GROWING HYACINTHS IN-DOORS 67 



ing picture, and the safest color to buy is green, as the blues 

 and reds are not likely to combine so well with variously 

 colored flowers that may be grown in them. It is not neces- 

 sary, however, to confine yourself to the use of these special 

 hyacinth glasses. Attractive flower jars of almost any sort 



Three Hyacinth Bulbs Grown in a Four-inch Paper Fiower-pot. 



in which there is room for the development of the roots will 

 serve as well, and will often give more artistic results when 

 the plants are in blossom. 



One of the commonest troubles in growing hyacinths in 

 water is that of the development of the blossoms without the 

 lengthening of the flower-stalks. To avoid this it is desira- 

 ble to leave the bulbs in the cool basement until the crown of 

 the young leaves has broken open. 



The single hyacinths may also be grown in-doors in earth, 

 utilizing any good loamy soil held in flower-pots or boxes of 



