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watchers in the vicinity. Not one bloom was 

 taken from the garden. 



The children make three plantings of the 

 bulbs for winter forcing in dishes and flower 

 pots. The first is in October, at the same 

 time the outdoor planting is being done, the 

 second in November and the third in Decem- 

 ber. The Roman hyacinth and the Paper 

 White narcissus have been the favorites until 

 last winter, when the Dutch hyacinths were 

 tried and proved to be more satisfactory, as 

 the flowers lasted longer. 



When the indoor planting is done, it is 

 made a class exercise, so that every child will 

 feel part ownership in the winter plants. The 

 planting takes place around a table. Pieces 

 of broken flower pots are put into the bottom 

 of 6-inch pots for drainage, the soil is mixed 

 and the bulbs placed in it by the children 

 under the teacher's instruction. If glass 

 dishes are to be used instead of flower pots, a 

 layer of wet sphagnum moss is put on the 

 bottom, then manure and another layer of 

 moss upon which the bulbs rest. Then 

 several inches of moss are packed between 

 and over the bulbs for a covering. 



If the bulbs are kept in the basement of the 

 school building, which is very warm, they 

 must be watered once a week. To obviate 

 all this work, a layer of ashes about six inches 

 deep is put in a box in the school yard. 

 Flower pots and dishes are put into this and 

 covered a foot or two with more ashes. From 

 time to time during the fall, leaves and sweep- 

 ings from the lawn are thrown into the box 

 as a mulch to keep the bulbs from freezing. 



When the Christmas holidays are over, 

 the bulbs are brought into the school rooms, 

 care being taken that they do not get the 

 light immediately. Empty flower pots are 

 inverted over them for a few days to draw 

 them up, then they are gradually brought to 

 the light. All of these processes furnish 

 material for simple, practical lessons in 

 plant life. 



District of Columbia. Susan B. Sipe. 



The Southerner's Reminder 



OCTOBER is the month for planting 

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 the bulbs. When the cold weather comes, 

 cover the bed lightly with long strawy man- 



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