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week-ends, and most of the other kinds have other drawbacks. 

 For the window boxes, good contrasting varieties of narcissus 

 are Barrii Conspicua, Emperor, Empress, Golden Spur, Orange 

 Phoenix, Victoria and double Von Sion; and of hyacinth, Ger- 

 trude, Gigantea, Grand Maitre, Innocence and King of the Blues. 

 In the water culture, Chinese lilies, paper-white narcissus, Soleil 

 d' Or narcissus, and a few hyacinths are used. 



No written reports of this work are exacted, as in this partic- 

 ular school their value does not make up for the difficulty and 

 tedium of compiling them. In elementary schools such reports 

 serve as useful exercises in English composition. 

 BuLi? Planting. 



I. Plant parts knows as "bulbs." Of what do they consist? 

 II. Time of planting. 



A. Hardy bulbs (hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, crocus, snow- 

 drops, scilla, glory-of-the-snow). 



1. Outdoors — not sooner than six weeks before regular 

 frosty nights. In this locality from the middle of 

 October. What would happen if they were planted 

 earlier ? Why ? 



2. Indoors — about the same time. Bulbs degenerate 

 when kept out of the soil. 



B. Tender bulbs. 



1. Outdoors — ^spring — ex. cannas. dahlias, etc. 



2. Indoors — same time as hardy bulbs — ex. freesias, 

 ixias, etc. 



III. Place of planting. 



A. Outdoors. 



1. In beds — soil should be good, well-drained, light, sun- 

 ny, rich. 



2. In grass — as nearly as possible like garden. 



B. Indoors. 



1. In soil — soil should be as nearly like garden as possible 

 — loam, leaf-mold and sand. For fertilizer, 1 part of 

 bone-meal should be added to 50 parts of soil. 



2. In water — (some hyacinths, some narcissus, i. e., pa- 

 per-whites, Soleil d' Or, and Chinese lilies). Water 

 must be kept fresh and unfrozen. 



W . Meth(xl of Planting — be sure to have the Inilb right side up. 

 A. Outdoors. 



1. Depth — a general rule: make the hole three times the 

 height of the bulb. What will happen if it is too near 

 the top? What if too far down? Why? 



