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The Young Gardener . 
You may keep your plants thus till the shoots- 
are two inches high ; but you must watch that 
they do not get damp or mildewy, and if they do 
you should dust the bulb with dry sulphur and 
wipe the mould off carefully. If one should chance 
to decay instead of growing, as sometimes happens, 
especially among Snowdrops, you should always be 
careful to throw it away directly. 
When the time comes for bringing some plants 
to the window, of course you will choose those 
that have got good roots. If they are growing 
well you are sure to see that it is so — for the little 
roots twist about and often peep up in odd 
corners. 
When they come out of the cellar they may be 
put upon the window-sill, and after a day or so you 
may begin to water regularly. Filling the saucers 
is the best plan for pots, only don’t let the water 
remain there more than half an hour. Milk-pans 
or soup-plates should be put to stand downright in 
a pail of water till they are well soaked through — 
but one such thorough soaking ought to last a 
week, especially if you cover the sand with a little 
moss. 
While; the flowers are growing, however, they 
never must get quite dry — and it is not easy to 
