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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



heat of 45" to 50°, introducing them to i 

 after roots hare formed and top-growth 



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Fig. 140. Gladiolus, Queen or Pinks. 



bulb is enough for a 5-inch, or three s 

 sandy compost should be employed. P 



lighter position and a temperature of GO to 70° 

 has commenced. Assist with liquid manure. 

 In this way many of them could be had 

 in full beauty at Easter. 

 * Irises. — Spanish Irises may be 



flowered in pots, but they do not force well. 

 In a warm greenhouse and light position 

 they may be had in flower at an accept- 

 able time, and they are very beautiful, 

 when thus grown, three weeks to a 

 month earlier than they would expand 

 in the open. Three bulbs to a o-inch 

 pot and five in a 6-inch are ample. Store 

 them in cold frames during the early part 

 of the winter, and introduce to gentle 

 heat when growth commences. 



Liliums. — Very few of the liliums 

 are amenable to forcing. L. Harrisi (the 

 Bermuda Lily) is perhaps the most 

 popular, but L. longiflorum, L. candidum 

 and L. lancifolium album are also exten- 

 sively forced, more particularly by market 

 growers, and the methods adopted by 

 experts will be duly given under the 

 heading "Commercial Floriculture." 



Oxalis. — Not many of these remark- 

 ably free -flowering and by no means 

 insignificant plants are grown, but they 

 ought to meet with more favour. Some 

 of the best, either for pots or hanging 

 baskets, are Bowei, rubella, versi-color, 

 and Sutton's Golden Cup. One large 

 aaller may be placed in a 6-inch pot. A 

 t in October for early flowering, and more at 



