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TERRY KOVEL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-19-2009

Beautiful by nature, bulb pots were once a blooming business
By TERRY KOVEL
Date: 04-19-2009, Sunday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Column: ANTIQUES

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Our 18th-century ancestors understood how to force bulbs and grew them in pots in the house. The most popular bulb pot was made with many small openings. It was filled with an inch or so of water, the bulbs were dropped into place and soon each bulb sent leaves and flowers up through its own hole. The result was an attractive arrangement of a mass of blooming flowers. Bulb pots were ...

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