HPHE most prominent class of plants demanding attention in autumn is that of the hardy flowering bulbs, 
the principal kinds, Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Snowdrops, etc., being known by the general 
name of Dutch bulbs, because they are mostly produced in Holland. The experience gained by many years 
of trial and observation enables us to select the kind of bulbs that will give the greatest measure of 
satisfaction, and purchasers may confidently expect that their interests are secure with ours in employing 
the stock here offered. The lists of named varieties have been restricted to a comparatively few of the 
best kinds in each color, sufficient for all the variety desired in house culture, and for the garden they can 
be supplied in quantities for planting in masses of a single color, this method producing the best results in 
border and beds. 
The window culture of Hyacinths, Tulips, and Narcissus has become very popular, 
Bulbs in and is a most attractive way of raising these plants which by their beauty and fragrance 
the House. grace our living rooms in winter. The general treatment of these different kinds of 
bulbs is the same. A light porous soil just suits them—some garden loam, leaf mould, 
and sand mixed together. Use five-inch pots for Hyacinths and Narcissus. Place some pieces of broken 
pot in the bottom so as to secure free drainage and then fill up to about two inches of the top, take a bulb 
and set it on the soil in the center of the pot, then fill in soil until the bulb is about two-thirds covered. Set 
the pot down once or twice on the bench with a sharp rap so as to settle the soil and bulb down well. 
Tulips should be potted the same way, only there may be as many as four or five bulbs in a five-inch pot, and 
six in a six-inch pot, and they can be buried somewhat deeper in the soil, so that only the points show above 
the surface. At least three-fourths of an inch of space should remain between the top of the soil and the rim 
of the pot in order to hold water whenever watering is necessary. When the potting is finished as above 
described, give water with a watering-can sufficient to wet the soil all through. 
Now the pots should be placed away in a dark room or in a cellar, to remain several 
Rooting weeks while the bulbs are making roots, for it is necessary that these should form before 
the Bulba. the growth of the leaves or flowers. Not much heat is needed for root-growth, and a 
temperature of 50 degrees is best. It will be a good precaution to take, to set the pots 
in a box and fill soil in between the pots to keep them from drying out, and then cover the box over closely 
so that mice cannot get in. Here they can remain from six to ten weeks, or until they have quite filled the 
pots with roots. Some will root faster than others and will show signs of leaf-growth, and these can be taken 
up first to the light while the others are left to bring out later, thus causing them to bloom at different times, 
successively over a number of weeks. They should be placed in a good light in a temperature of 50 to 60 
degrees, and freely ventilated on fine days. If one has not pots to use, bulbs can be planted in boxes in the 
same way as here described. Crocus and Snowdrops should be similarly treated in house-culture. 
Hyacinths are sometimes grown in water, using tall glasses, one for each bulb; these 
Growing Bulbs glasses are made with a shoulder to hold the bulb near the top, while the water below 
in Water. comes up just to the base of the bulb. In starting bulbs in water they should be 
placed away in a dark room until plenty of roots have formed. A favorite way of 
raising the Chinese Narcissus, or Sacred Chinese Lily, as it is called, is among small stones or pebbles in a 
glass or porcelain dish containing water, the stones surrounding and supporting the bulb and holding it in 
