TEN] AMONG THE FLOWERS 
again be strong enough to make flower buds and 
be fit for another winter forcing. Of course we 
have to select small bushes, and this is our chief 
trouble. Lilac bushes are generally too large, or 
else mere suckers, but a row of these can be had in 
preparation along the side of your garden. It is 
not quite easy to determine flower buds from leaf 
buds on the lilac, but as a rule flower buds are 
much rounder and fuller. In addition to shrubs, 
be sure to dig one or two clumps of hemerocallis 
fulva, or yellow day-lily. This plant is peculiarly 
good for forcing. It gives a succession of richly- 
perfumed, lemon-yellow flowers during a full 
month or six weeks. I have had over eighty flow- 
ers, in succession, upon a single box. The frag- 
rance is delightful at any season, but most charm- 
ing in winter. 
I suppose you will be admirers and lovers of the 
hyacinth. I am not quite an enthusiast to agree 
with you. I very much prefer the tulip, although 
the latter does not so easily develop its beauty in 
the winter. The best possible treatment of bulbs 
for winter is to place them in pots according to their 
size, and then plunge the pots in the garden soil, an 
inch or more below the surface. Be sure to select 
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