A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 85 



to grow a good plant than a poor one, this splendid flower 

 should be admitted into our little handkerchief garden. 

 The simplest way to cultivate one is to purchase a bulb, 

 already started, from some reliable florist. It should be 

 growing, during J ulj, in what is called a seven-inch pot, 

 and should have a cluster of well-developed leaves. The 

 price will be about fifty cents. When the plant arrives, it 

 should be sunk in the ground up to the rim of the pot. 

 During dry weather it must be watered whenever the soil 

 in the pot becomes dry. Nothing more need be done to it, 

 except to tie the flower-stem to a stake as soon ^s it is a 

 foot high. In September it will be removed to the house 

 for blooming. Concerning its after treatment, see Chapter 

 VI. 



