134 The Landscape Gardening Book 



Narcissus poeticus: pheasant's eye or poets' narcissus; 

 twelve to eighteen inches high; any soil that is thoroughly 

 well drained; famihar white solitary flowers, fragrant; 

 blossoms in May ; plant this only where the grass is not cut 

 until late June and then only cut with a scythe. 



Orniihogalum umbellatum: star of Bethlehem; six inches high; 

 foUage hly-like and abundant; flowers white, numerous; 

 blossoms in May; plant in patches often to twenty-five or 

 any nvmiber desired, where grass is not cut by a lawn mower. 



