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soon as the flower stalk starts bring them to the light, 

 and as the stalk reaches up, fill in about it with soil; 

 and continue to do this until the pot is full. The 

 reason for planting the bulb low in the pot is, the 

 roots, which furnish support for the stalk, are sent out 

 above the bulb. If the bulbs are potted high, they find 

 no soil for these roots to take hold of. The candidum 

 and longiftorum Lilies are excellent for forcing, and 

 should have the same treatment advised for L. Harrisii. 

 The lover of beautiful flowers makes a great mistake 

 if he fails to include some of these superb Lilies in 

 his fall order. 



Hyacinths 



The Hyacinth will be found one of the most satis- 

 factory of all bulbs for forcing. It comes in many 

 beautiful colors, is very fragrant, and not one bulb 

 in a hundred will fail to bloom if the treatment advised 

 above is followed; The single sorts are preferable, as 

 they have a more graceful spike of flowers than the 

 double kinds, but the latter are deserving a place in 

 all collections. 



No one should fail to grow the Roman Hyacinths 

 (Fig 46). These send up several flower stalks from 

 the same bulb. Their single flowers are loosely 

 arranged along the spike, and assert themselves most 

 charmingly. These come in pink, white and blue. 

 They are as fragrant as the Dutch sorts and preferable 

 to them for cutting. 



Tulips and Narcissus 



Among the Tulips the single kinds are almost 

 always selected, as being most certain to give satis- 

 faction. 



The Narcissus, or Daffodil (Fig 47), is one of the 

 most charming of all flowers. No collection of winter 



