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moss in which each tuber is enveloped, and transferred to 

 the vases or baskets. If they are intended to remain in 

 flower where planted, the moss may be dispensed with, 

 but otherwise the treatment is the same. 



The plants should be kept in the dark until they begin 

 to show flower, which will be when the spikes are about 

 six inches long. The boxes or pots may then be removed, 

 and the plants gradually inured to the sunlight, when the 

 leaves will become a beautiful green. 



Occasional waterings with tepid water are to be given, 

 as the plants when once fairly started into growth must on 

 no account be allowed to become dry. 



Other plants of the nature of the Lily of 'the Valley, 

 such as the various species of Convallaria, Dielytra, 

 Uvularia, Sanguinaria or .Bloodroot, may be forced by 

 similar treatment. 



HEPATICA. 



The different varieties of Hepatica (Squirrel Cups) may 

 be forced as directed for Polyanthus. Some of the double 

 varieties, with their lovely red and blue flowers, beauti- 

 fully imbricated, are among the most desirable flowers for 

 forcing, a pot of any of them being a mass of bloom for 



