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flat. A freer bloomer, flowering from September until 

 April. 



Princess of Wales (de Galles) ("Fig. 25), is rather 

 smaller than Luxonne, quite free from disease and of a 

 handsome violet color. 



Admiral Avellan has dark green leaves, and large 

 reddish-purple flowers that are very fragrant and lasting. 



CHAPTER V. 



BULBS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



During the last ten years this class of plants has 

 come to the front for winter forcing, and bulbs now 

 stand next to the rose and carnation in the attention 

 that is paid to them for this purpose. 'The kinds that 

 are most commonly used are Roman Hyacinths, Lilies 

 (Lilium Harrisii and candidum), Narcissus of various 

 kinds, Freesias, Tulips, Lily of the Valley and Callas. 

 Although a few callas and tulips are grown in this 

 country, most of the bulbs are imported during the 

 summer and fall from Holland. 



As a rule, we may say that bulbs require a rich loam 

 soil, to which about one-fourth its bulk of sand has 

 been added. The bulbs are imported as they ripen, and 

 will be received at intervals from August to November. 

 They should be at once potted off. Some growers pot 

 about one-half of the bulbs as soon as they are received, 

 and the others are kept from four to eight weeks, that 

 they may be later in coming into flower, and thus give a 

 succession. 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS AND NARCISSUS. 



The Roman hyacinths, tulips, narcissus and similar 

 bulbs, when grown for cut flowers, are placed in shal- 



