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Culture in Glasses. It is sometimes the practice to cultivate the 

 Polyanthus Narcissus and some of the large Jonquil kind in glasses 

 in rooms, in order to blow in the winter or early spring season. For 

 this purpose dry firm bulbs should be chosen, and one placed in each 

 single glass or bottle provided for the purpose, any time from Octo- 

 ber till the spring, being then filled up to the roots of the bulbs with 

 soft water, and deposited in a light warm place: in this method the 

 plants soon begin to grow, and send forth flower-stems, affording 

 good flowers, which have a very ornamental appearance. 



The principal circumstances to be regarded in this management 

 are, those of keeping the glasses well supplied with fresh portions of 

 water, so as constantly to be up to the lower part of the roots, and 

 changing the whole, so as to keep it always in a pure state. 



They may likewise be raised in pots filled with light sandy mould, 

 and placed in the same situations. 



Also in hot-houses, they may be made to blow early, when kept 

 either in pots or glasses. 



When planted out in the manner mentioned above, in the borders, 

 clumps, and other parts of pleasure-grounds, they are most of them 

 highly ornamental, producing much variety in the early spring 

 months. 



All the different principal sorts may be procured from the seeds- 

 men in London, who import them for sale from Holland, where they 

 are raised in large quantities. 



