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through the white sheath, so I brought them upstairs. 

 Through several buds came on enough to show 

 color, only three blossomed about February ist. 

 One bulb threw up two flowers, the other only 

 one; but that was a very fine large one about 

 five inches high. I think probably they were too 

 warm, both in the cellar and after being brought 

 up, for the three blossoms came after the pot had 

 been set in a cool out-of-the-way window. 



The scillas were potted September 2 2d. They 

 were another experiment. December 20th the 

 buds were trying to push out of the leaves so 



1 brought them upstairs. Though they tried 

 hard to blossom, the flowers looked so sickly and 

 stunted that in disgust I set them back in the 

 cellar where they struggled for recognition all 

 the spring. 



The blue hyacinth was also potted September 



2 2d, and brought up January 18th, being about 

 two inches high. The buds began to open February 

 9th and it was a little over two weeks before the 

 last flowers faded. A second though smaller head 

 had come into bloom before the first was quite 

 gone, thus prolonging its beauty. 



On October 2d, the remaining bulbs were potted 

 and, with the exception of the freesias, all were 

 buried in a bottomless box in the garden, and 

 covered with leaves and boards until November 

 2d when they were brought into the cellar. 



The freesias were set in the cellar until October 

 16th. They were then kept out of doors until 

 there was danger of frost. There were two pots 

 of these, a 6-inch pot containing seven bulbs, and 

 a 5-inch pot with five bulbs. The smaller pot 

 began to blossom January 17th and I was happily 

 surprised in the size of the blossoms, the buds had 

 seemed so very tiny. These lasted about two 

 weeks. The bulb in the larger pot began to 

 blossom January 20th and lasted about the same 



The blossom of this blue hyacinth, potted in 

 September, lasted from February 9 to 23 



length of time, though they did not bloom as 

 freely as the first. If potted in August flowers 

 may be had for Christmas. 



The yellow hyacinth was brought up December 

 28th, and set in a north window where the blinds 

 were closed, later taken to the light. On January 

 10th the blossoms began to open when not yet 

 out of the neck. I placed over it an inverted cone 

 of heavy paper, leaving it about two weeks. This 

 drew the blossom head up and it made a fine 

 stalk; another large head and two smaller ones 

 developed and it was March 9th before the last 

 flowers faded. 



The rose-colored hyacinth was brought up 

 February 8th, being two inches high, and began 

 blossoming February 24th. It was set back in 

 the cellar March 9th. This threw up only one 

 very closely filled stalk. 



The daffodils and narcissus were brought up at 



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