NATURALIZING 333 



SINGLE YELLOW JONQUIL, CAMPERNELLE JON- 

 QUIL, NARCISSUS POETICUS (the little white, starry 

 flower with a pheasant's eye) can be established 

 easily and increase very rapidly. Poeticus should 

 be planted in a dry place, however, or it will not 

 blossom. The best place to naturalize it is on a 

 little knoll on the edge of a lawn or grove of trees, 

 where it is well shown off. Poeticus ornatus is an 

 improved Poeticus that blooms early, the first of 

 May; the old variety blooms the last of the same 

 month, the last of the Narcissi to appear. Jonquils 

 may be naturalized in the half long grass, or in 

 the company of Poeticus which it precedes in bloom 

 by several weeks. All the Narcissi grow well in the 

 shade. The small bulbs can be planted with a 

 dibble, a sharp, pistol-shaped instrument with 

 which holes are bored in the ground. The trowel 

 will have to be used for the larger bulbs, to scoop 

 out a cylinder of turf. 



The white, sweet-scented, double Narcissus whose 

 flower is something like a Gardenia, is worthless 

 out of doors. One authority says that it must be 

 planted in a dry position if you wish it to bloom; 

 another, that it will not do well without moisture. 



