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Pot Bulbs in the House. 
W E are well supplied with outdoor 
flowers now; French and African 
marigolds, Calendulas, Zinnias, Phlox 
and Dahlias are plentiful enough for lav¬ 
ish cutting, but it is time to prepare for 
the lean months when outside flowers are 
gone. We find nothing more satisfactory 
for Winter flowers than bulbs in pots, 
which provide us with bloom from the 
end of November until the first Siberian 
squills and Glory-of-the-snow appear out 
of doors. The cost is not large, the most 
expensive bulbs we buy being a few ex¬ 
tra choice hyacinths, costing in Holland 
from 10 to 18 cents each. 
The Soil for all forcing bulbs should 
be rich loam. Fresh manure should never 
be used; a little bone meal may be added 
to advantage. If the soil is a stiff clay 
some sand and leaf mold should be worked 
in. Abundant drainage should be given 
in the form of broken crocks, stones or 
bits of charcoal in the bottom of the pots. 
When the soil is put in the pots it must 
be shaken down, but not packed hard, or 
the roots will often raise the bulb out of 
the pot. After the potting is finished the 
soil should be a full half inch below the 
brim of the pot, so 'S to allow room for 
watering. Plant the bulb just deep 
enough so that its top will not show. 
After potting the bulbs are watered mod¬ 
erately and then stored away to make 
roots in a cool dark place. An unheated 
cellar is good; so is a pit or cold frame, 
or even a dark woodshed, so long as they 
do not freeze, and are not allowed to dry 
out. A suitable temperature range is 40 
degrees for roots, 50 for foliage, and GO 
degrees for developing bloom. 
Starting Growth. —When freezing 
weather begins the bulbs are removed 
from their cold starting place to the house 
cellar, where they remain in the dark, 
watered at intervals, with some sacking 
thrown over them to prevent rapid dry¬ 
ing out. They are filling their pots with 
strong roots, but by and by top growth 
begins, and they are then brought to the 
light, in a cool room, and grown on until 
the flower spikes push out, when they 
are brought into the living room. Some¬ 
times the flower spike is very slow in 
making height, and seems disposed to 
open its flowers while still very short. 
This can be remedied by making a tube 
of stiff paper and setting over the plant 
for a few days; it naturally draws up 
to ueach the light, and a day or two of 
this treatment makes a surprising change 
in growth. One may begin potting bulbs 
by the middle of September, thus provid¬ 
ing for a succession, especially in Roman 
hyacinths, but the majority are potted 
from the first to the middle of October. 
Roman Hyacinths. —First to bloom, 
and quite indispensable, are the Roman 
hyacinths; these are small, but usually 
produce several spikes to the bulb, and 
we expect to have them in flower at 
Thanksgiving. These are usually set one 
bulb in a four-inch pot, but are also very 
attractive when several are set in a flat 
bulb pan. If a number are planted they 
can be brought on by degrees, holding 
some back in the lower temperature. 
“Romans” may be purchased in three col¬ 
ors, blue, rose and white, but we only 
grow the white. 
Dutch Hyacinths. —We advise first 
size bulbs of these, for the big specimen 
spikes are worth the small extra price. 
The second size are quite satisfactory 
for bedding out. Among the earliest sorts 
are L’lnnocence, white, General Felis- 
sier, dark red, Lady Derby, rose, and 
Scliotel, pale blue. Other excellent sin¬ 
gle sorts are Czar Peter, light blue. Lord 
Derby, light blue, La Grandesse. the fin¬ 
est white, Charles Dickens, dark purplish 
blue, Cardinal Wiseman, deep rose, Lord 
Macaulay, rose and flesh stripes, King 
of the Yellows, pure yellow. The dou¬ 
ble hyacinths are very flue, but under 
house conditions not quite as satisfactory 
as the singles, though we get some very 
line spikes. Garrick, deep lilac blue, 
Lord Nelson, pale blue, very fine, La 
Tour d*Auvergne, pure white, very early, 
Leo, pale carmine, Bloksberg, pale blue, 
and Othello, very dark blue, are all good 
double varieties. There are also minia¬ 
ture Dutch hyacinths, strong and sturdy, 
but making spikes only about six or seven 
inches high; they are very attractive 
planted in pans. 
Tulips. —We do not expect our tulips 
to blooom till after the holidays; the 
earliest of all are Due Van Thol and Pot- 
tebakker which give us several e lors, and 
are of great value to florists, and for bed¬ 
ding, because of their earliness and the 
ease with which they are forced. But for 
use in the house we prefer some others, 
whose flowers we like better. Among 
these in single so ts are Cottage Maid, 
pink and white, one of the most satis¬ 
factory for commercial forcing; Bacchus, 
deep red, and Artis, bright scarlet; Joost 
von Vondel, deep crimson penciled white; 
Proserpine, deep rose; Rose Grisdelin, 
dwarf, rose and white; Vermilion Bril¬ 
liant, bright scarlet; Belle Alliance, 
scarlet; Cramoisi Brilliant, very fine, 
vivid red; Couleur Cardinal, orange 
scarlet shaoing outside to purple, late; 
Chrysolora, yello very good. Double 
tulips that force well are Couronne d’ Or, 
yellow: Gloria Solis, brown and yel¬ 
low; Murillo, rose and white very fine; 
Tournesol, red and yellow; Salvator Rosa, 
dark rose and white. 
Parrot or Dragon Tulips. — These 
always excite admiration, because of their 
crimped and slashed petals, and strangely 
streaked and flamed coloring. They are 
admirable for house forcing, because 
they must be brought out slowly, with¬ 
out strong heat. They come into bloom 
late. The following varieties have given 
us good results Cafe Bran, deep yellow 
feathered with red ; Lute a Major, yellow ; 
Markgraaf von Baden, golden orange 
striped scarlet, very large. 
Other Forcing Bulrs. —Many va¬ 
rieties of Narcissus are excellent for pot 
culture in the house. The Chinese Sa¬ 
cred lily is usually grown in water, but 
it does very well in soil, while the fa¬ 
miliar Paper White so much forced com¬ 
mercially is very easily grown. Van Sion 
is the standard yellow forcing daffodil 
hut most of the trumpet sorts are good. 
The little Crocuses are charming set in 
a flat pan, but they must not be hurried 
in any way. Allium Neapolitanum, 
though a near relation of the savory 
onion, is excellent for forcing. Freesias 
are very easily flowered in the house. 
The whole theory of bulb forcing is to 
get a strong growth of roots before the 
top starts, and this makes their culture 
especially easy and satisfactory for the 
amateur. e. t. r. 
CUT FEED COSTS 
, . by the better and more econom¬ 
ic ' ical feeding of your stock. Beet 
pulp for instance, enters into several mod¬ 
ern balanced rations which have been very 
successful. VVe can give you list of the«e rations 
or you can write nearest Experiment Station. 
ROOT PULPER 
_ AND SLICER 
will woik up your rouis right 
and quickly. Six Knives, 
pulp with one edge, slice with 
the other. Roller beariugs. " ' : 
Heavy hopper, shaped to 
feed everything in it. 
Ask for circular R p. 
or you can write nearest 
IRON AGE 
BATEMAN M’F’G CO. 
Box 102, hi 
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