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HYACINTH. 
Forcing. —The bulbs of Hyacinths are weakened 
by forcing, but they usually produce the finest offsets, 
which when judiciously treated will soon flower very 
finely. There are two ways of growing them in hou¬ 
ses, either in pots or glasses. 
Growing in Pots. —It is usual to plant the bulbs 
in small pots, one bulb in each ; but they flower bet¬ 
ter, and make more show by planting six or eight 
bulbs in one pot of nine inches diameter. Fill each 
pot with light rich sandy soil, and plant the bulbs so 
shallow that nearly half the bulb shall stand above 
the soil; and if they are intended to flower in winter, 
place the pots containing the bulbs on the floor of the 
cellar, or under the front stage of the Greenhouse ; 
keep the soil a little moist, and when they have filled 
the pots with roots, and the leaves are up, with the 
flower buds appearing in the centre, remove them to a 
warm room w r indow, where they can receive the ben¬ 
efit of the sun, and water them freely, during the 
whole time of flowering; but as soon as the flowers 
fade, and the leaves begin to decay, cease, by degrees, 
to water them. 
Some of the pots planted with the bulbs may be 
plunged in the ground in a warm sheltered situation, 
covered from four to six inches deep, with soil, there 
to remain till Spring, when they can be taken up as 
they are wanted to be brought into flower, and set in a 
Greenhouse or a room window. Treat them as before 
directed, and they will flower freely in succession. 
Growing in Glasses.— The best kind of Glasses 
for the purpose are those of a dark green color, as 
