THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Oct. deep, fertile soil. When forming clumps, large or small, 



^^31 the bulbs which constitute each block may be put nine 



inches apart. Three strong plants in a triangle produce 



a better effect than half-a-dozen huddled together. The 



Chalice-flowered, or Star Narcissi, and the Poeticus are 



, equally as beautiful as 





the larger Daffodils. 

 The bulbs may be 

 planted beneath turf, 

 and will spear their 

 way through quite 

 readily at the end of 

 winter. With respect 

 to pot culture, the 

 Bunch-flowered(Poly- 

 anthus) Narcissi are 

 most used, but the 

 other classes are 

 equally desirable. 

 Generally three bulbs 

 of the larger kinds 

 may go in a 6-inch 

 pot, and three of the 

 smaller in a 5-inch. 

 The Polyanthus va- 

 rieties are generally 

 potted singly. Three 

 parts of loam, one 

 of leaf mould, and 

 some sand, all well mixed, suit admirably. The pots 

 should be drained with crocks surfaced with flakes of 

 leaf-mould, and the soil pressed firmly under and 

 around the bulbs, but not made quite hard, otherwise 

 the bulbs will be forced out when the roots start 

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Fig. 84. — Planting Bulbs in the 

 Garden. 



a. Large kinds planted in groups in her- 

 baceous borders. 



6. Small kinds planted in groups near the 

 front. 



c. Small kinds planted in lines round a border. 



d. Large kinds planted in centre of a border. 

 e,/,^, A, ».— Various depths for planting the 



smallest and largest kinds of bulbs. 



