BULB GROWING AT THE UNITED STATES BULB GARDEN. 
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Table II. — Results of scooping and of scoring hyacinths at the United States 
Bull) Garden at Bellinghain. 
Number 
of mother 
bulbs. 
Progeny. 
Method of propagation. 
First size. 
Second size. 
Total. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
2,441 
2,101 
900 
2,995 
37 
142 
54, 840 
16,383 
2,247 
7S0 
55, 740 
19,380 
2,284 
922 
Total 
4,542 
3,895 
86 
71, 223 
1,569 
75, 120 
1,654 
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Pig. 12. — Men at work planting baby hyacinths at the United States Bulb Garden 
in the fall of 1912. Under normal conditions and with proper culture and care, 
bulblets planted in this way in the fall should make a strong, vigorous growth. 
PLANTING BULBLETS. 
The baby bulbs are planted in September or October in beds 
about 36 inches wide and of any desired length. The best of the 
baby bulbs are placed about 2 inches apart in rows 4 to 6 inches apart 
and covered with soil to a depth of 3 to 4 inches. The second-grade 
bulbs the first year are scattered thinly in rows across the beds 4 to 6 
inches apart. (Fig. 12.) 
NARCISSUSES. 
In continental Europe and Great Britain the narcissus is possibly 
more highly prized than in America. Narcissus enthusiasts there 
