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ground, arranging and labeling them so the kinds 

 wanted for early flowering may be readily found. Cover 

 the boxes with about three inches of soil, and as cold 

 weather approaches give a covering that will exclude 

 frost, as it is anything but pleasant work to take them 

 out when frozen in one mass. Tulips and Romans will 

 not be injured by light freezing, but narcissus are more 

 tender and will not endure it. Of those mentioned 

 Paper White narcissus are the earliest, and if planted 

 in August they may be brought into flower in Novem- 

 ber. If a succession of flower is desired, bring in the 

 number of boxes wanted every two weeks, planting and 

 setting away others to take their places, but these should 

 have four weeks at least in which to make root, before 

 being placed in heat. Von Sion needs the same treat- 

 ment, but no attempt should be made to bring it into 

 flower before the middle or last of January. Both these 

 and White Romans should be given an inside tem- 

 perature of from 65° to 70°. 



Tulips should all be planted when received and en- 

 couraged to make all the root growth they will. If 

 planted early, those varieties which are the first to 

 bloom can be brought inside soon after the middle of 

 November and matured in a temperature of from 65° 

 to 75°. In order to draw the stems, some growers place 

 them over the pipes under the bench and curtain the 

 front of the bench to exclude a portion of the light. 

 Care fnust be taken in this case to give them plenty of 



