Jan.] flower garden. §3 
crocuses; but neither of them, when planted so late, flower well 
the spring following — the former, in particular, will totally perish 
if kept much longer out of the ground. These kinds ought to have 
been planted in vSeptember, or early in October, for being flowers 
of early bloom, they do not agree with being kept up after their 
proper time of planting. 
When you desire a considerable increase of crocuses or snow 
drops, take up the roots but once in two years; if you let them 
remain longer, though the increase will be numerous, the roots 
become very small and produce but poor flowers. 
Planting various sorts of Bulbs. 
Jonquils, ornithogalums, narcissuses, hyacinths, bulbous irises, 
Persian irises, gladioluses, fritillaries, crown imperials, or any 
other kinds of hardy bulbous flower roots that yet remain above 
ground should now be planted as soon as the weather will permit. 
Mild dry weather ought to be chosen for planting these and all 
other kinds of bulbous roots, and see that the ground is not too wet. 
When it is intended to plant any of the common sorts of the 
above, or other kinds of bulbous roots in the borders, they may be 
planted in the manner mentioned above for the common tulips, &c. 
Observing particularly, that the longer you keep them out of the 
ground after October or November, the shallower they must be 
planted. 
Flowers to blow in the house. 
Several sorts of bulbous roots may be placed upon bulb-glasses 
of water for blowing in the apartments of the house, such as hya- 
cinths, narcissuses, jonquils, early dwarf tulips, bulbous irises, &c.; 
the glasses for this purpose are to be had at the seed and glass 
shops. Being made concave at the mouth, they contain each one 
root, and are to be filled with soft water, and one root placed in 
each glass with its bottom touching the water; placing the bottles 
upon a shelf or chimney-piece of some warm room, or in the inside 
of a warm window, and if where the sun comes, it will be an addi- 
tional advantage; but in severe frost remove them to the interior 
part of the room where a fire is kept; they will soon shoot their 
roots down into the water, which, when become very foul or foetid, 
should be renewed with fresh occasionally: they will thus blow 
very agreeably early in the spring, and may be greatly forwarded 
if placed in a hot-bed or hot-house. 
Likewise, may plant various sorts of bulbous and tuberous flower 
roots in pots for blowing in a house, such as hyacinths, narcissuses 
of all kinds, early tulips, crocuses, anemones, ranunculuses, or 
any other spring flowering kind; having small pots or boxes filled 
with light sandy earth, plant the roots therein just over their 
crowns, and place the pots near a window; when the roots begin to 
shoot, give occasional light waterings, and they will flower in good 
perfection at an early season. 
