24 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



Hyacinths forced in "Water. 

 While these curious phenomena in vegetation 

 are being accomplished, you should place other 

 hyacinth roots in bulb glasses, either blue or col- 

 orless, of the form adapted to this purpose, which 

 you must not fail to keep constantly filled with 

 water, so that the liquid shall be even with the 

 crown that is, with the edge of the flat part of 

 the bulb without ever passing it. For filling 

 these glasses, as for watering the earth where the 

 bulbs grow one above the other, one upright and 

 the other reversed, remember that you must use 

 only water of the temperature of your room. 

 Without this precaution you will spoil all, and 

 the bloom of your bulbs will be miserable. 



Jonquil Crocus. 



The roots of the jonquil should be treated like 

 the hyacinth roots, using pure water. As you 

 cannot count with certainty on the blooming of 

 all roots, it is prudent to put at least three in 

 the same glass placing them on a flat, thin, 

 round piece of wood with three holes cut hi it. 



