NATURALISING IN GRASS 89 



Easton, these varieties, together with prin- 

 ceps and Golden Spur, are naturalised in a 

 spot where the soil is always quite damp; 

 they have now been planted seven years and 

 show a gratifying increase, but it is noted that 

 the smaller white flowered Leedsii varieties 

 increase faster than those of the large trum- 

 pets. On the other hand, Mr. E. O. Orpet 

 at South Lancaster reports that he finds 

 that the trumpets do better where the soil 

 dries out during the summer resting period 

 of the bulbs. 



In warm climates, the Tazettas or polyan- 

 thus narcissus will naturalise and spread like 

 weeds. On the island of Bermuda one of 

 these charming varieties has escaped from 

 cultivation and has become as firmly estab- 

 lished as any wild native. In this congenial 

 climate there are narcissus flowers from De- 

 cember to July. The residents assert that 

 these narcissus have been growing in the same 

 places "since they could remember." 



