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pushing downward. A few weeks under cocoa-nut fibre 

 refuse or ashes will be an advantage, because root 

 growth will push freely in advance of the tops, and that 

 is desirable. Daffodils and Narcissi are so well adapted 

 to cultj^vation in vases for room decoration that this 

 phase of culture should be specially studied. The 

 receptacles are not porous or drilled, so that no water 

 can escape except 

 by tilting the vases. 

 This fact might be 

 considered a dis- 

 advantage in one 

 sense, as it would be 

 regarded as likely 

 that the material 

 would become sour, 

 but it does not. 

 Peat-moss fibre is 

 used instead of soil, 

 and a little fine shell 

 is mixed with it. 

 The materials are 

 supplied separately in appropriate proportions, and 

 are mixed and watered. The fibre swells considerably 

 when the water is added. The mixture is made fairly 

 firm in the vases, but not quite hard. As with pot bulbs, 

 the tips are left protruding. Plunging is not necessary. 

 The vases ought to be examined once a week, to see that 

 the fibre does not get quite dry. Moisture is essential 

 to success. The following are a few good Narcissi of 

 various classes : 



Oct. 

 16-31 



Fig. 85.— Bulbs in Vases of Fibre. 



a. Lumps of charcoal. 



b. Bulbs. 



c. Vase filled with fibre and bulbs planted. 



Yellow Trumpets 

 *Emperor *Golden Spur 



Glory of Leyden Johnstoni Queen of Spain 



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