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and will give you a nice variety with 

 little or no expense. 



Bulbs. 

 The cultivation and sale of bulbs has 

 reached enormous proportions. With 

 their ease of culture, showy effect and 

 small cost, they are prime favorites. 

 They should be potted up as soon as 

 received in the fall, placed outside in 

 some sheltered position, and covered 

 first with some leaves, sawdust or some 

 other material that will not adhere to 

 the soil in the pot, then cover with six 

 inches of soil ; but before covering at 

 all, give a thorough watering. This is 

 all the water they will require until you 

 bring them in, so do not make the mis- 

 take of trying to force Dutch bulbs be- 

 fore the middle of January, or the fur- 

 ther mistake of trying to force them 

 before they have made any roots, or 

 rather filled their pots with roots. When 



potted up in October or November and 

 covered as directed they will have filled 

 their pots with roots by the middle of 

 December and may then be brought 

 into a cool cellar, and a few at a time 

 brought ifito a light, warm room so as 

 to have a succession. Roman Hya- 

 cinths and Paper White Narcissus only 

 may be forced before Christmas. 



It is claimed by some authorities that 

 to have the best success with bulbs 

 they should be left outside until thor- 

 oughly frozen, particularly so with Tu- 

 lips and Lily of the Valley. This I can 

 assure you is not at all necessary, as an- 

 nually we force tens of thousands that 

 are never subjected to the freezing con- 

 sidered so necessary, and I must say 

 that the quality is equal to any that I 



have ever seen. 



W. Gammage. 

 London. 



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DWILL name 25 plants that stand 

 first on my list for their winter 

 blooming qualities; and the ama- 

 teur, who is undecided what to se- 

 lect from the attractive pages of the 

 catalogues, will find none better. They 

 are not the latest novelties, I know, but 

 they are better than some of the newer 

 kinds. 



Geraniums : Bruant, red ; La Favor- 

 ite, white ; Centaure, lovely pink ; M. 

 Caro, called lilac and a free bloomer ; 

 Gilded Gold, orange-scarlet. 



Abutilons : rosaeflorum, a lovely 

 rose color, veined with dark pink ; 

 Boule de Niege, pure white ; Golden 

 Bells, bright yellow ; Crusader, crimson. 

 Carnation: : Silver Spray, pure white; 

 Chester Pride, white flaked with red ; 

 Sunrise, yellow flaked with red ; Tidal 



Wave, deep pink. There are many 

 more carnations that are deserving of 

 mention, but these are excellent 

 bloomers. 



Begonias: Rubra, bright scarlet ; Paul 

 Bruant, light pink. 



Roses: Meteor, dark red; Clothide 

 Loupert, white with pink centre. 



Also a plant each of Primula obconica, 

 purple heliotrope, Manettia vine, Plum- 

 bago capensis, a pink and white petunia, 

 a scarlet and white verbena and a Linum 

 trigynum, 



I presume everyone knows how to 

 care for the geranium. The abutilon, 

 heliotrope, Manettia vine, carnation, 

 plumbago, petunia, verbena and Linum 

 trigynum will do well in the soil that 

 suits the geranium. Perhaps Madettia 

 vine will do better with more leaf mold 



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