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again be strong enough to make flower buds and 

 be fit for another winter forcing. Of course we 

 have to select small bushes, and this is our chief 

 trouble. Lilac bushes are generally too large, or 

 else mere suckers, but a row of these can be had in 

 preparation along the side of your garden. It is 

 not quite easy to determine flower buds from leaf 

 buds on the lilac, but as a rule flower buds are 

 much rounder and fuller. In addition to shrubs, 

 be sure to dig one or two clumps of hemerocallis 

 fulva, or yellow day-lily. This plant is peculiarly 

 good for forcing. It gives a succession of richly- 

 perfumed, lemon-yellow flowers during a full 

 month or six weeks. I have had over eighty flow- 

 ers, in succession, upon a single box. The frag- 

 rance is delightful at any season, but most charm- 

 ing in winter. 



I suppose you will be admirers and lovers of the 

 hyacinth. I am not quite an enthusiast to agree 

 with you. I very much prefer the tulip, although 

 the latter does not so easily develop its beauty in 

 the winter. The best possible treatment of bulbs 

 for winter is to place them in pots according to their 

 size, and then plunge the pots in the garden soil, an 

 inch or more below the surface. Be sure to select 



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