THE GROWING OF PLANTS IN POTS 13 



If the results are unsatisfactory it is usually owing to 

 the fact that the bulbs are brought to the light too sud- 

 denly. They must be kept in subdued light until the flower 

 head can be seen distinctly, when they may be given sun- 

 light to hasten blooming. Hyacinths should not have 

 strong sunlight until after the stem beneath the flower 

 head can be seen. It will help the hyacinth if the flower 

 stalk is protected 

 with a paper tube /^r\ O 

 until the flowers 



are ready to open. // ^ O O O O 

 Tulips, crocuses, (( O O O O O O 



O O O O O 



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FIG. 8. Diagram showing Method of placing the 

 Solid Bulb of Crocus, called Conn, in a Pot 



and narcissi need 

 strong sunlight ; 

 the other bulbs 

 will give excel- 

 lent results in 

 north windows. 



After the bulbs are done blooming, the leaves may be 

 permitted to die down gradually. If they are kept in a 

 dry, cool place during the summer and planted in beds 

 or borders in the fall, some of them will bloom the 

 next spring. 



Early bulbs. The Roman hyacinth, the polyanthus 

 narcissus, and the freesia may be potted early in Sep- 

 tember and brought to bloom in November or December. 

 Six Roman hyacinths or four narcissi may be put into 

 a five-inch pot. Keep them in a cellar, basement, or 

 storeroom in subdued light until the flowers are ready 



