BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 
Series 1 Brooklyn, N. Y., October 8, 1913 Number 12 
BULB CULTURE 
Bulbs are easier to raise in class-rooms and at home and 
give more pleasure than perhaps anything else in the plant world. 
Still one must follow certain directions for their potting and 
culture if success is to be sure. 
In the first place, certain kinds of bulbs are easier to raise 
indoors than other kinds. These should always be chosen in 
work with young children. The narcissus group is the most 
satisfactory of all for this work. Choose such members as paper 
white narcissus, poeticus, Von Sion, jonquils and Chinese lilies. 
These last are usually the least satisfactory because their blooms 
blast when exposed to the slightest of draughts. 
Hyacinths come next in choice. They fall into two general 
classes, the Dutch and Roman varieties. The Roman ones bloom 
earlier than the Dutch. If tulips are chosen, order the early 
blossoming ones; for on these slower growing varieties, plant 
lice often develop. Crocuses do well indoors, especially when 
planted in masses. These, then, are the easiest to raise of all 
the bulbs for indoor work, and the ones most likely to give 
success. 
