THE GROWING OF PLANTS IN POTS 13 
If the results are unsatisfactory it is usually owing to 
the fact that the bulbs are brought to the light too sud- 
denly. They must be kept in subdued light until the flower 
head can be seen distinctly, when they may be given sun- 
light to hasten blooming. Hyacinths should not have 
strong sunlight until after the stem beneath the flower 
head can be seen. It will help the hyacinth if the flower 
stalk is protected 
with a paper tube 
until the flowers 
are ready to open. 
Tulips, crocuses, 
and narcissi need 
strong sunlight ; 
the other bulbs 
will give excel- 
Fic. 8. Diagram showing Method of placing the 
Solid Bulb of Crocus, called Corm, in a Pot 
lent results in 
north windows. 
After the bulbs are done blooming, the leaves may be 
permitted to die down gradually. If they are kept in a 
dry, cool place during the summer and planted in beds 
or borders in the fall, some of them will bloom the 
next spring. 
Early bulbs. The Roman hyacinth, the polyanthus 
narcissus, and the freesia may be potted early in Sep- 
tember and brought to bloom in November or December. 
Six Roman hyacinths or four narcissi may be put into 
a five-inch pot. Keep them in a cellar, basement, or 
storeroom in subdued light until the flowers are ready 
