THE GROWING 



more pleasure than a row of plants in small 

 pots ranged along the window-sill. 



I find the single varieties of the Holland 

 JHyacinth much more satisfactory than the 

 'double ones. They seldom disappoint us, and 

 this cannot be said of the double sorts. Single 

 Tulips, also, are preferable to double ones for 

 winter flowering. 



Every collection of bulbs should include the 

 Daffodil. I would choose it in preference to 

 the Bermuda Lily if I could have but one. 

 Nothing can be richer than the great golden 

 flowers of the large-flowering varieties, and 

 nothing can be more charming than the bright, 

 cheerful blossoms of the smaller varieties in 

 their various shades of yellow, cream, and 

 ivory. 



Everybody admires the Lily, and no collec- 

 tion of winter-flowering bulbs is what it ought 

 to be without it. There is but one variety 

 adapted to culture by the amateur, and that 

 is the kind imported from Bermuda (cata- 

 logued as the " Bermuda Lily, or Lilium Har- 

 risii) , but more generally known as the Easter 

 Lily, because it is forced so extensively for use 

 at the Easter season. One might suppose, on 

 first seeing it in its stately and immaculate 



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