GAEDENING FOR LITTLE GIELS 



SPRING BEAUTIES 



As I look up from my work, my eyes rest on the 

 different spring bulbs blooming this 28th day of 

 February, in my south window, against their snowj^ 

 background, — purple crocus, both red and white 

 tulips, and that loveliest of daffodils, the white- 

 tipped Queen Victoria. They were potted last Oc- 

 tober, covered up in an ash-lined trench outdoors 

 until after the holidays, then carried into a cold 

 but light attic for a w^eek, before finally being 

 brought into a warm room. The daffodils cost but 

 three cents apiece, yet each fills an ordinary pot, 

 and produces three lovely blossoms, four inches 

 across. 



A new fibre is now on the market at a very low 

 price that can be used exactly like earth, only it 

 does not sour, and consequently can be put in any 

 fine bowl or jar, as it does not need drainage. 

 Once thoroughly wet, it has only to be kept moist 

 and the plants do as well as in soil. I, personally, 

 prefer to plant in soil. 



The family living in an apartment with no cold 

 place to start the bulbs that take so long, could 

 easily fix a box or egg-crate under the coldest win- 

 dow and darken it with a small rug, hiding there 

 for a few weeks the Roman hyacinths and narcissi. 



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