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providing that there is a good depth of strong, moist 

 soil beneath them they seem to grow quite as strongly 

 and to bloom as well on grass as on open soil. Where 

 there is only a thin coat of soil over chalk under the 

 grass the case is different, and the best results must not 

 be expected unless the soil is prepared by taking out 

 pieces of turf, stirring the soil, and adding fresh loam 

 and bone-flour. Golden Spur, Henry Irving, Obvallaris, 

 Princeps, Pallidus praecox, the common Lent Lily, 

 Emperor, Empress, Horsefieldi, Sir Watkin, Barrii con- 

 spicuus, Telamonius plenus (double yellow), Orange 

 Phoenix, John Bain, Johnstoni Queen of Spain, and 

 Poeticus are all well suited for grass, and most of them 

 are so cheap that they can be planted by the hundred, 

 if desired, at no great cost. If planting is done in 

 autumn after the turf has softened under the influence 

 of rain the work is not laborious. The pieces of turf 

 removed to admit the bulbs soon unite again if pressed 

 down and rolled after rain. 



In Pots and Bowls. Lovers of Daffodils may like to 

 grow a few in pots or china bowls for their greenhouses 

 and rooms. The bulbs do well in ordinary potting 

 compost, such as loam with a fourth each of decayed 

 manure and leaf mould, and a liberal admixture of sand ; 

 and also in peat moss fibre mixed with broken shell 

 and charcoal. Three bulbs may be placed in a five-inch, 

 six-inch, or seven-inch pot according to their size. They 

 should be plunged in ashes or cocoa-nut fibre refuse 

 until they have rooted freely, and then placed in the 

 full light. When grown in bowls of fibre they should 

 not be plunged, but should be kept in a dark place for 

 six or eight weeks. The fibre should be moistened 

 thoroughly before it is used, and it must never be 

 allowed to get dry. 



