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of them, after the flowers are gone, until the Easter vacation, 

 when they must all be cleared away. They are then usually 

 transferred to the garden to come up the next year if they are 

 so disposed. 



The bulbs at present are bought from a local florist who im- 

 ports with his own the large quantities of common kinds to be 



used in window boxes, and ob- 

 tains the rest from, a firm in 

 Xew Ycwk. This is an easy 

 way of getting them and has 

 proved no more expensive than 

 to order them all from a regular 

 bulb dealer. The florist also 

 furnishes bulb soil. 



All the students who keep on 

 with the subject of botany 

 throughout the year have in- 

 dividual bulbs, of which there 

 are few duplicates. This makes 

 an interesting variety, although 

 it is decidedly more expensive. 

 The students who complete their 

 course in February and who 

 therefore could not be held re- 

 sponsible for the care of plants 

 after that time prepare the win- 

 dow-boxes, which are of the 

 -elf -watering type, and start at 

 intervals during the fall a suc- 

 cession of bulbs planted in wat- 

 er. Of course such plants could 

 not be put into a trench, but 

 since they take up little room 

 they are left for a time in an un- 

 lieated dark closet. Thus the 

 school is provided with a suc- 

 cession of bulb flowers from 

 Thanksgiving to Easter. 



The bulbs are principally va- 

 rieties of narcissus and hya- 

 cinth, with only a few tulips 

 WMi-^mm%.i*^ 's"»«''««».R4 * . '-•:«'."'* since these have been found 

 Poet's Narcissus — Show- more difficult to raise. Tender 

 ixG Roots. bulbs can not stand the cold 



