ON DAFFODILS AND NARCISSI 143 



they can be transplanted in spring just the same as the 

 Daffodils. 



After Flowering. At mid-May, or a little later if 

 there is still a good show of bloom, the bed may be 

 cleared by the simple plan of lifting each group of 

 Daffodils in turn with a fork or spade, taking care to 

 get the implement well underneath, in order to avoid 

 carving up the bulbs, and placing it in a box or 

 wheelbarrow with its label. The clumps may be 

 replanted, as close together as is compatible with 

 distinguishing between them, in a reserve bed. The 

 bulbs and the lower part of the foliage, which will 

 be yellow from contact with soil in the bed, should 

 be covered with earth. The green foliage will droop 

 as a result of the shifting, and, if the weather is very 

 dry, the bed may be given a soaking of water once 

 a week; but, in any case, the leaves will gradually die 

 away as the summer wears on. The bulbs will ripen 

 and be ready for replanting when the summer comes 

 again. 



The bed will be thoroughly re-dug in spring when 

 the Daffodils have been cleared away, manured, and 

 replanted with the chosen occupants for summer. 



In Town Gardens. A border under a fence or wall 

 in a town or suburban garden could be treated in ex- 

 actly the same way as a bed. There is no better spring- 

 blooming plant than the Daffodil for such borders. 

 It thrives in town gardens, and a collection is both 

 beautiful and interesting. It gives the amateur gardener 

 a good start for the gardening year. It cheers, heartens, 

 and encourages him. He has, so to say, a " good 

 send-off." 



If the suburbanist's garden is so small that he 

 cannot provide a reserve bed, he must either grow cheap 



