GROWING BULBS IN FIBRE 



sufficient care is taken, although Daffodils are least likely 

 to fail under incorrect treatment. 



If flowers are wanted at Christmas, Roman Hyacinths 

 and Paper- white Narcissi should be put in the fibre in 

 early September ; Crocuses and Snowdrops ought also 

 to be put in in September, Daffodils and Hyacinths in 

 October, and Tulips in November. If the various bulbs 

 are put in the fibre at intervals of a week or ten days, a 

 succession of blossom will be obtained through the 

 spring. That charming South African bulb, the Freesia, 

 which gives its white, fragrant, yellow-throated flowers 

 in the New Year, is also recommended for growing in 

 fibre, but as it is not hardy, as are all the other bulbs 

 mentioned, it must be jealously guarded from the cold. 



Many people like to grow a few bulbs in glasses filled 

 with water or in shallow bowls filled with pebbles and 

 water, and there is not much difficulty about it. The 

 ordinary large-flowered Hyacinths are the besHor glasses, 

 and the bunch-flowered Narcissi are most suitable for the 

 second method. As everyone knows, special glasses are 

 sold for the Hyacinths. Growing Hyacinths in glasses has 

 an especial interest ; watching the progress of the roots 

 down the sides of the glass possesses a fascination all 

 its own. The best water to use for filling the glasses 

 is clear rain water, and the traditional advice is to put 

 one or two pieces of charcoal in the water to keep it 

 " sweet." The base of the bulb should either just touch 

 the surface of the water or preferably I think, be very 



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