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Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . 43.—Pot of tulips. 76 the bulb and build up around it with stones so as to hold it stiffwhen the leaves have grown ; tuck two or three small pieces ofcharcoal among the stones to keep the water sweet, then fill upthe dish with water and add a little every few days, as it evapo-rates. Set thedish i n awarm, lightplace. Ina bo ut si Xweeks the fra-grant, finewhite flowerswill fill theroom withperfume andyou will havehad the pleas-ure of watch-ing the r^otsstart and grow, the top throwup long greenleaves and theflower spikesdevelop andopen theirflowers. Hya-cinths may al-so be grown inwater, but nota s easily a sthis narcissus, or in suchine X p e n s i V edishes. The picture (Fig. 45) of a bulb box was taken last winter froma box of mixed bulbs grown at Cornell. The calla in the centerand the Kenilworth ivy trailing over the front of the box were. 44—Pot of the freesia. 77 planted in the box in September, and pots of geraniums and otherplants set on the dirt to fill the space. When the bulbs that werein pots were ready to be started they were taken out of the potsand set in the dirt in the box where they grew and flowered; the