PLANTING DAFFODILS IN-DOORS 



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be planted in a three-inch pot or 

 three or more in a four-inch pot. 

 In planting it is only necessary to 

 use good garden soil, placing a bit 

 of broken pottery over the hole in 

 the bottom of the pot. The bulb 

 should be just buried and the 

 earth around it packed firmly in 

 place that it may not be pressed 

 up as the roots develop. Water 

 thoroughly and set away in a cool 

 basement where the temperature 

 will be low and equable, though 

 not freezing. Sometimes it is 

 desirable to throw over the pots 



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Water Culture of Paper-white Narcissus. 



Water Culture of Chinese Lilies. 



two or three thicknesses of bur- 

 lap or old carpet to prevent the 

 evaporation of moisture. Water 

 occasionally as may be necessary 

 to keep the soil moist, but other- 

 wise leave undisturbed for six or 

 eight weeks. 



The purpose of putting these 

 bulbs away in a dark, cool place 

 is to enable them to develop such 

 a growth of roots as would occur 

 were the bulbs beneath the soil 

 out-doors. Under the latter con- 

 ditions a large root growth 

 would have taken place in au- 

 tumn, so that the plant would be 



