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PDFAfter bulbs are through blooming let the blossom dry thoroughly and the leaves get yellow and dry. One need not keep these homely looking plants in the living room in plain sight. Put them away down cellar to finish drying out. Then cut the leaves and blossoms off to one inch of the bulb itself. Take bulb out of pot, shake all dirt off, and dry thoroughly. These may be put into paper bags and hung up in a dry place or just packed in a pasteboard box. These indoor bulbs may be planted outdoors in the fall. They will do better for the change. Indoor bulb culture means forcing, a hard strain and demand on a bulb. Outdoor planting gives a long winter’s rest, not entire rest, to be sure, but the growth during the winter is slow.
List of bulbs by colours
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--------- name |depth |outdoor|indoor |height |special points | to | | | | |plant |bloom |bloom | | ---------+-------+-------+---------+-------+----------------
--------- Snowdrop 2 in. March Christmas 3-4 in. Earliest of spring flowers. Likes cool and shady spots Crocus 2 in. " " 3-5 in. Buy Crocus biflorus. var. argenteus White 3-4 in. April January 10 in. Increases very crowned rapidly daffodils
Poet’s 3-4 in. May " 12 in. Excellent for narcissus outdoor work
Grape 3 in. March " 4-6 in. Plant in shady hyacinth places in the lawn
Bell- 3 in. May Christmas 12 in. Poet’s narcissus
flowered and this scilla
scilla planted together
bloom at same time
Star of 3 in. " 12 in. Most satisfactory Bethlehem for bloom
Tulips 4 in. April
January 6-12 in. Try Duc Van Thol
and
d’Immaculee
Hyacinths 5 in. " "
6-12 in. Plant Baroness Van
Thuyl,
very large
and
very early
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Yellow flowers
