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USEFUL HINTS FOR FORCING HYACINTHS 
When using pots or pans, be sure to soak them thor- 
oughly, before planting. 
If no bulb cellar is used and the pots are plunged, 
be sure to cover them with three inches of clean sand to 
prevent damaging the top of the flower bud. 
When Hyacinths are wanted for a very late Easter, 
the bulbs should be planted end of November. 
If you cannot plant your Hyacinths upon receipt, 
store them in a temperature of 55° Fahrenheit. Unpack 
bulbs at once in any case. 
All January forcing of Hyacinths must be done in 
semi-darkness at 70° Fahrenheit for from 7 to 10 days, 
dropping to 65°, when buds are well up. 
As a general rule, at least ten weeks should elapse 
from the time the bulbs go into the soil until they are 
brought in for forcing. 
Water sparingly till the first bell has loosened from 
the bottom of the spike; after this water freely. 
When growing Hyacinths on the well known glasses, 
clean glasses as well as the rootbase of the Hyacinths, 
then fill the glasses with clean cool water until the root- 
base is touched. Place glasses in a cool dark closet or 
cellar until topgrowth is nearly 4” above the bulb, when 
glasses may be taken to your warm room or porch, add- 
ing water from time to time, when necessary. 
And the Hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, 
Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew 
Of music so delicate, soft and intense, 
It was felt like an odor within the sense. | 
