44 GROWTH IN WATER, MOSS, AND SAND. 



shady rocks in oak woods. The shoots of the bulbs will 

 soon push through the moss if the table is placed in a 

 sunny window ; and, if the moss is kept well watered, we 

 shall have a bed of hyacinths in a garden of moss. 



Of course, with such constant watering, much water will 

 accumulate in the bottom of the pan ; but this will produce 

 no bad effects ; the roots of the plants in time running 

 through the holes in the bottom of the pots, and luxuriating 

 in the wet moss. The plants placed in the case early in 

 November will bloom about Christmas. As soon as the 

 bloom fades, the pots should be taken from the case, placed 

 in a light cellar, watered to encourage the growth of the 

 foliage, and their places supplied with other pots brought 

 from the cellar. As the plants will not all bloom at once, 

 the case will always, by thus renewing, have plants in 

 bloom from Christmas to April. 



To maintain this succession, a stock of from seventy- 

 five to one hundred bulbs should be potted ; and some atten- 

 tion should be paid to the period of flowering, as some 

 varieties bloom very early, and others always bloom late 

 and cannot be forced. The early-blooming varieties should 

 be brought forward in early winter, while the later should be 

 left in the cellar till February. 



