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NAfiCISSUS BULBS DECAYING. 



What reason would you give for the 

 rotting of Golden Spur and Trumpet 

 Major (imported), which were set out 

 in trays? These bulbs were planted in 

 flats in the last part of August. The 

 soil was old chrysanthemum soil that had 

 been thrown out from the benches in 

 November of last year, and left in a 

 heap. It was not turned over for sterili- 

 zation by the weather. The flats do not 

 appear to have had enough drainage, but 

 where the bulbs had been set near a 

 crack in the bottom of the flat they had 

 made fairly good root by forcing into 

 the soil underneath. Otherwise they had 

 failed to make roots, just simply rotted. 

 A heavy watering was given these in 

 planting, there being twelve inches of 

 soil packed on top and waterings given 

 from time to time. No fertilizer of any 

 kind was used with this soil in planting 

 the bulbs. The bulbs were well exam- 

 ined before planting and appeared per- 

 fectly sound. About twenty-five per cent 

 of the Golden Spur rooted and five per 

 cent of the Trumpet Majors. We cannot 

 but think that the soil was sour, and 

 probably the rotting was caused by the 

 water being unable to drain out of the 

 boxes. Bulbs from the same lot were 

 planted outside in the ordinary way. 

 They have splendid roots and are mak- 

 ing good shoots. Please understand that 

 those in the trays had not been taken 

 inside. 



We noticed that this grower was grow- 

 ing a large quantity of valley pips in the 

 same kind of soil, and also some in moss 

 taken straight from the swamp. These 

 were also rotting badly. Tbey would 

 start to grow and then the leaf would 

 turn yellow and die down; also a fungus 

 started on the stem. On examining some 

 of the bulbs that had not been set out, 

 they were perfectly sound, and the bloom 

 inside, on cutting, opened quite bright 

 and healthy. This grower, who is 

 locally situated, asked us to put this 

 question in the question box. We our- 

 selves can only put it down to sourness 

 of the soil, with probably more water 

 than the trays could drain out. We also 

 noticed that his Easter lilies were doing 

 the same thing in the same soil. 



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There are no doubt several conditions 

 which have combined to cause the rot- 

 ting of the Trumpet Major and Golden 

 Spur narcissi. In the first place, it was 

 poor policy to use old chrysanthemum 

 soil. Bulbs need fresh, sweet soil just as 

 much as any other plants. It is a popu- 

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soil ' ' is good enough for bulbs. To grovf 

 good narcissi and tulips you need a care- 

 fully prepared compost just as much as 

 you do for roses or carnations. We 

 would also judge that the drainage has 

 been faulty; a crack in the bottom of 

 the trays is not suflScient. A layer of 

 broken crocks or shells should have been 

 placed over each of the cracks and this 

 covered with coarse moss before any com- 

 post was placed in the trays. 



The fact that a foot of soil was place'd 

 over the trays and frequent waterings 

 given through it would be bound to 



cause rot in bulbs planted in old soil, 

 poorly drained. A much better place for 

 the trays would be on a cellar floor, 

 where they could be covered with coal 

 ashes. In such a place they can be 

 watered more intelligently and much 

 more easily moved when wanted for forc- 

 ing. The fact that lily of the valley and 

 lilies are also doing poorly in the same 

 soil would go to show that it is unsuit- 

 able. Probably if it had been turned 

 once or twice it would have been suffi- 

 ciently sweetened to produce a moderate 

 quality of bulbs. C. W. 



