WINDOW -GARDEN 



a place is better for them than a warmer one — 

 top-growth will be slow in setting in, and they 

 can be safely left there for some time after the 

 completion of root-growth. Florists keep 

 their potted bulbs in a low temperature to 

 hold them back for Easter, and quickly force 

 them into bloom with heat. Of course the 

 amateur florist can not manage these things 

 as the professional, with all the facilities of the 

 trade at his command, can, but he can work 

 along the same line, and aim to do what the 

 other does. Quite often he will be delight- 

 fully surprised at his own success. It is well 

 worth the amateur's while to try his best to do 

 the things the professional does. 



A succession of bloom can be secured by 

 potting bulbs at intervals of ten days or two 

 weeks. 



Be sure to wrap those you hold in reserve 

 for future plantings in thick paper to prevent 

 light from getting to them, and keep them in a 

 cool place. 



It was formerly considered necessary to put 

 potted bulbs in a place where they would 

 freeze. But this theory of a very low tempera- 

 ture being necessary to the satisfactory devel- 

 opment of working roots has been most effect- 



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