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the Dog’s-tooth Violet (Erythronium dens-canis ), double Snow¬ 
drops, Turban Ranunculuses, and others, all of which would 
succeed if potted in autumn, and brought on in a common cold 
frame, placing them in the greenhouse when the weather becomes 
severe, and which would tend much to enhance the beauty of 
the collection in early spring. 
There is a subject connected with forced bulbs which often 
causes disappointment; it being, by many, deemed a wasteful 
practice to throw the roots away after they have bloomed, 
attempts are made to grow them a second time in the following 
season, and for the same purpose; here a great error is com¬ 
mitted, as much so as is the practice complained of; the plants, 
by the forcing process, are thrown into an unnatural condition, 
which necessarily weakens them very much, and all the atten¬ 
tion it will be possible to give them cannot restore in one season 
their lost vigour, indeed, with some it can never be done to the 
extent sufficient to warrant their being again employed for such 
a purpose; still it is not desirable to give them up so easily; 
with a little care nearly all may be had good enough for deco¬ 
rating the flower-garden, and this is, perhaps, as much as can 
reasonably be asked of them for at least three or four years. 
After the blooming is over, the plants should be removed to a 
cold frame to be nursed for a time till their growth is com¬ 
pleted, as on this depends whatever they may do in a future 
year, and the longer it can be continued by watering and cover¬ 
ing up at night, the more strength will the bulbs attain, until, 
at last, they may be dried and stored away in the usual manner, 
to be ready for planting in the borders in the following autumn. 
Perhaps the best conclusion of this paper will be an arranged 
list of the most desirable hyacinths, as it is now that purchases 
are usually made. Before that, however, it may be acceptable to 
offer a few hints as to their treatment in glasses, a practice 
deservedly attaining favour, for more elegant or interesting orna¬ 
ments to a residence can scarcely be found. For the first fort¬ 
night after placing the roots in the glasses they should be kept 
in a closet or some dark place until roots are protruded, as, 
previous to this, light, instead of benefiting them, has a con¬ 
trary tendency; but once furnished with roots, the plants can- 
