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completely hidden by it. This might be done 
in a large punch or salad-bowl, or round dish, 
or glass milkpan. Smaller vessels may be 
used with single bulbs, or with two or three, 
or more. The moss in which they are placed 
should be pressed down, and need not be of 
the finest colour ; but that put at top, form- 
ing a rounding surface, and covering the 
bulbs, ought to be of the best colour, and the 
handsomest that could be picked ; for the 
moss is of itself a pretty object, even before 
the bulbs throw up their green foliage. Those 
who prefer to see the bulbs may merely put 
some of the best moss between them, and not 
enough to cover them. 
IN POTS. 
It is the practice to pot bulbs close to or 
above the surface, to place them all under a 
heap of ashes, or sawdust, or sand, to be 
taken out as they are wanted for forcing. It 
is far better to obtain the pots made on pur- 
pose, twice the height of an ordinary pot, and 
to put the bulb on the soil with the pot only 
half filled ; then fill up the pot so that a good 
three or four inches of compost is above the 
bulb : these may be plunged in the open 
ground, and covered with litter. The plant 
begins growing directly ; and when required 
for forcing from time to time, they only want 
to be placed in heat a little earlier, to make 
allowance for the time they are coming through 
the earth ; and all the later ones, instead of 
having three or four inches of yellow foliage, 
which has been drawn up through the ashes 
or sawdust, or other medium in which they 
have been buried, will be found hardly through 
the compost, or, if through, by no means 
drawn up. This applies to all the hardy 
bulbs that are capable of being grown in pots. 
The soil should be the same as has been re- 
commended for beds ; and the only care 
required is that of supplying water, so that 
the soil should never be dry ; but, as there is 
real nourishment in the soil, it must not be 
saturated with water always ; on the con- 
trary, the treatment should be much the same 
as other potted plants, such as geraniums, 
which ought to be kept moist, but never wet. 
The pots should always be in a strong light, 
and, until the flowers show colour, may have 
as much sun as possible, and air in mild wea- 
ther, unless they are in forcing heat, which 
of course renders this improper. For forcing, 
the bulbs may be potted as early as Septem- 
ber, and may be placed in heat at once ; and 
from that time till the end of December, they 
may be potted with pretty nearly as good 
success ; but some bulbs are weakened by 
keeping out till that time, and others, even of 
the same varieties, may be picked out that 
stand very well. We prefer on every account 
potting early, and plunging the pots to their 
rims in the ordinary ground, merely covering 
with litter, to keep off the frost in case of a 
severe one. From this situation they can 
be taken to force as they are likely to be 
wanted ; and they make far more handsome 
plants when so treated than they do when 
buried in anything ; and the two or three 
inches' growth is above instead of under the 
surface. 
It only remains for us to name a few of the 
best and cheapest for the different purposes, 
always premising that every kind will grow 
well in pots, but that some do better than 
others in glasses. 
HYACINTHS. 
For glasses or pots. — Early : Waterloo, 
d. red ; Groot Yoorst, d. pale flesh colour ; 
Due de Normandie, d. blue ; Alamode, d. 
blue ; Passe Tout, d. blue ; Alamode, d. 
white ; Nannette, d. white ; Grand Vain- 
queur, s. white ; Paix d' Amiens, s. pink ; 
L'Amie de Coeur, s. purple. Later : Pano- 
rama, d. red ; Mignon de Dryfhout, d. blue ; 
Lord Wellington, d. blue ; Kroon von Indien, 
d. dark blue ; Pasquin, d. light blue ; Anna 
Maria, d. white ; Virgo, d. white, violet eye ; 
Orondates, s. light blue ; La Balaine, s. flesh 
colour. 
For pots only. — Early : Charlotte Mari- 
anne, d. red ; Madame Zoutman, d. rose ; 
Aimable Rosetta, d. flesh colour ; Vulcan, s. 
light blue 5 La Deese, d. white ; Miss Kitty, 
d. white, red eye. Later : Robin Hood, d. 
dark blue ; Globe Terrestre, d. light blue ; 
Susannah Elizabeth, d. blue ; Don Gratuit, 
d. white ; Og, Roi de Basan, d. white ; Prince 
of Waterloo, d. white ; Sultan Achmet, d. 
white ; Boquette d'Orange, d. yellow ; Louis 
d'Or, d. yellow ; Voltaire, s. white ; St. Clair, 
s. red ; Grand Vidette, s. light blue. 
NARCISSUS. 
For pots or glasses. — Grand Monarque, 
white and yellow cups ; Czar de Moscovi, 
white and yellow ; Grand Primo, white and 
orange ; Bazelman Major, white and yellow ; 
Soleil d'Or, yellow and orange ; New Yellow 
Primo, yellow ; Double Roman, yellow and 
white ; Paper White, pure white. — Jonquills, 
yellow, double and single. 
EAELT TULIPS. 
Single. — Clarimond, two varieties, rose and 
white ; Van Thol, red and yellow ; New 
Yellow Van Thol ; Keizer's Kroon, scarlet 
and yellow ; Paragon Constant, rose and 
white ; Gold Standard, gold colour and red. 
Double. — Van Thol, red and yellow ; Tour- 
nesol, scarlet and yellow ; La Candeur, white ; 
Bonaparte, dark violet ; Crown Imperial, red 
and white, Double Yellow. 
