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small that a dozen can be planted in a six-inch 

 pot. They require a longer period for the de- 

 velopment of their flowers than hyacinths and 

 tulips and, on this account, should be depended 

 on for later bloom. 



Chinese sacred lilies are favorite bulbs for 

 window gardens. They bear white and yellow 

 flowers, six or seven to a stem and an inch and 

 a half in diameter. The popular method of cul- 

 tivation is in bowls of water, the bowls being 

 four or five inches deep and the bulbs set in 

 pebbles and weighted down Ij}- pebbles. The 

 water should never reach more than half-way 

 up the sides of the bulbs. Set the dish in a dark 

 closet for a week or fortnight to encourage root 

 growth. Often they can be had in bloom in 

 six weeks. 



FLOWERING AND FOLIAGE PLANTS 



The bulbs, of course, do not exhaust by any 

 means the plants that may be grown in the in- 

 door winter garden. Most of the plants so 

 grown belong to the groups which florists cul- 

 tivate in glass houses where the temperature 

 is either "cool" w "medium." The former 

 demands a night temperature of fifty degrees 

 and the latter of sixty degrees. \ variation 



