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Gardening for Amateurs 



frame as soon as potted, and not covered 5-inch wide (48 size) pots, or three triangle 



with ashes. These are mentioned in the fashion in 6-inch wide (32 size) pots. In 



.subsequent notes. If no cold frame is potting cover about three-quarters of the 



available, even these may be plunged to the bulb ; this will allow of the top being 



pot rims in ashes, 

 and during frosty 

 weather covered 

 with some light 

 material, bracken, 

 Michaelmas Daisy 

 stems, heather or 

 something similar. 

 Though a green- 

 house is a great help, 

 it is not an absolute 

 necessity ; a cold 

 frame may be used, 

 and as the flower 

 buds show transfer 

 the pots to a window. 

 Hyacinth. Al- 

 most all amateur 

 gardeners cultivate 

 Hyacinths in pots. 

 Many do not possess 

 a greenhouse, yet 

 manage to flower it 

 may be only a dozen 

 bulbs very success- 

 fully in a window. 

 For the cool or cold 

 greenhouse the Hya- 

 cinth is king among 

 the hardy bulbs for 

 spring decoration. 

 The large spikes of 

 waxy flowers, delight- 

 fully rich and varied 

 colours, together with 

 their delicious frag- 

 rance, render Hya- 

 cinths indispensable. 

 They may be readily 

 forced into flower 

 early in the year or 

 permitted to grow 

 naturally in a cold 

 greenhouse, where 

 they will blossom 

 about three weeks in 

 advance of bulbs in 

 beds outside. Pot 

 the bulbs singly in 



Roman Hyacinth. 



Crocus Mont Blanc 



visible above the soil. 

 October is a good 

 time to pot the 

 ordinary Dutch Hya- 

 cinths. The Roman 

 Hyacinths, which 

 one likes to have in 

 flower by Christmas, 

 should be potted in 

 August or early 

 September. These 

 may go three in a 

 5 -inch wide pot, and 

 five or six bulbs in 

 a 6-inch wide pot. 

 A dozen of the best 

 Hyacinths for pots 

 are : White, Baroness 

 von Tuyll and La 

 Grandesse ; yellow, 

 Ida and Obelisque ; 

 light blue, Grand Lilas 

 and Queen of the 

 Blues ; dark blue, 

 General Havelock 

 and King of the 

 Blues ; pink, Gigan- 

 tea and Moreno ; and 

 red, General Pelissier 

 and King of the 

 Belgians. 



Tulip. These are 

 the showiest flowers 

 of the cool and cold 

 greenhouse in spring. 

 No other bulbs 

 grown in pots ap- 

 proach them for rich 

 and varied colour. 

 By growing a selec- 

 tion of sorts from 

 each section it is 

 quite easy to main- 

 tain a succession of 

 flowers from Christ- 

 mas until the end 

 of April. October 

 or early November 

 is a good time to 



