98 THE BOOK OF THE WINTER GARDEN 



Solomon's Seal 



Mounted singly with wire, the blossoms give charm 

 and hawthorn fragrance to bouquets. The shoots 

 cut at soil level are very handsome in vases, while 

 the plants are very suitable for room decoration. 

 Place the fleshy roots (rhizomes) thickly and hori- 

 zontally in pans or boxes, covering them with I inch 

 of soil. Pans 12 inches across will hold enough to 

 make good specimens. 



Freezias 



are deliciously perfumed. For December flowers pot in 

 July, placing 9 strong bulbs in a 5-inch pot an inch 

 deep. Plunge in ashes, covering the plunging bed with 

 a sash to give off heavy rains. Remove in a month to a 

 cool greenhouse, where they remain, close to the glass, 

 in a light place, until the flower spikes show. Stake those 

 required, and remove those required for early flowers 

 into a temperature of 55 to 60 degrees. The remainder 

 may stop until removed as successive batches a few 

 weeks later. With much heat, or insufficient light, the 

 stems become very lanky. When the foliage yellows 

 after flowering, keep dry until the following August, 

 when they should be shaken out of the old soil and 

 potted in fresh, and plunged. All the young bulbs 

 should be grown on separately, as they will flower the 

 succeeding year. From seed, freezias flower well in the 

 second year. F, refracta has white flowers with an 

 orange throat, F, Leichtlinii is pale yellow. 



Tuberoses 



Tuberoses are grown chiefly for the value of detached 

 blossoms, which on account of their perfume are very 

 serviceable for bouquets, etc. The flowers are produced 



