There is something particularly clean and crisp about the flowers-a quality which may be depended upon to add a halo of brilliance to many otherwise drab days. Then, too, numerous species may be potted to provide a long succession of bloom-from late autumn until spring if it is your wish.
Bulbs are most punctilious in their flowering schedule.
While they may be questionable as guides for catching trains, they unfurl their buds at remarkably precise intervals. For purposes of general information relative to house specimens, the bulbs are divided into two main sections hardy bulbs and tender bulbs . The hardy kinds are those which are grown out of doors throughout most of the United States. The specific reason for dividing bulbs into these groups, as far as house plants are concerned, is because each group calls for a different potting treatment. Let us consider the hardy bulbs first.