JANUARY. 



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tulips force well, if treated as the hyacinthus, but 

 the later blowing varieties must not be placed in 

 the flower-house until January. 



CROCUS. 



Class, Triandria. Order, Monogynia. 



IrIDEjE. 



This little favourite forces well, if treated as the 

 Hyacinthus. 



PHILADELPHUS. 

 Varieties of the Syringa. 

 Class, Icosandria. Order, Monogynia. 

 Philadelphe;e. 



Native of Europe. — Propagation, suckers. 



This shrub forces early, and is brought into 

 bloom with little care. In the spring, plant a num- 

 ber of suckers in the open ground. After they 

 have stood two years, lift and pot them in the 

 month of March or April, to be ready for forcing. 

 Put them into pots proportionable to the size of 

 the plants, and plunge the pots up to the rim in 

 the kitchen garden ; water them in dry weather 

 during the summer months. In October remove 

 as many as you wish for early bloom into the 

 flower-house, and introduce others for succession 

 as required ; when done flowering, turn the plants 

 out of the pots, part them and plant them in the 

 kitchen garden, where let them remain one year to 

 recover before forcing again. 



