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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTCRIST. 



Fig. 2o8i. Tclips. 



that by taking in a fresh batch from the frame 

 every week there would be a continuous display 

 throughout the winter. The manure acts for two 

 purposes, first to prevent severe freezing, secondly 

 to allow a person to get at the pots to take the 

 same inside when wanted. The coal ashes act for 

 several purposes also, as to prevent worms entering 

 the pots from above or below ; to prevent mice or 

 rats eating the bulbs of which they are verj^ fond; 

 the young growth does not freeze so hard in ashes 

 as any other material ; thirdly, the growth made 

 by the plants seems to stay just below the surface 

 of the ashes until they are taken inside, and the 

 time may be months — in any other material 



the growth would be drawn and spoiled ; fourth, 

 if the ashes is left upon the pots or boxes contain- 

 ing the bulbs they will not require any water until 

 the blooms are matured and cut ; fifth, if the bulbs 

 are in boxes, when the blooms are cut, the boxes 

 may be placed outdoors, where the bulbs will be 

 secure from frost, and mature bulbs for another 

 season ; sixth, it seems that the ashes prevent in- 

 sects ; seventh, unnecessary watering, and the 

 cool temperature that the bulbs and roots are kept 

 at by the ashes seem to encourage long stems. Be 

 sure there is no wood ashes among the coal ashes 

 used. 

 Niagara Falls South. R. Cameron. 



