NARCISSUS IK TIM': WINDOW. 



iHE Narcissus is a very popular 

 flower ; and justly so, as it is 

 I extremely pretty, is easy to cul- 

 tivate, and its price is within 

 the reach of all. But the time during 

 which it can be had in bloom out of 

 doors is ([uite short. It is only about a 



part of the winter, as Paper White can 

 be had in bloom by Christmas, and 

 there is an almost unlimited number of 

 varieties to flower between its season 

 and that of Poeticus, which is quite late. 

 They are very easily grown m the house, 

 and flowers last much longer than when 



Fig. 1108. — Naiscissus Horsfieldii. 



(From PhotoKraph by H. Johnson. l 



month from the time the earliest one 

 conies into bloom until the last to open 

 its beautiful flowers is gone. And then 

 sometimes we have a few days of hot 

 sunshine that completely ruins the 

 flowers : for this lovely flower cannot 

 endure much hot sunshine. But there 

 is no reason why we cannot have them 

 blooming in-doors during the greater 



in the garden. I have tried a number 

 of varieties in the window, and all with 

 one exception were successfully grown. 

 We generally plant them in ordinary 

 soil from the garden, which is a sandy 

 loam, leaving about one-third of the 

 bulb above ground. They are then 

 well-watered, and put away into a dark 

 place where they are not allowed to get 



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