is just wide enough to contain the bulb. Fill the 

 glass with clear water so that when the bulb is 

 put in the cup its base is about one fifth of an 

 inch above the water. This is to prevent rotting 

 of the bulb. One has to inspect at least once a 

 week this water level, or rather the distance 

 between the bulb and the water, and to refresh 

 occasionally the water. Put now the glasses in a 

 dark cool cupboard, and wait for the results. Do 

 not try to apply heat so as to force the first 

 process of growing. In a few days time white 

 points appear at the base of the bulb, which 

 points grow out into sturdy white roots. Gra- 

 dually a yellow point will be seen at the top. 

 Keep the glasses still in the dark, till out of that 

 yellowish white top grows a big flower bud. 

 When this bud has grown about half an inch 

 standing quite free from the neck of the bulb, 

 bring the glasses in the light - - gradually - 

 not immediately in the full light of the window 

 sill. The yellow leaves and flowerbud will, 

 because of the sunlight, turn green in a day or 

 two. Dust occasionally the leaves and bud with a ; 

 soft brush, or spray them with tepid water to 

 remove the dust. To prevent the bulb toppling 

 over when it is full-grown and the bulb gets top 

 heavy, the glass sometimes is filled up to one- 

 third of its height with clean pebbles. The roots 

 work themselves in between the pebbles. Another 

 way is, to stake them, or to use a wire support. 



The most important thing is to put the bulbs not 

 to soon in the light. 



Instead of growing hyacinths in glasses one 

 can grow them in bowls. Make a layer in the 

 bowl of crocks. Put the bulbs on top. Those bulbs 

 may be hyacinths, crocusses or narcissi (for the 

 latter take either Chinese or Paperwhite Narcissi). 

 Fill up the spaces between the bulbs with pebbles 

 so as to keep the bulbs in position. Pour water in 

 till the crocks are immerged and put your bowl 

 in a dark cool cupboard. Instead of crocks, one 

 can take very sharp sand. Do not forget adding 

 water occasionally . The bowls with crocusses 

 should after sufficient developing in the dark 

 not be brought in a warm soom. To get best 

 results with crocusses, one has to keep them cool, 

 even during the blooming period. Crocusses do 

 splendidly on wet sand. Fill a deep saucer with 

 sharp sand and put the corms on top. Keep the 

 sand wet (this is a fundamental rule), and keep 

 the saucer in a cool room. 



Another way of raising flowers from bulbs is 

 to grow them in fibre. Practically all bulbs 

 (hyacinths, tulips, crocusses, snowdrops, scillas, 

 chionodoxas, aconites etc.), can be grown in 

 fibre, but keep to the fundamental rule give 

 the roots always the same amount of moisture 

 never too much never short. It is always 

 advisable to make at the bottom of your bowl, 

 vase, or what else you may take -for growing 



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