BULBOUS ROOTS IN POTS AND GLASSES. 93 
DIRECTIONS FOR FLOWERING DUTCH BULBOUS 
ROOTS IN POTS AND GLASSES. 
Hyacinths may be planted in pots from the first of 
October to the first of November. The soil used, should 
consist of one-third each, of white or river sand, vege- 
table mould, and rich loam. The pots should measure 
about six inches across the top. When the bulbs are 
planted, the pots are to be lightly filled with earth; the 
bulb may be placed in the centre, and pressed into the 
earth, so that it may be about half covered. After this 
the earth should be made solid all around the sides of the 
pot, to secure the bulb in place. When the bulbs are 
thus potted, they should be removed into a cool place, 
in order that they may become well rooted before the 
tops shoot up. Much light is not necessary at this pe- 
riod; indeed, the deprivation of light causes them. to 
root more quickly, than they would otherwise do. For 
the first two .or three weeks after potting, they may be 
placed in a shed or a cellar, or in any other convenient 
place, provided it be cool. Little water is also required ; 
once watering, immediately after they are planted, being 
sufficient, if the situation is tolerably damp where the 
pots are placed. 
If the stock of bulbs, such as Hyacinths, early Tulips, 
Narcissus, etc., be large enough to occupy a small frame, 
the pots may be put within it after planting, and they 
may be covered a few inches deep with rotten tan, or any 
other light material. The pots will soon become filled 
with roots, and the shoots produced by bulbs previously 
well rooted will be stronger, and the flowers larger, than 
if they had been put in a warm and light situation. 
