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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



After the ground is frozen, cover the bed with a thick 

 coating of coarse manure, straw, or leaves, which must 

 be removed in the spring when all danger of freezing 

 the bulbs is past. Occasional crusts that may be formed 

 on the surface during cold nights in the spring will 

 do no harm. 



NARCISSI 



The daffodil, the jonquil, and the poet's narcissus should 

 be planted in clumps of a dozen or more in convenient. 



FIG. 36. Trumpet Narcissi 



sunny places, preferably in the front of a border that 

 contains hardy, herbaceous plants or shrubbery. They 

 may be left in the ground from year to year, but should 



