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is perhaps the best and most charming, a pure yellow when it 
first opens, later on covered with bronze and brownish tints. 
Murillo is among the doubles what La Reine is among the 
singles, an excellent variety for either indoor or outdoor culture. 
It forces best during March. When well rooted fine long stems 
may be had with large flowers coming white at first, afterward 
changing to a charming pink. • 
While Darwin Tulips are usually considered in connection 
with outdoor planting, yet many of them are splendid when 
forced under glass. Such excellent sorts as Pride of Haarlem, 
red; Psyche, light rose; Gretchen, soft pink; Clara Butt, salmon 
pink; Farncombe Saunders, red; and White Queen are quite 
amenable and may be grown in pans and brought into flower 
during March and April. 
For flowering at Easter the giganteum and formosum Lilies 
should be secured and potted up at once. Place under the 
bench after watering well and covering with excelsior, and 
keep there until they have made two or three inches of growth; 
then put into a light position on the bench. 
Other bulbs not to be overlooked are Gladiolus and Freesias , 
which will supply a long season of bloom if succession plantings 
are made. Either may be planted directly into the benches, 
the Gladiolus making a fine combination crop with Pansies, or 
Calendulas. 
Flowers for Cutting in Early Spring 
P LANTED now, Pansies will not prove very floriferous dur- 
ing the depth of winter, but once the influence of the sun’s 
increasing power is felt during the early days of February and 
March a veritable feast of blooms will open up. For early flow- 
ers Calendulas are better purchased in pots and planted into the 
benches, but seeds sown at this time will afford material to 
further extend the period of bloom. Snapdragons out of small 
pots make the best of succession crops to follow the Chrysan- 
themums, and few plants will give a greater return. 
If your greenhouse is a really cold one with a temperature 
around forty-five degrees at night, you have an ideal place in 
which to raise a crop of single Violets and early November is not 
too late to plant and still secure fair results. Plants still “in 
the field,” or lifted plants from the frames are in the very best 
condition for planting at this time. A few clumps of Dielytra 
'tO.'V' 
SPRING-TIME INDOORS AHEAD OF TIME 
All the host of bloom in such variety of color, form, and fragrance is easily had through the use of a 
greenhouse to overcome winter’s cold. Astilbe, Primula, Azalea, Cyclamen, Narcissus, are featured 
