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of rough manure, spent hops, well rotted leaves, or any- 

 thing that will act best as a non-conductor, the object 

 being to prevent them from drying up by the sun, and 

 at the same time as cool as possible. As the season 

 advances, this covering will not be enough to keep out the 

 frost, so cover up further with manure or leaves, so as to 



Fig. 39. POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS PAPER WHITE. 



prevent them from freezing hard. On first placing the 

 boxes or pots containing the bulbs give them a good water- 

 ing, which will beall they will require, as the covering will 

 keep them sufficiently moist afterwards. The bulbs put 

 in by September 1st will, most of them, be well rooted 

 by October 15th, at which time, some of the earliest, 

 as Paper White and Early Roman Narcissus, may 



