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flat with a pane of glass until germination has 

 taken place, after which remove the glass and 

 place the flats in the full sunlight, taking care, 

 however, to keep the temperature at about 70° 

 during the day and 55° at night. 



When the second pair of leaves appears, 

 prick out into the greenhouse bench or cold- 

 frame and transplant to nursery rows as soon 

 as conditions out-of-doors are favorable. 



In the fall treat the seedhngs as you did the 

 bulblets, planting them in nursery rows the 

 second season. They will flower the third sea- 

 son and may be set out in your regular beds 

 at that time unless you object to an indiscrim- 

 inate riot of color in contrasting shades. In 

 that case plant again in nursery rows and label 

 each bulb as it blooms. 



A good way to do this is to group the crim- 

 sons, scarlets, pinks, etc., numbering the differ- 

 ent groups "1", "2", "3", etc., putting a label 

 with the nimaber of the group to which it be- 

 longs opposite each bulb. In the fall they can 

 be placed in bags and the bags numbered to 

 correspond. Of course any especially desirable 

 bulb may have a distinctive mark and name and 

 be kept separate. 



