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'I. Distance apart — depends upon size of bulb. Often 

 bulbs have better flowers when thev are close together. 

 Why? 



3. Procedure — dig a hole with a trowel or dibber and 

 insert the bulb, putting a little sand if on a lawn or if 

 the garden soil is not well drained. Do not screw the 

 bulb into the ground. Why not? Pack in the soil 

 tightly around it. Why? When cold weather ap- 

 proaches cover the bulb with a (>-inch litter or mulch 

 of leaves or straw in order to keep the temperature of 

 the ground as nearly as possible the same. 



4. After-treatment — in the spring when the weather be- 

 comes wanner, remove the litter gradually. Why? 

 Let the bulbs remain in the ground after flowering 

 until their leaves die down. Why? Then remove 

 them, cut off the leaves and roots, being careful to 

 injure neither the tip nor the crown, and dry them in 

 an airy place. When they are dry and clean, pack 

 them away where the air can get to them, but where 

 they will be protected from mice. If bulbs must be 

 removed immediately after flowering they may be 

 "heeled in" i. e.. placed on their sides under a shed 

 with their roots well covered with soil. For best re- 

 sults garden bulbs should be changed each year. In 

 the grass they may remain for three years or more. 

 Narcissus bulbs will "naturalize" in grass. 



B. Indoors. 

 1. Soil. 



a. Depth^nearer the top than when outdoors. Why? 

 Some large narcissus bulbs are planted with their 

 tips protruding. 



b. Distance apart — nearer than when outdoors. 



c. Procedure — choose an earthenware crock of a size 

 deep enough to accommodate the root growth and 

 to allow an inch or so for drainage material. This 

 may be moss, charcoal or bits of broken pots. Soak 

 the pot in water, put in the drainage material, and 

 upon it place a little earth. Then hold the bulb in 

 position with one hand and fill in and pack down 

 the soil with the other hand. When the bulb is just 

 covered, the soil should be about half an inch below 

 the top of the pot. Why ? The pot ( unless the plant 

 is tender) should be placed in a cold dark place. A 

 cellar or attic of this sort will serve if the bidbs are 



