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—then after a few 

 Thev are one of 



enough to prevent shrivehng- 

 months brought out again, 

 the few flowering plants 

 w^hich do well in part shade. 



These things by no means 

 exhaust the list of beautiful 

 flowers which come wrapped 

 up in bulb packages. The 

 gorgeous blooms of the Ama- 

 ryllis ; the wonderfully colored 

 and mottled leaves of the 

 Fancy Caladium; the Regal 

 and Easter Lilies; the charm- 

 ing Cyclamen, which, by the 

 way, is one of the most bril- 

 liantly colored and wholly 

 satisfactory flowers which grow in a medium 

 temperature — with all of these and others you 

 are probably familiar. 



None of them offers any particular difficulties. 

 Lily-of-the- Valley, as the fforists handle it for 

 forcing, requires a good deal of bottom heat, but 

 you can take up clumps from your own outdoor 

 plants, and grow them in a moderate temperature 

 under a bench. By bringing in a clump or two 

 occasionally, you may have an almost constant 

 supply of this fragrant and delicate queen of the 

 fairy flowers. 



Some of them, like 

 Cyclamen, you can grow 

 all the way from seed; 

 or buy nearly ready to 

 bloom. 



