OcTOBER, 1908 
It pays to buy large bulbs. This is the result of 
one bulb with three noses, six large flowers for six 
cents 
sometimes produce two flower spikes, with 
about thirty blossoms in all. Three or more 
planted together make a fine display. They 
bloom by Thanksgiving when planted early, 
but may be kept back until Christmas or 
even later. 
Chinese lilies do not last nearly so long 
as the paper-white, nor is their fragrance 
so delicate; but they have a delightful habit 
of coming double and are well worth growing. 
One to three in a deep bowl are sufficient. 
A dozen or more crocuses in a small bowl 
make an excellent display. Usually they 
will not bloom, however, unless allowed to 
grow in a room without direct heat. 
CHIMNEYS FOR JLYACINTHS 
In growing Dutch hyacinths after they 
are thoroughly rooted in the cellar and 
placed in the garden window, I cover with 
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a “chimney,” or paper cone, about a foot 
high. The top of the cone must have an 
opening about the size of a half dollar. 
Leaves and flower spike will be quickly 
drawn out of the bulb by this method. 
When they are several inches high the 
cone should be removed. It is best to 
plant each bulb singly in a five-inch pot or 
jardiniere. Gertrude, deep rose; Norma, 
pink; and Czar Peter, porcelain blue, are 
among the dozens of good varieties. 
Jonquils are golden yellow and delightfully 
fragrant. They should be planted six or more 
in a bowl and allowed to remain in the 
dark at least ten weeks. Rugulosus with 
the crumpled crown is the best variety 
and it is very fine. For late flowers it is 
my choice of all bulbs. 
THE KINDS TO GROW IN SOIL ONLY 
All the varieties which thrive in water 
also do well in rich garden soil mixed with 
about one-quarter sand. But daffodils, free- 
sias, Roman hyacinths, and tulips should be 
grown in soil only. 
Some people choose daffodils in preference 
to other varieties of the narcissus family 
because they are not fragrant. One bull 
in a five-inch or three in a six-inch pot is 
about right. Empress, Horsfieldii, Princeps, 
Trumpet Major, and Van Sion are all 
excellent varieties; and there are many others. 
Freesias are often extravagantly praised, 
and with excellent reason. The flowers 
are white, with a yellow blotch at the throat, 
and are perhaps more delightfully fragrant 
than any other flowers grown from bulbs. 
They require a sunny location and will 
bloom with a fair degree of freedom in 
January and February if planted early in 
the fall. Eight bulbs in a five-inch pot 
are none too many. It is not necessary to 
start them in the dark, indeed they don’t 
like it. They are “ Cape bulbs,” and Cape 
bulbs differ from the Dutch bulbs in that 
detail. 
Roman hyacinths are fine for early flowers, 
each bulb sending up several graceful spikes 
of fragrant flowers. Unlike Dutch hya- 
Bow!) of jonguils just after being brought into the This shows the pot is full of roots. A Dutch 
light. The same one that is shown opposite. The hyacinth after ten weeks in the dark. Forcing 
stones prevent the bulbs from pushing out the sand may begin now 
Freesias. Eight bulbsina five-inch pot, planted 
September 10th, in bloom February 3rd. Flowers 
white with yellow throat; fragrant 
cinths the bulbs will rot in water. Plant 
three bulbs in a five-inch pot. 
I have never considered tulips very desir- 
able for forcing in the house. Nevertheless, 
some of the varieties may be easily grown 
by those who think otherwise. The inter- 
ested reader will find full information on 
tulips elsewhere in this number. 
None of the flowers or plants shown in 
the photographs are “ greenhouse specimens.”’ 
The bulbs were rooted in a cool but frost- 
proof cellar, where they were protected from 
mice. Except the crocuses all were then 
grown in a sitting-room heated by a warm 
air furnace, the temperature during the day 
averaging slightly under 7o degrees. The 
crocuses were grown in an unheated spare 
bedroom. 
There was not a day from November rst 
Crocus planted in September, blooming the end of 
February. They are the hardest bulbs to force out 
of season. Grown in sand and water 
