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single state, to the disappointment of the admirers 

 of double-petaled flowers. 



When planted in the open garden, the Jonquil 

 should be placed in clumps of considerable size, as 

 it then makes an agreeable figure both by its rushy 

 foliage and its fine yellow flowers, and its roots 

 are less likely to be cut up or injured than when 

 scattered three or four in a bunch in various parts 

 of the border. As Jonquils and the more tender 

 Narcissuses are liable to be injured by the winds, 

 we recommend that they should be planted in such 

 situations as arc sheltered from the west and south- 

 west wind by evergreen shrubs, which will also be 

 found to lengthen the duration of the flowers by 

 shading them from the afternoon sun, and these 

 blossoms will appear to greater advantage when 

 contrasted with the dark foliage of evergreen trees. 



The hardier kinds of Narcissuses should also be 

 planted at the edge of ornamental waters, particu- 

 larly where there are small islands or necks of land 

 running into lakes, for here they will not only con- 

 trast well with the blue waters, but will have their 

 beauties reflected in the stream. Keats observes — 



"What first inspired a bard of old to sing 

 Narcissus pining o'er the untainted spring ? 

 In some delicious ramble he had found 

 A little space, with boughs all woven round : 

 And in the midst thereof a clearer pool 

 Than e'er reflected in its pleasant cool 



