BULB GROWING AT THE UNITED STATES BULB GARDEN. 



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Table II. — Results of scooping and of scoring hyacinths at the United States 

 Btill) Garden at BeUingham. 





Number 



of mother 



bulbs. 



Progeny. 



Method of propagation. 



First size. 



Second size. 



Total. 





Number. 



Per cent. 



Number. 



Per cent. 



Number. Per cent. 





2,441 

 2,101 



900 

 2,995 



37 

 142 



54, 840 

 16,383 



2,247 

 780 



55, 740 

 19,380 



2, 284 





922 







Total 



4,542 



3,895 



86 



71, 223 



1,569 



75, 120 



1,654 







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Fig. 12. — Men at work planting baby hyacinths at the United States Bulb Garden 

 in the fall of 1912. Under normal conditions and with proper culture and care, 

 bulblpts planted in this way in the fall should make a strong, vigorous growth. 



PLANTING BULBLETS. 



The baby bulbs are planted in September or October in beds 

 about 36 inches wide and of any desired length. The best of the 

 baby bulbs are placed about 2 inches apart in rows 4 to 6 inches apart 

 and covered with soil to a depth of 3 to 4 inches. The second-grade 

 bulbs the first year are scattered thinly in rows across the beds 4 to 6 

 inches apart. (Fig. 12.) 



NARCISSUSES. 



In continental Europe and Great Britain the narcissus is possibly 

 more highly prized than in America. Narcissus enthusiasts there 



