18 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



The bulblets will produce plants that will flower the 

 second year, but they will not be prolific bloomers until 

 the third year. Space in a schoolroom window is too 

 valuable to wait so long for results. If pupils can find 

 room for them at home, the experience of bringing 

 them to bloom will be valuable and interesting. Only 

 the strongest bulblets should be used. A five-inch pot 

 will be large enough for three of them. Plant in the 

 same way that the larger bulbs are planted, and give 

 them the attention usually given to window plants. 



THE EASTER LILY 



Any one who has had some degree of success in culti- 

 vating bulbs may try the Bermuda lily (Lilium liarrisii\ 

 generally known as the Easter lily. Use the same kind 

 of soil as for other fall bulbs. Select large bulbs ; the 

 smaller ones will bloom, but they seldom give satisfac- 

 tory results. One bulb may be put into a six-inch pot, or 

 three may be planted in a ten-inch pot. Place the bulbs 

 so that the tops will be three inches below the edge of 

 the pot ; fill soil around them firmly and barely cover 

 the tops of the bulbs. This lily produces two sets of 

 roots : One set comes from the base of the bulb ; it 

 furnishes nutriment for the development of the plant. 

 The other set is thrown from the stalk sent up by the 

 bulb ; the office of this set is to provide support for the 

 plant. After the plants are taken from storage, soil 

 should be filled in around the stems until each pot is 



