The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-10-27
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.lsjNN'tFaFgsI agsI pSlaSsSs;S sl1Sg'l FssfE'nd'
~ Do i noesabieet 1 Bulls to extremes of

DO noFsubieet bulbs to extremes OF
tempwstrv pewrTYaer) them win
cold Water,, il. you have them ma warm
room: never set them near a heater, OF
on ,the manteIpiecei abotoafire; do not
Bring Jhelh iuto TOO NxrInl y situation
until they show signs Of growing rapid
ly; and remember to give them all the
airahdsuulightp possble.u Pot them as
early asI tpf6ib@ SEqtdhem out OF
doors in a situation. where the water
can drain away, covering the pots en-
stiFely to orthe depth OfD' fourto hve
inclpaIHdf EOSINl> 7
Hyacptbs require pots OF i've inGhes
in diameter, one bulb III eacn' Inc
pots hnhse Se well araintdg with either
piedlS of broken tioisb'RaiarOoal One
third or moreis NOT too much. a few
rough pieces of soil to be put in first,
tb66lf0Hnd 'hp (tS0thifds) with inner
soil. On this a pinch OF sand; theh
press on this tho 7bnlb rather hrlnly'
illng Ap 10 witbinAp ineh,p the top:
Water lhor9ughlyZ. Then place. out OF
doors: or where it is rot convenient 10
place ode 6f doors. a. dry, cool cellar
Hill LsH5uhd almbs6 10 sefteithe same
purpose. ,,Ilypcinths in glasses are
easily mapagg4 apd require but ltile
attention. "1do he Successful, bulbs
should be bldced In glasses not later
than the ,eado. or dQgtober, CHOOSING
Fngls XqFist'9si ONLY qqndL }Yfrr!g r!g clear ar
charcoal as fatge AS Il hickory-nut AL
low the wateilLoitiist touch the plate
or botpBp6 tlp bplhu Place the glass
os in a dark cool, dry cellar, occasion
ally eXamiritie them, and when the
water,hAS Elaborated, filling up as re-
quired lThe3i should ,EEefmain until the
roots have nearly, reached the bottom
of tht ssH, A&ttnd they can be
brought o Tie IIiigT. Tie most airy
position fdf ttem. Ns the bulbs make
growth, more. evaporation viii take
| plaqe3 theyefge the water should be
replqnished- -.at,, intervals 9iWhen, the
| llowen begin 10 show color, the
GLASSES should Do kept full to the brim,
-aslat tIe period of towering the bulbs
| tlosorbyaI gre at p.quantity of moisture.
l. Tulips follow Hyacinths very closely
in popularity for ohuusei'deooratlon.
| MeXtsinu order are. the ANsicissfIs, OF
seyt4aiSpeciess pequiIin giaoout thesame
treatment as Tulips and Hyacinths.
| The next to ucTncntioned is, the ,exquis-
titelyctAordd ah1F elegantly shaped Gro
c1is iTriitse Have considerably smaller
bdlbs, with tfieir' five to seteh flowers
each. Trey c.hl be ligrotpedA quite
fSose, eitipct' IN ij5ts,, vases, Boxes, or
baskets, using The soil trec5muended
I ipretibuslya. They require to be Kept in
a rather lower temperature than eth
.er, ITyAcmths OF Narcissus, ,,,rJ
! y oW, presumpg the bulbs are cover
l,ed outside, afteF the middle, Of NoYem-
lber 'tBdy Should be covered more. with
some protecyiYe material OF brought III.
ePol PaPt II The house M7aFe itherl in a
tll$ht celar or s9m9 rQ9Sm rQS sMibie}EDe frost
I d9es g3l actually peHetrates Towards the
Ehiddle iof December, those sI9Ying
the'most groaah, can be. pr9lgHHt into
warmer quarters The foliage of plants
4 l.mus, he kept clean aud free, from dust
twith Sma.l piece, of tsponger orHaj silk
AapdkeEebeif, occasionally sprlRklng
pSprj head with tepid. water. 5,W later
1 caIefullyl when, f'IrY,i and beo sure the
/ water peqetrateS thGY WHOLE mass-N'
! An Yp$f maf tfdi bad Spd Inidi
II nw.7dl guyFI : sf9itI9-J 41J fJi
It7ag .ns ~ Ihe ase oIl Plaster'l 9s.y
Plastes- is AN. invaluable fertilizer.
u tThereouls snlnoi dOubt -ofi tins,
iE apd fOrlsobie crops and upomsomes soils
A itYaGts- with;lnlarNehons dffeet;i For
cloves peasl corn, oats and grass, it
D often produces such effect that laone is
iit puzzted to. account fOr Whether it
hi5yshe snlphurlo acid, OF theigypsam it
4 self. has not yet been satisfactorily
shown. lt-is known thath.crystals of
gypsum hre found in the sap of clover
aHd some 0qher plants, but whether
these are normally present1Or acciden
tally SO, from ~ redundancy of the ele-
= fnnefts Of susp phste ofalihfegawhieh have
entered into combination in the Juices
J. of theplants, has no ydt been explained.
gSlMs Georet GedGee. ellie Hwelikhown
farmer ,o6l Western NemYork. has kept
, ~ part of MS farm whichis too distant
, from the barns to draw manure there
] proiitably.lini state OF high fertility
, by the steaG ynlso oiplaAter uponoloyer
q sod tor wheat CROP Some soils. how-
/ ever .refusaroo respond toianaRpiieation
~ al plastsn1but thesco cases 4areci ibNcep-
4 sIenak and, 'ih gencrnly PasterIsivery
beneficial. Its best use, probably, is a
+ deodprzer N Ftatles, to take up the
4 Iahuf6iiS s6hotly fQriaed there by the
dce6ihpdsitj6h OF the'uline, and change
y j, Is idb3orQrts stiphate, ,Qf AMMONIA,
/, (which IS rbtaliiod ii the ihanureto the
considerable tnrichment Of the latter
!, The plaster not only then serves 4 use
, l1fitl plhp6sc to'the stable, but it goes
t7dto th3 soil with the mdnufeiu state
Tof cnnbinati6n' in ~hith it MAY do
moro good than If applied alone and in
its raw state, = Ordji3s CohHa (N
T) )fdtaer. " ''
II opti9raribaalG, Mimi, there is a
= nice girl who one day recently got it
into her head sAaL she would ike To
show hsrsloyer that she knewa thing
D or two about art, At an Eastern sem
Iinarys Irpmwhich, she had returned
lmSw mOGila before, she had been in
4 structed inumodelng. After much
y backing and liiimgher young man con
:, aapieq TO nave his Dust taken from life,
: lliFpl9sler The fair artist forgot to
y ggNlse her subjects face, and. the plaster,
$ ambidous TODD its part in the exhlbi
70 lion, ciuRg TO the youth and hardened
\ aud IaAtqned upon his classic features.
y Ilo seVse-quil1s through which !ha,was
h to- PunA dir to his lungs slipnedi land
p the plaster, rusiipg N to ill theiYaean
t oy, ugarlysmothered him befoge iteould
? lbp rempyqd. It bcoaua evident before
j. the work had Leep in progress an hour
I tbat the Nperlmeutwasn an entire
), sltcess and the beautiful sculptor
v phdeltook to relieve her model. The
\ EAsL WIS Lrnknn oil ninrn.mnal h,in1r