34 GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. 



at no time less than 75, and flowers will be had in 

 abundance in April. For succession crops, place the dry 

 bulbs in moss, at intervals of three or four weeks. The 

 last crops will usually be the best, as by May and June 

 the temperature will have increased, and less artificial 

 heat will be required. 



If flowers are wanted during November and December, 

 the retarding process alluded to is resorted to. This is 

 done by selecting such bulbs as are wanted, (care being 

 taken to use only such as are sound and firm,) and placing 

 them in some cool, dry place until the middle of August, 

 when the first crop may be planted, either in pots or in a 

 bench of the green-house, as described above for the 

 spring crop. This planting will produce a crop by No- 

 vember. For the succession crop for December, planting 

 must be delayed until the middle of September, this 

 being as late as the bulbs can be kept sound in the usual 

 way ; but they may be retarded in refrigerators, and in 

 that way may be had all through the winter months, pro- 

 vided a high enough temperature, with plenty of light, 

 can be given. The same high temperature is indispensa- 

 ble as in the spring crop, namely, an average of 75. 

 The variety best for forcing is the "Pearl," which grows 

 only about half the height, and has flowers nearly twice 

 the diameter of the old sort ; but for planting in the open 

 ground in the ordinary way, when the flowers are only 

 wanted for fall, the common double variety is the best ; 

 as, being less full, the flowers open better under the 

 often unfavorably dry atmosphere that we have in Oc- 

 tober. 



Tuberoses are often forwarded, so as to be got in 

 flower in the earlier fall months, in sections of the country 

 where the season is too short. This is done exactly 

 in the way recommended for the spring forcing, by 



