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the weather, and to mitigate the eheek eoiisequeiit on 

 removal from the greenhouse. But, after all, the best wax- 

 to deal with bulbs that have flowered is to plant them out 

 ill odd i^laces, more especially uear sheltering hedgerows, 

 and there every j'ear they will produce small spikes of 

 flowers that will pmve most aeeejjtable for the table. 



When hyacinths are grown in glasses, the bulbs should 

 be so placed as not to touch the water. The glasses should 

 then be wrapped in flannel, and put into a dark, cool 

 closet. This mode of prcicedure will jJromote the formation 

 of roots before the leaves rise ; and when the roots have 

 begun to grow freely, the glasses may be brought out and 

 placed in the window. The single varieties are the best 

 for glasses. For beds and pots it is a good plan to have a 

 larger proportion of single than double kinds. Beautiful 

 beds may be formed of cheap mixed Ijull.is ; Ijut for pot 

 culture named varieties should be preferred. 



The hyacinth figured is the popular variety known as 

 Baron Von Tuyll. 



