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but I have had equal success for several years. I 

 have tried the other varieties of polyanthus nar- 

 cissus, but have found them much less satisfactory. 



Another very desirable house bulb is the French 

 Roman hyacinth. I have tried growing it both 

 in pebbles and water, and in pots. Both methods 

 were successful, but the bulbs in pots seemed to give 

 better results with more even and fuller bloom. 



The pot culture for these and also for the double 

 daffodils is as follows: Use low bulb pots, filled 

 with a mixture of sand, rich earth, and a little well- 

 rotted stable manure, setting the bulbs almost touch- 

 ing each other and so that a very little of the nose 

 shows above the earth after watering. In order to 

 keep them as cool as possible the pots are buried in 

 coal ashes on the north side of the house, and kept 

 there until it gets so cold that there is danger of the 

 ashes freezing solid, making lifting very difficult. 

 They are then placed in the cellar (as far as pos- 

 sible from the furnace) and covered with boxes 

 first watering thoroughly. The boxes should be 

 raised about an inch from the floor to insure venti- 

 lation, and the bulbs watered once every two weeks, 

 the box remaining in the cellar until a good 

 root development is obtained, which varies with 

 different bulbs They should then be brought up- 

 stairs into the living room, and after a day or two 

 of subdued light, can be brought into the sunlight. 



Another most satisfactory bulb for house culture 

 is the double daffodil (Van Sion), which, owing 

 to its slower growth, blooms after the other bulbs 

 are over. These must be forced in pots. I have 

 six bulbs in each pot and they carry twelve to fif- 

 teen blooms. 



The following table will show how a succession 

 of bloom may be obtained from Thanksgiving to 

 March at a cost of one dollar: 



Name 



Paper White Narcissus .. 6 Oct. 13 



Paper White Narcissus. .8 Nov. 10 



Paper White Narcissus. .6 Nov. 26 



Hyacinth 6 Oct. 10 



Paper White Narcissus. . 8 Dec. 26 



DouDle Daffodils 6 Oct. s 



Philadelphia. 



Bulbs Planted Fr. cellar In bloom Cost 



Dec. 12 

 Jan. 15 



Nov. 22 

 Dec. 12 

 Dec. 21 



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 Jan. 21 

 Feb. 6 



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Succession in the Garden 



IN important positions near the windows of the 

 country home, people want flowers early, late, 

 and all the time and neither bedding out of gerani- 

 ums, etc., nor the usual herbaceous border gives 

 them that. Of course most people know they can 

 have bulbs to begin with. In my garden hyacinths 

 are followed by forget-me-nots, planted in autumn; 

 these latter are removed in June to put in heliotrope 

 and tobacco. The hyacinths stayed in for three 

 years, when they became small and were replaced 

 by new ones. 



Another combination is chionodoxa (which 

 blooms earlier than hyacinths in April) and yellow 

 tulips, followed by cornflowers. These sow them- 

 selves and last in bloom a very long time if the seedy 

 ones are cut off now and then. With us the 

 goldfinches help by eating off the seeds and 

 they look lovely doing it. In September the 

 cornflowers are thrown away and hardy chrysan- 

 themums, grown for the purpose in a bit of reserve 

 ground, are moved in. This can be done without 

 their even wilting on a gray day and if well watered 

 in and they will be covered with bloom even after 

 the ground is white with snow. 



New York. Veronica. 



