^ There is no small orchid more exquisite than 

 the flower of the Spanish iris. It is well worth the 

 mo^ minute scrutiny so that you may see and 

 appreciate all its delicate fineness. The bulbs of the 

 Spanish iris mu^t not be used again indoors unless 

 they are planted in the open garden for a season. 

 ^ The only hyacinths I grow in my sunny win- 

 dows are the graceful single Roman white, blue, 

 and pink and I have them, by planning for a succes- 

 sion, for all of five months. Use the same kind of 

 soil as for iris, sand and bone-flour and spacing 

 as for the freesias and Spanish iris. The top of 

 the hyacinth bulbs must show on the surface 

 when fir^ planted and the pots mu^t be kept in 

 a dark place until at lea^t an inch or two of top 

 growth is evident. Then you will know that 

 sufficient root development has been made to 

 proceed with normal growing and they can be 

 brought into the light, and in two or three days 

 placed in the sunlight. 



^ Of all the charming sunny-window plants I 

 believe the Heavenly Blue and pure white grape 

 hyacinths edged with chionodoxas are my favor- 

 ites. Certainly they are very gracious, lovely 

 flowers of such refinement and daintiness that 

 they are quite worthy of the sun in any room 

 however richly appointed, and they should be 

 found blooming in all of our intimate rooms. 

 The grape hyacinths and chionodoxas are treated 

 ju^ the same way as the Roman hyacinths. The 

 bulbs mu^t go into dark retirement until the 

 necessary top growth appears, when they may 

 assume their position in the sun with their com- 

 panions S$ 3S 



^ I need not say, (need 1 7) that the soil mu^ not 

 dry out from the time of planting until the 

 ripening of the bulbs and the final "drying off" 



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