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the winter, nothing will prove more satisfactory 

 than a box of bulbs.* Crocuses, hyacinths (Fig. 

 135), freesias, and narcissus will require little 

 attention and give 

 good results. The 

 Chinese sacred lily 

 (Fig. 1 36) is a large 

 and beautiful nar- 

 cissus, a large bulb 

 of which, if simply 

 placed upon sand 

 and pebbles in a 

 deep dish of water, 

 will bloom in a few 

 weeks, and con- 

 tinue to bloom for 

 some time. 



FIG. 136. CHINESE SACRED LILY. 

 Hollv fern in front. 



^.LANDSCAPE-GARDENING. 



Landscape-gardening is an art, just as truly 

 as the painting of pictures and the modeling of 

 sculpture ; and where means will permit, it is 

 just as essential to have an artist one whose 

 artistic tastes and ability to interpret Nature 



* Bulbs for winter forcing may be put into pots of good loose 

 soil early in October, and stored in the cellar or in the ground 

 with a good cover of straw, soil, and compost, and allowed to 

 remain until about six weeks before the blossoms are desired. 

 Bring them, a few at a time, into partial light and later into full 

 light, and you may have a succession of blooms for weeks. 



