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a week is sufficient to keep the fibre moist. 

 When they are thoroughly rooted, and not 

 till then, they are given more light to 

 develop the foliage ; and as soon as flower 

 buds begin to show they are placed in full 

 light, in a window-sill in a cold room, till 

 they go to their final position in the rooms. 

 The roots are so strong at the end of a week 

 or ten days that they often lift the bulbs 

 right out of the fibre, when they must be 

 carefully and firmly replaced. With Roman 

 Hyacinths the flower buds show a fortnight 

 to three weeks after planting. 



In 1905 my first batches were planted on 

 September 25 and October 5 ; followed by 

 others on October 20, November 16 and 26. 

 And on September 27 I planted exactly the 

 same kinds in the ordinary pots of good soil, 

 and plunged them in a cold frame under 

 coconut fibre. This enabled me to compare 

 the methods. The Roman Hyacinths in fibre 

 were in flower five weeks and two days from 

 planting, and kept the house fragrant and 

 delicately gay till the middle of January, to 



