FLORICULTURE. 



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once been made ^rith a collection of bulbs of one, two and three years' 

 growth, the owner can continue to set the same, and there will be no trouble 

 in having all that are desired. 



There is no difl&culty about the planting and cultivation. They will do 

 well on any soil that will produce a good crop of com. The soil should be 

 made mellow, so as to be easily worked, and the bulbe set at such distance 

 apart as the extent of surface will allow, and covered with the soil. All 

 the cultivation that is necesaary is to keep the soil mellow and fnn) from 

 weeds. 



If desired for early blooming the bulbs may Ik; set in boxes the latter 

 part of the winter, and kept 

 watered, and in a warm 

 room. They will then come 

 to flowering earlier than if 

 not set in the ground until 

 all danger from frost is past. 



Let every fanner's wife 

 and daught<;r cultivate a 

 few of these plants that so 

 beautify and adorn the 

 home. 



A Miniatar« Green 



IIouHc— This ia a conveui- 

 e n t and ornamental ap- 

 paratus for growing flower- 

 ing house plants, or for 

 starting cuttings or seeds 

 early in the season that are 

 afterwards to be transplant- 

 ed to open ground. B B is 

 a largo earthen vessel or 

 pot, in the center of which, 

 at the bottom, the small pot, 

 A, is inverted. The space 

 G G around this ia filled 

 with drainage material. On 

 the top of this jwt a smaller 

 one, C, of x>oron8 earthen, 

 and having straight sides, Lb 

 set. and the space around 

 this, D D and E E, is filled 



with mold and sand in which two circles of plants may be set. Tlie pot, C, 

 is filled with water, which percolates through the porous sides and keepe 

 the mold moist enough for purposes of vegetation. Over all the bell glass, 

 F, ia iilaced. If the bell glass and large pot cannot be obtained conveniently, 

 the same principles can be nearly carried out by constructing a square box 

 of wood and framing panes of glass for the cover. 



JTovel Method of Enricliing Plants — A French writer recommendi 

 a novel mode of enriching and promoting the growth, especially of gera- 

 niuuis. Namely: "Watering the plants with a solution of 150 grains of glue 

 in about two gallons of water? 



