NARCISSI'S. fjg 



sits enthroned in vegetable pride 



Imperial Kew l>y Thames'a glittering side • 

 Obedient sails from realxni onfurrow'd bring 

 For her tlio unnamed progeny of Spring: 



Attendant nymphs her dulcet mandates hear, 

 And nurse in fostering arms the tender year, 

 I'lant the young bulb, inhume the living seed, 

 Prop the weak stem, the erring tendril lead ; 

 Or fan in glass-built fanes the stranger flowers 

 With milder gales, and steep with warmer showers. 



Darwin. 



The bulbs of this species of Narcissus should 

 be planted in October, in good fresh earth of rather 

 a light loamy nature, with a small portion of sand 

 well mixed with it. Those bulbs that are planted 

 in pots should receive but moderate watering, so 

 as to keep up a slight moisture, but at the time of 

 their flowering a more plentiful supply of water 

 will greatly assist them. From the end of October 

 to the middle of November is the proper time to 

 place these bulbs in the glasses to flower with Hya- 

 cinths, and for this purpose the variety called the 

 Cyprus Narcissus is the most desirable. 



It should be observed not to place the same 

 bulbs in water two successive years. After they 

 have flowered, and the leaves are quite decayed, 

 they should be laid in a shady situation to dry, but 

 not where they receive a draught of air ; in this 

 state they may be preserved until the season for 

 planting them in the natural ground or in pots of 

 earth. 



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