Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-09-25 | Page 15 | Bureau Tells How to Grow Hyacinths

Bureau Tells rii riiHo I io I-io How Grow to Grow Hyacinths I I H Hyacinths arc p perhaps the tho most beautiful flowers you ou can STOW grow row Indoors indoor for for wInter r blossoms The lar large 9 hya- hya i cost cott more moro than han oilier oUter bulb I but they arc worth worm II u. if Ie you OU cannot i i buy I them leT of ot eta A Jl local florist send end for tnt tM bulb catalogues of vf the firms whose ad- ad I you will find in the tho maI magI mas- mas and newspapers Then I 5 select I et abel as these I Gertrude noso floso color Blush pink N reno pink While Grand Maitre Lavender La blur blue Daylight Primrose Primrose- re low I Order the ho he rather than UtaI tha Uta I double lowered flowered varlet varieties 3 They ire tre more satisfactory for Cor use Indoors The Tho cost of or thO those e bulbs depend upon lh th Lb sue 18 The larger the bulb the bett r 1 the flower spike In choosing th them 01 Reke se- se c- c ke those which are arc firm when pinched ed I b between fw en thumb and finger and which I show a a. healthy bud at the lop top All AH Allu u need to do to give Io this bud a H. chance lo to I grow row Is to give Sl It water and air alt and A temperature which at first is cool nut ut ut I not freezing So it happens that o o-j o can grow hyacinths in tn water In Io soil or In fiber Ciber I In There Water There Is a a. peculiar r Int Interest Inter Inter- r- r 1 est eat In growing hyacinths in tn hyacinth glasses glasses- To see sec the tue long white root roots projecting downward to lo the bottom of fir tho glass gives one ono a better Idea of ot tho the thoi i plants plant's growth than to Just im them them hidden In tho soil soli The ness floss of tho method Is also ln Its fan faor j I there Is no dirt and no drip The little water garden sarden can be placed on a B. JI table lable or shelf shelt with no danger daner ur of urI I Injuring th the surface I Two To forms of or these hyacinth are arc In general use UBO One the Belgian Is 18 tall lall with straight sides tho the tho To Is broad with rounded side side- i The use of the tho glass Is Js very simple Select a largo large firm irm hyacinth bulb buill fill fUt tho the glass with clear w water lter I s set t tho bulb In tho the top of ot the glass gins and then thea place In the cellar or In a dark cOol edol I 1 place where there Is b no danger anser of ot trec- trec j In lag Ing Leave Q the tho bulbs there until th the lh long roots fill till the glass laS and the crown croWD crownI I lor of leaves has haJJ broken apart Thin ThiB I iI la laI I Important If It taken out too soon fall fall- I lore Uro la Js likely to result Then brin bring to in light cool room and watch ho growth of leaves cs and flo flowers In Gar Garden en Soil To Soil To grow hyacinths I In garden soil select ct a flowerpot of ot somewhat larger diameter than the f bulb Fill n it with soil soU to within two I Inches of ot the top Set tho bulb on the tho soil Boll and fill In around It Water thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- and place on the cellar floor or ora ora a Q shelf Throw over aver It a pl piece co of ot bur but lap or old carpet and leave lt It for nix It or eight weeks while the tho roots develop de de- de and arid the tho crown breaks apart Water It once once- a a. week or so 80 as a. I n needed ded I Then bring it to a cool light room I where It will soon send up leav leaves s and flowers I In Fiber The Fiber Tho special advantage ant of ot growing hyacinths in the prepared b by seed I d s s t u f an aye th the flowers ti In attractive water tight flower jars JUu that can table tabt or tH tHI mantel manteJ I Injury to the surface t I Fill tho the rc receptacle nearly lull fun of ol fiber tiber put the bulb in in and fill IB around 1 I It with more fiber Then Thea saturate tho the I fiber with willi water and set et away in a J. J cool dark pl place e for six or eight weeks When Whon tho the crown breaks apart bring o othe otho 0 th the tho light of ot tho ho living Jiving room f ron School Directed Home nom Gardening Bureau Bu Bu- Bu- Bu reau leal of t Education uca