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in August, and the arrival of the European 

 varieties in September, it is perfectly easy 

 to have a grand show of narcissus and daffo- 

 dils all winter from Christmas on. The ob- 

 ject of getting the bulbs potted early is to give* 

 them plenty of time to "make root" three 

 months is none too long for remember that 

 without good roots, good flowers cannot be 

 produced even from the best bulbs. 



POTS AND POTTING 



I prefer to use five or six inch* pots with 

 several bulbs in each. The large potful not 

 only gives better and more pleasing results, 

 but is easier to manage tHan a small pot. One 

 Golden Spur daffodil may be grown and 

 flowered successfully in a four-inch pot, but 

 it requires more watching and care, is more 

 susceptible to changes of moisture, etc., than 

 three or more Golden Spurs in a six-inch pot. 

 In other words, it is better to suit your bulbs 

 to the pot than to suit the pot to the bulb. 

 An inch of space between the bulbs in a pot 

 is ample. 



In the case of small-bulbing varieties, such 

 as the Bulbocodium, triandrus, and cyclami- 



