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from July to September. In sucli case the bulbs may bo 

 planted about two inches deep, say nine by fifteen inches 

 apart, towards the end of April, or early in May, and taken up 

 again in October, to preserve for planting the ensuing year. 



CULTURE OF BULBOUS ROOTS, IN POTS OR 

 GLASSES, IN THE WINTER SEASON. 



The culture of bulbous roots in a green-house, or light 

 room, during the winter, is comparatively easy, provided two 

 points be attended to : the first is to keep them near the light, 

 and turn the pots or glasses around frequently, to prevent their 

 growing crowded ; and the second is, when the plants have 

 done growing, to give them little or no water. For want of 

 attention to these points, bulbs have been known to produce 

 foliage year after year, without showing any sign of blossoms. 

 All bulbs, at a certain period of the year, are in a dormant 

 condition. This, in a state of nature, occurs invariably after 

 the seed has ripened ; yet as, in a green-house, many of this 

 family do not ripen seed, the cultivator should watch the 

 period when the leaves show indications of decay, at which 

 time the supplies of water should be lessened, and shortly 

 afterwards the earth should be sufi'ered to get dry, and remain 

 so until the season returns when the bulbs reg-erminate. 



Many sorts of bulbs will keep best in pots, under the soil, 

 in a dry, shady place, and in the same temperature as that in 

 which they are in the habit of growing ; but others, such as 

 the Uyacinth, Tulip, and Narcissus, may be taken out of the 

 soil, and preserved, as before directed, until the return of the 

 proper season for replanting. 



Dutch bulbous roots intended for blooming in pots, during 

 the winter season, should be planted during the months of 

 OctobfM- and November, and be left in the open air until it 



