IV. 



BULB cases; growth in water, moss, and sand. 



NE of the most satisfactory modes of grow- 

 ing bulbs in the house is iu a bulb case. 

 By this very simple contrivance, all the 

 objections to plants in pots are obviated, 

 and the plants thrive much better. 

 ^^1 The bulb case is a simple oblong table, 

 as long as the window, where you wish to 

 grow the bulbs, is wide, and wide enough to accommodate 

 three medium-sized pots in each cross-row. A very good 

 size is four and a half feet in length by two feet in Avidth 

 in the clear, so as to hold three rows of eiglit pots each. 

 Let the table be hollow, and eight to ten inches deep, all 

 thoroughly joined together, and well coated with white lead 

 on the inside, particularly around the joints. Into this table 

 fit a zinc pan of the same depth, with wire handles which 

 turn down inside at each end. The prettiest style of table 



for a parlor is of oiled black walnut, with turned legs, pan- 

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