BULBOUS ROOTS IN POTS AND GLASSES. 93 



DIRECTIONS FOR FLOWERING DUTCH BULBOUS 

 ROOTS IN POTS AND GLASSES. 



Hyacinths may be jjlanted in pots from the first of 

 October to the first of November. The soil used, should 

 consist of one-third each, of white or river sand, vege- 

 table mould, and rich loam. The pots should measure 

 about six inches across the top. When the bulbs are 

 planted, the pots are to be lightly filled with earth ; the 

 bulb may be placed in the centre, and pressed into the 

 earth, so that it may be about half covered. After this 

 the earth should be made solid all around the sides of the 

 pot, to secure the bulb in place. When the bulbs are 

 thus potted, they should be removed into a cool place, 

 in order that they may become well rooted before the 

 tops shoot up. Much light is not necessary at this pe- 

 riod ; indeed, the deprivation of light causes them to 

 root more quickly, than they would otherwise do. For 

 the first two or three weeks after potting, they may be 

 placed in a shed or a cellar, or in any other convenient 

 place, provided it be cool. Little water is also required ; 

 once watering, immediately after they are planted, being 

 suflicient, if the situation is tolerably damp where the 

 pots are placed. 



If the stock of bulbs, such as Hyacinths, early Tulips, 

 Narcissus, etc., be large enough to occupy a small frame, 

 the pots may be put within it after planting, and they 

 may be covered a few inches deep with rotten tan, or any 

 other light material. The pots will soon become filled 

 with roots, and the shoots produced by bulbs previously 

 well rooted will be stronger, and the flowers larger, than 

 if they had been put in a warm and light situation. 



