262 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
By no means destroy the old roots, but carefully place 
them amongst the fresh soil. If large examples, for par- 
ticular display, are required, large pots may be employed, 
and half a dozen flowering bulbs placed in each pot. The 
soil I use is rough peat. The pots should be well drained, 
and the crown of the bulb just covered with the soil; 
when potted, they should be placed in a cold pit or frame, 
in order to prevent the soil from freezing, although frost 
will not injure the bulb. Where room under glass is an 
object in winter, they may be plunged in the open air in 
coal ashes, in a manner similar to potted Hyacinths. I 
have at this time a large number coming into flower, 
which have never been under glass until within these few 
days; they have sustained no injury from exposure, and 
they present every appearance of making a grand display. 
There is scarcely any plant which is so much benefited by 
liquid manure as the Lily If used in a clear state, and 
considerably diluted, this water alone may be applied for 
at least a month before it comes into flower. 
“Tf the object should be out-door cultivation entirely, 
I should recommend them to be planted in beds; their ef- 
fect is exceedingly grand. Excavate the soil eighteen 
inches deep, and fill in the bottom, a foot deep, with very 
coarse peat, intermixed with one-fifth of decayed manure 
or leaf mould. The remaining six inches may be en- 
tirely peat. If the bulbs are large enough to bloom, 
plant them twelve inches apart every way; and if beds 
of each kind are brought into contact with one another, 
the effect will be magnificent.” 
Among the varieties sold by the florists are rubrum, 
white with crimson spots; album, pure white; roseum, 
white with rose-colored spots. Melpomene, with very 
dark spots. Monstrosum, a curious variety in which sev- 
eral stems seem to be soldered together and produce a 
magnificent head, of from thirty to fifty flowers. 
