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GARDENING EOR PLEASURE. 



wise be grown in moss, or even pure sand, provided that 

 it is kept damp ; the necessity being a medium wherein 

 the roots can revel in moisture. But whether potted in 

 soil, sand, or moss, there will be no need to water, but 

 at the time of potting, provided the pots have been cov- 

 ered up as directed, and kept cool and dark. If potted 

 say the first week in October, they may be removed from 

 their dark quarters in seven or eight weeks, only before 

 doing so, turn a few of them out of the pots to see 

 whether they ' have rooted around the ball of earth. 

 They may then be placed in full light and watered freely. 



HYACINTHS IN GLASSES. 



Although the Jonquils and ^Narcissuses can be grown in 

 water in glasses as well as the Hyacinth, they are not 

 often so treated, hyacinths being the only bulbs largely 

 flowered in that way, some of which are shown in fig. 12. 



Belgian. Vase-shaped. * Bohemian. 



Fig. 12. — HYACINTH GLA.SSES. 



The glasses are made of various styles, from the plain 

 old-fashioned Belgian to the ornamental Bohemian 

 glasses, and of clear glass or colored, green, -amber, claret, 

 and other shades. The glasses, which are best of a 

 dark color, are filled with water just high enough for the 

 base of the bulb to touch it. The glasses must be 

 placed in a cool and dark place, just such a situation 



