Growing Flowers 51 



Crocus 



Crocuses require a rich, moist soil. The bulbs 

 should be planted in the autumn to three times 

 their depth, and these same bulbs taken up again 

 as soon as they have stopped flowering and stored 

 in a dry, airy room until the next fall when they 

 may be again planted. 



Crocuses are easily flowered in the house in the 

 winter and may be planted either in earth, in glass 

 bowls of pebbles and water to which has been 

 added a little white sand, or in vegetable fiber, a 

 special preparation for house plants. When grown 

 in water, the water should be freshened every few 

 days. 



Crocuses, narcissi, tulips, and hyacinths should 

 be kept in an airy room without a fire and where gas 

 is seldom burned. They should be placed in the 

 sunlight daily and when the buds have almost 

 burst forth brought into the sitting room or dining 

 room. 



Plant fall bulbs early that they may get a good 

 start in root growth before the ground freezes. 

 The roots will then have a good lot of roots to 

 start work with in the spring and the flower will 

 appear much earlier than if the bulbs are not 



