The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-07

SPRING .FLowERING BULBS How TO RAISE
TBEM,-Thcse flowers, ut once so beautiful
and frarrant,-the first of our welcome
sprinu nowers-the earliest to thrill the soul
with pleasure at the unfolding Of the beau
tliul book of natllre--dcSCrvC Il place Ill
every home.
4 little trouble and small outlay Of
money in hyacnths will give the 'luyed
ones at home" more real pleasure than the
same amount of money expended IN any
other manner. Their fragrance and CHARM
in., delicate colors, and even the forming
of roots and unfolding of stems and leaves,
afford endless interest to the amateur gar
dener. The treatment OF these plants is
very simple, and yet many persons fail for
lack of knowing just how to manage them.
The time to plant is from September to
December. Most bulbs require similar
treatment, and it will be best to give only
a few general hints in regard to planting,
DC. Hyacmths, tulips, crocusscs, NC, arc
hardy, and require cool, moist situation
ANYTHING above freezing is warm enough
for them.
For indoors, the best way to obtain sue
cession is to take box and fill with decom-
posed moss and Il little sand-say one-fourth
sand-plant the bulbs in the composition,
and put away in cool, dark, moist cellar.
These will soon commence to send out
roots, and when the buds can be seen may
be taken out and placed in The hyaclnth-
glasses, and as they bloom and fade may De
removed to the garden and others put IN
their places. 1t IS best to put i'll as many
bulbs at a time as you have glasses, or you
may have too many on hand at once. Each
flower will last about two weeks; conse-
quently it is necessary to plant every TWO
to u
not wish to grow in glasses, the bulbs may
be planted into rich, sandy soil in ordinary
floWer-l,ots, covering only the lower part
of the bulb =; then put away in dark cell
lar, or cover with some light material, SO
rs to exclude the light and prevent them
from diving. The object in covering them
is to allow the roots to grow before the bud
is started and this Is the most important
feature in growing hyacinths successfully.
This covering must be removed rs soon as
they show the hower-buds, when they
need light and water and cool, even tenn
perature. Tulips and crocusses succeed
we'll if treated in the same manner, but OF
course will not do to grow in glasses. The
water in the glasses should be changed
about twice week. 80.
For outdoor cultivation it is best to
plant in beds or borders, rs they produce a
better effect and can be managed more
successfully. The ground should be spaded
up deep and enriched with well,fotted " ,,',y COW
manure; and If the land is stiu, a ilttle
sand around each bulb will improve them.
Be sure that the surplus water can run off.
When the bed Is prepared place the bulbs
in order according to size, and N. press WITH III,
the thumb and finger until the top OF the
bulb is even with the surface then cover
with any light materlai-ieaYes OF stems
any light from striking THROUGH, or tasmsG the Dud
Early ar in spring, as soon as the bulbs have y.
made shoot of one or two inches, the NJ
ter % or covering must be carefully removed. move
Hyacnths tulips and er9eIses gu in the mans same
bed-planting bed the two former in the cen
tre, and edeing with the latter. .,,
tulips require little deeper planting Iaa ras
"nire tn he taken up every year, as Is the
case case with vi hyacinths and crocusses, which
should be removed as soon as the foliage Is