50 GROWTH IN WATER, MOSS, AND SAND. 



IN SAND. 



This mode is popular, as sand is cleaner than earth, and 

 the contrast of the white sand and green leaves is very 

 pleasing. The only care necessary is to see that the sand 

 contains no salt, and that it never becomes dry. The other 

 treatment is the- same required by bulbs grown in earth. 



CROCUS-POTS. 



Crocus are often grown in fancy china-pots, represent- 

 ing porcupines. They are planted so that the leaves may 

 represent the quills of the animal. The pots may be filled 

 with earth, moss, or sand, and treated as directed for bulbs 

 thus grown. The great difficulty is to produce an even 

 growth, the effect generally being a porcupine with quills 

 in a very dilapidated condition ; and therefore this mode 

 of growth is not now as popular as formerly. 



