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SEPT.] GREEN-HOUSECAPE BULBS, &c. 305 



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hundreds of superb bulbs indigenous to that country, 



and of the same nature anci habit of the above, have 

 not been seen in collections. The flowers of those 

 which we have specified are from one to four inches in 

 diameter, ringent, tubular, or campanulate. Pots from 

 four to seven inches diameter, according to the size of 

 the roots, will be large enough. Give them very little 

 water until they begin to grow ; then supply moderate- 

 ly, and keep them near the light. Of the Holland or 

 Dutch bulbs, the Hyacinth is the favourite to bloom in 

 the Green-house. A few of the Tulip, Narcissus, Iris, and 

 Crocus, may for variety be also planted with any other 

 that curiosity may dictate. When these are grown in 

 pots, the soil should be four-eighths loam, two-eighths 

 leaf mould, one-eighth decomposed manure, one-eighth 

 sand, well compounded; plant in pots from four to se- 

 ven inches, keep the crown of the bulb above the sur- 

 face of the soil, except of the Tulip, which should be 

 covered two inches. When these roots are potted, 

 plunge them in the garden about three inches under 

 ground ; mark out a space sufficient to contain them ; 

 throw out the earth about four inches deep, place the 

 pots therein, covering them with earth to the above 

 depth, making it in the form of a bed. Leave a trench 

 all round to carry oft* the rain. By so doing, the bulbs 

 will root strong, the soil will be kept in a congenial 

 state about them, and they will prove far superior than 

 if done in the common method. Lift them from this 

 bed on the approach of frost, or not later than the 

 second week of December, wash the pots and take 

 them to the Green-house. 



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