FALL OR HOLLAND BULBS, ETC. 47 



soil, sand, or moss, there will be no need to further water 

 in this semi-dormant state (if they have been well watered 

 at the time of potting), provided the pots have been cov- 

 ered up as directed, and kept cool and dark. If potted 

 say the first week in October, they may be removed from 

 their dark quarters in seven or eight weeks, only, before 

 doing so, turn a few of them out of the pots to see 

 whether they have rooted around the ball of earth. They 

 may then be placed in full light and watered freely. 



Holland Bulbs are also very effective in groups planted 

 in the open border. The accompanying illustration, fig. 18, 

 shows a group of about thirty bulbs, consisting of Hy- 

 acinths, Tulips, Narcissuses, and Crocuses, arranged so 

 as to give the greatest contrast in colors. 



HYACINTHS IN GLASSES. 



Although Jonquils and Narcissuses can be grown in 

 water in glasses as well as the Hyacinth, they are not 

 often so treated, Hyacinths being the only bulbs largely 

 flowered in that way. The glasses for growing the lat- 

 ter bulbs in water, are made in various styles, from the 

 plain old-fashioned Belgian to the ornamental Bohemian, 

 and are either plain glass or colored green, amber, claret, 

 and other shades. The glasses, which are best of a dark 

 color, are filled with water just high enough for the base 

 of the bulb to touch it. The glasses must be placed in a 

 cool and dark place. Care must be taken that the water 

 does not freeze, else the glasses will be broken, and the 

 Hyacinths more or less injured. Single Hyacinths are 

 better than double ones for glasses. The water should 

 be changed every six or eight days. 



THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY (Lilium Harrisi}. 



This is a grand variety of the well-known Lilium 

 longiflorum, or Trumpet Lily. It was introduced seven 



