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light from time of potting. After flowering, they 

 should be watered moderately until the foliage ripens. 

 Then allow the soil in the pot to become quite dry, and 

 set the plants away in some quiet place until the 

 following August. Then shake out the old bulbs, and 

 repot them for another season's work. This plant 

 can be depended on for a second season's flowering. 



For the sake of variety, one should include 

 Crocus, Jonquils, Alliums, Lachenalias, and, in fact, 

 nearly all bulbs which are found in the catalogs of the 

 florists. They are all charming flowers, and a few of 

 them add vastly to the pleasure which a collection of 

 winter flowering bulbs can afford. 



Below will be found a list of such kinds as are 

 best adapted to the requirements of the amateur : 



Allium Neapolitanum and Hermetti grandiflorum 

 — Large clusters of starry white flowers. Fine for 

 cutting (Fig 49). 



Hyacinth — Romans for early flowering. Dutch 

 for pots and glasses. Always get best named sorts. 



Ixias — Mixed colors. 



Jonquils — Single and double. Campernelle, larg-e, 

 and Campernelle rugiilosus, a rrand variety. All 

 yellow and very fragrant. Specially desirable. 



Lachcnalia — Fine for hanging baskets. Charming 

 flowers, of peculiar combinations of color. Foliage 

 very pretty. 



LiJiuni — Harrisii. longiflortim and candidmn. 



Lily of the J^allcy — German-gi^Dwn pips most 

 desirable and likely to give satisfaction. 



Mnscari — The "Grape Hyacinth." Feathery 

 flowers in blue and white. 



Narcissus — All good. The following are espe- 

 cially recommended: Large Trumpet varieties — 

 Trumpet major. Emperor, Empress, Henry Irving, 

 Princeps, Golden Spur, Horsfieldii, Maximus and Ard 



