. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 76 rAJII/.IAI! OAIlliKX FLOII'JAIX. the weather, and to mitigate the eheek eoiisequeiit on removal from the greenhouse. But, after all, the best wax- to deal with bulbs that have flowered is to plant them out ill odd i^laces, more especially uear sheltering hedgerows, and there every j'ear they will produce small spikes of flowers that will pmve most aeeejjtable for the table. When hyacinths are grown in glasses, the bulbs should be so placed as not to touch the water. The glasses should then be wrapped in flannel, and put
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 76 rAJII/.IAI! OAIlliKX FLOII'JAIX. the weather, and to mitigate the eheek eoiisequeiit on removal from the greenhouse. But, after all, the best wax- to deal with bulbs that have flowered is to plant them out ill odd i^laces, more especially uear sheltering hedgerows, and there every j'ear they will produce small spikes of flowers that will pmve most aeeejjtable for the table. When hyacinths are grown in glasses, the bulbs should be so placed as not to touch the water. The glasses should then be wrapped in flannel, and put into a dark, cool closet. This mode of prcicedure will jJromote the formation of roots before the leaves rise ; and when the roots have begun to grow freely, the glasses may be brought out and placed in the window. The single varieties are the best for glasses. For beds and pots it is a good plan to have a larger proportion of single than double kinds. Beautiful beds may be formed of cheap mixed ; Ijut for pot culture named varieties should be preferred. The hyacinth figured is the popular variety known as Baron Von Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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