40 NOVEMBER. 



soleil d'or, a much-admired Narcissus, is yellow; and 

 as there are many shades between yellow and white, 

 it might require a jury of florists to decide this 

 knotty point : all / have to do is to tell my readers 

 how to cultivate and increase them, which is to be 

 done through the medium of the compost recom- 

 mended in the observations, in which plant .them four 

 inches deep, and four inches apart, root from root, 

 and when frost sets in, cover them with rotten tan 

 or straw, and be most careful about the offsets, which 

 should be taken off in June or July, on raising the 

 bulbs, and planted at the same time that they are 

 from October to February. The bulbs, if left in the 

 ground, (which they .ought not to be,) will blossom 

 naturally in May; and at a later and earlier season, 

 according to the time of planting. In Holland the 

 gardeners take them up as soon as the leaves fade. 

 This cannot be our practice, however, when we re- 

 quire offsets * in which case the plant must remain 

 two years in the ground. These offsets require the 

 same culture. Do not water till the green leaf ap- 

 pears. 



The common Daffodil is very hardy, and generally 

 planted among other common bulbous roots, in bor- 

 ders, or in the foreground of shrubberies, under the 

 shade of which, without the trouble of transplanting, 

 it will freely yieltf. its flowers in spring. 



Jonquils should also be planted in beds or borders, 

 and transplanted every alternate year, else their 

 flowers will deteriorate ; or at least the earth should 

 be frequently renewed, which will have the effect of 

 preserving them in perfection. 



The soil in which they succeed best, is dry loam, 

 without dung. 



