THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
and, with a good stock of bulbs, the display may be kept lip till 
April or May. 1'or early flowering, the bulbs should be planted 
early in September ; those in flower in spring need not be planted 
earlier than recommended for beds. The best pots are those known 
as “ six-inch hyacinth pots,” which, being deeper than common, 
afl’ord more sp ice for the roots. But where these cannot be con- 
veniently procured, use six or seven-inch pots, such as may be at 
hand, and these will answer perfectly. 
The soil used for potting should be as rich as possible, such as 
one half fresh loam, cut from a pasture, with the turf decayed in it, 
and well-decomposed cow or horse manure, with a small portion of 
clean sand. Fill the pots lightly with the prepared soil, and place- 
the bulb upon the surface, slightly pressing it into the soil. 
Set the pots on a dry surface, and cover with about three inches 
of old tan. After remaining here for a month or five weeks, the 
bulbs will be sufficiently rooted to render it safe to remove them to 
a gentle bottom-heat of about 55°, and introducing a few pots at 
intervals of about a fortnight, a succession of flowers will be secured 
until those in the open air come into bloom. Persons possessing no 
better accommodation for growing plants than a room window will, 
with careful management, be able to grow and flower the hyacinth 
well, if not to have it in bloom as early as those who can command 
a gentle heat. We need hardly observe that plants grown during 
the dark days of winter should be placed near the glass, and be 
freely supplied with air when this can be given with safety ; and 
those grown in windows will draw to the light unless the pots are 
frequently turned. Most persons know that a sitting-room window 
forms a suitable situation for hyacinths while in bloom, and that 
their beauty will be no longer fading here than in most situations ; 
but many remove them from a close atmosphere, and suddenly ex- 
pose them to cold drying currents in the sitting-room window, by 
which they are greatly injured. We warn the inexperienced to 
guard against this common error, and to avoid subjecting the plants- 
to sudden changes at any period of their growth. 
DIPLADEXIA CRASSIXODA. 
EW plants of a twining character are so suitable for potr 
culture as this charming Bipladenia. It does not grow 
too strongly, and under proper management it pro- 
duces a profusion of large convolvulus-like blossom^, 
which remain long in perfection. For the decoration 
of a conservatory or a flower-house during summer and earlv 
autumn, I know of no more useful plant; for if carefully removed 
to a cool temperature as soon as the blossoms expand, they will 
become higher coloured, and remain longer in beauty than in a 
stove. Cuttings made of short-jointed, half-ripe shoots, will root 
freely if planted in sandy, peaty soil, covered with a bell-glass, 
November. 
