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ground with a piece of forked stick, and cover 
over part of the stem with the soil. After 
a few weeks these pieces will have thrown 
out roots into the earth, and then they can 
be taken away and planted as separate 
plants. 
If by chance you were given a pot of lilies 
of the valley, forced into flower in the early 
spring, now is the time to plant them out in 
a cool place where they would flower out of 
doors another year, for they will not force well 
two years in succession. Having disposed of 
them, the thought naturally comes, What shall I 
have to flower in a pot and brighten my room 
next year ? Of course there are many bulbs 
suitable, such as Roman hyacinths or “ paper- 
white ” narcissus, and to have them really early, 
if you have no greenhouses, they should go into 
their pots in August, and be buried in a bed of 
cinders, until the points of the bulbs begin to 
show through the earth ; then take them into 
the house to flower. If you prefer to sow seeds 
of something to flower in your room in the 
spring, there is nothing prettier than Campanula 
fragilis. The seeds could go into a box in 
July, and would want careful watering and 
watching to see they did not get scorched with 
the very hot August sunshine. Prick them 
into single pots when the plants are about three 
