314 BULBOUS-ROOTED FLOTTERS. 



against tlie edge of bencli, or table, or cellar-bin, so as to knock 

 tbe ball of earth loose from the pot, when the pot can be gently 

 lifted with the right hand enough to see whether the white roots 

 have run through the soil. When they have filled the earth 

 with roots, then they are ready to be removed to the room in 

 which they are to bloom ; there they should be placed in the 

 window, where they will have abimdance of light, and can be 

 maintained at a temperature not colder than fifty at night, or 

 more than seventy-five by day. 



They will now soon begin to show leaves and push forth the 

 flower stalk, and will require to be watered oftener, enough to 

 keep the sod moist, not wet, but when the flowers are beginning 

 to open, the watering may be increased, and the ground kept weE 

 saturated. After they have become expanded, the flowers wiU 

 last longer if the temperature of the air can be kept at abont 

 sixty during the day, but this is not an easy matter in the 

 sitting-room, where one likes to have the flowers, that their 

 beauty and fragrance may be constantly enjoyed. 



After the plants have done blooming, the watering must be 

 gradually diminshed until the leaves become yeUow, when it 

 should cease, and the pots be laid on their sides on a shelf in the 

 cellar, there to remain until wanted for planting in October. It 

 is not desirable to flower a Hyacinth bulb in a pot more than 

 once, the next year the pot-flowered bulbs should be planted in 

 the open border, and a new stock secured for potting. 



Hyacinths may be grown in pots of moss or pure sand, first 

 putting the drainage into the bottom of the pot as already directed, 

 and using moss or pure sand instead of soil for planting the bulb. 

 Or, they may be grown in water, either in glasses, known as 

 Hyacinth glasses, which can be obtained of the florist, of various 

 patterns, or, instead of a glass, in a Turnip or Carrot hollowed 

 out so as to hold the bulb and sufficient water below it. By 

 hoUowing out the root in such a way as to leave a part of the 

 crown in a circle around the Hyacinth, the leaves wiU grow up 

 out of the root and conceal the bulb, producing a pleasing effect. 



