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elled sides, and as high as the sill of the window. It should 

 be fitted with strong castors, that it may run easily, and 

 be turned if the plants grow one-sided. If any other 

 form is employed, and we give only the above form and 

 dimensions as being those most simply made, the only 

 care is to see that it is so proportioned that there is no 

 "waste room on the inside ; that is, that it may accommodate 

 a certain number of pots without small bare places. 



If the table is made circular, the whole top may turn 

 on a pivot. After the bulbs are potted in October, they 

 should be put in a dark cellar, and moderately watered, 

 for three weeks, to encourage the growth of the roots. 

 When the pots are filled with roots, or when they touch 

 the sides of the pot (which may easily be ascertained 

 by inverting the pot, giving the edge a sharp rap, when 

 the ball will come out entire, may be examined, and may 

 then be replaced in the pot without injury to the plant), 

 the pots may be brought from the cellar, and placed in 

 the bulb case. Fill the case with pots, and fill common 

 moss obtained in the woods, or sphagnum from the 

 meadows, into all the interstices, and as high as the 

 top of the pots ; then cover all the pots about half an 

 inch with the rich green moss which may be found ou 



