Gardening for Amateurs 



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pot Tulip bulbs, ex- 

 cept the Due Van 

 Thol varieties for 

 Christmas flowering, 

 which should be 

 potted during Septem- 

 ber. Place three bulbs 

 in a 5-inch wide pot, 

 and four or five in 

 6-inch wide pots. 

 Four or even five 

 bulbs of the Due Van 

 Thol sorts may be 

 placed in a 5-inch 

 pot. Pot the bulbs 

 so that the apex of 

 each is seen above 

 the surface of the 

 soil. When a large 

 number of Tulip 

 blooms are required 

 for cutting, the bulbs 

 should be grown in 

 boxes about 1 foot 

 wide, 2 feet long. 

 and 4 inches to 6 

 inches deep. 



Arranged in ap- 



Pink Hyacinth Moreno. 



proximately the order 

 of flowering the fol- 

 lowing are a very 

 useful set : Early Sin- 

 gle Dutch, Due Van 

 Thol, scarlet, yellow,, 

 and white ; Potte- 

 bakker, white and 

 yellow ; Vermilion 

 Brilliant, scarlet ; 

 Proserpine, carmine- 

 rose ; Keizer's Kroon, 

 scarlet and yellow ; 

 La Reine, white, 

 tinted rose ; Mon- 

 tresor, yellow ; Crim- 

 son Beauty ; and 

 Prince of Austria, 

 orange-scarlet. Early 

 Double : S a 1 v a t o r 

 Rosa, rose- pink ; 

 Tournesol, scarlet 

 and yellow ; Murillo, 

 cream and pink ; and 

 Blanche Hative, white. 

 Old English : Bouton 

 d'Or, yellow ; Pico- 

 tee, white, tinted rose ; 



When Hyacinth flowers have faded the blooms ought to be removed by drawing the 

 hand up the stem ; the latter should not be cut off. 



