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An ideal Dutch hyacinth. Started November 
2nd, in bloom February 25th. Always try for root 
development like this 
to April roth when some of the plants were 
not in bloom. And during the holidays we 
were able to spare for friends many beautiful 
blooming plants. All this was from an 
expenditure for bulbs of about two dollars. 
HOW TO BUY 
Most of the reliable seedmen offer col- 
lections of bulbs for winter flowering. A 
collection that I should recommend that 
Hazelnuts for 
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should not cost over $2.00 would contain 
the following: 
6 White Roman hyacinths 30 Named crocus 
6 Fine named Dutch hya- 12 Paper-white narcissus. 
cinths. 6 Trumpet narcissus Prin- 
6 Fine mixed Dutch hya- ceps 
cinths. 6 Double narcissus Wan 
6 Fine mixed single tu- Sion 
lips. 12 Capernelle jonquils 
6 Fine mixed double tu- 6 Scilla Sibirica. 
lips. 6 Freesia refracta alba. 
For a smaller collection costing about 
fifty cents these will be satisfactory: 
12 Jonquils, Capernelle. 3 Narcissus paper-white. 
3, Hyacinths, 3 colors. 3 Narcissus Trumpet 
3, White Roman hyacinths. Major. 
6 Oxalis Buttercup. 
12 Freesia refracta alba. 
4 Tulips, single scarlet. 
4 Tulips, double white. 
If one prefers a number of colors in a 
single variety a collection of hyacinths will 
give good results but, of course, a shorter 
season of bloom, in both the single and 
double varieties, the colors range from pure 
white through blue, rose, pink and yellow 
to dark red and will cost from five to 
twenty cents each. 
There really isnot much to learn about 
the cultural directions of these bulbs for 
indoor bloom. Under the unnatural con- 
ditions of an artificially heated house they 
require an excess of moisture and they also 
need light and air. 
It is possible to secure uninterrupted bloom 
from Christmas to Easter with six pots of 
bulbs. One combination which will accom- 
plish this (and which would cost about 
seventy-five cents) are Chinese lilies, double 
Roman narcissus, Grand Soleil d’Or nar- 
cissus, crocuses, Van Sion narcissus and 
Princess Marianne tulips. 
the Home Garden — By J. W. Kerr, 
OcToBeER, 1908 
The paper-white narcissus is as easily forced as a 
Roman hyacinth. May be had in flower in twelve 
weeks 
There are some general directions that 
apply to almost all the bulbs grown in the 
house. One thing is to avoid fresh stable 
manure. If it is not well rotted, use bone 
meal in the proportion of one part to fifty 
of soil, in the case of the plants that are 
grown in soil. 
It is a pretty safe rule to follow that the 
strongest looking bulbs will give the best 
results. 
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PLANT A FEW BUSHES OF THE IMPROVED VARIETIES THIS FALL AND HAVE INCREASING CROPS IN 
THE YEARS TO COME, WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL CARE—SOME REASONS WHY THIS CROP IS NEGLECTED 
F ALL nutbearing trees, the. hazel, 
filbert, or cobnut, is«the ‘one best 
suited to grow in a garden or where space 
is limited. These three names are used 
indiscriminately by the layman, and it makes 
no great difference, since pomologists are 
not agreed as to the distinctions between 
them. Of course, if you wish to be scien- 
The short, broad type of nut which is easily shelled. 
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tific, you can say ‘“‘the various species of the 
genus Corylus” but then no one but a few 
botanists and pomologists will know what 
you mean, so, for the sake of comprehension, 
let us call the nut “hazel” or “filbert,” 
which are the two names by which it 
is most generally known in this country. 
To return, now, to the question of garden 
culture, the reason for its especial adapta- 
bility to limited space is that under ordinary 
conditions the hazel takes the form of a 
good-sized bush or shrub, seldom over twelve 
to fifteen feet high. It grows in attractive 
and symmetrical shape and the foliage is of 
a good color. All species are uni-sexual, 
but it sometimes happens that the pistillate 
blossoms bloom later than the staminate ones, 
and no pollination can then take place, and 
therefore no nuts are borne. If you find 
this condition existing among your hazels, 
plant among them a hazel of some other vari- 
ety which produces pollen at the proper time. 
We have some native hazels, growing 
principally on the Pacific Coast, through 
the Mississippi Valley, then north through 
New York and the New England states. 
Of these, the California species is perhaps 
the best, but it does not seem entirely hardy 
in the East. No systematic effort has yet 
The long type, De Brunswick, one of the best of all 
the filberts 
