difficult to secure a 

 pleasing effect in either situation. The 

 operations are not only simple, but most 

 bulbs appear particularly adapted to 

 various conditions, and even unfavora- 



ble conditions are, as a rule, quite easily 

 overcome. The work is no longer con- 

 fined to wealthy amateurs, commercial 

 florists, experiment stations or botanical 

 gardens, but any bright, thrifty, well-to- 

 do person, with a few rods of land at his 

 command, may be the happy owner of 

 many choice flowers. I^et these institu- 

 tions cultivate rare and costly plants 

 which require careful nursing ; there are 

 many others just as beautiful which are 

 within the reach of all who desire 

 them. 



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