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clumps have become too crowded they should be taken up in July, and 
the bulbs separated and replanted before they emit new roots. Imported 
bulbs should be planted as soon as purchased, and dibbling should not be 
resorted to; instead, a trench should be drawn of sufficient depth to allow 
at least 3 inches of soil above the top of the bulb. Many of the ordinary 
Narcissi and all the Polyanthus sorts may be grown well in pots, treating 
them much after the manner adopted for pot Hyacinths, plunging the 
pots in ashes outside and covering thickly with cocoanut-fibre, the object 
being to induce plentiful root-growth without stimulating the production 
of leaves. When the latter begin to appear the pots should be removed 
to a cool pit or greenhouse, and the flowers allowed to develop naturally ; 
or, by submitting them to brisk bottom-heat, accompanied with liberal 
waterings, force them. 
Most of the kinds seed freely, and the seeds may be sown as soon as 
ripe, in special beds of well-drained, light, sandy soil, where they need 
not be disturbed until they commence to flower. Some of the species 
bloom in their third year, some in their fourth, but as a rule the larger 
kinds do not flower until the fifth year. No seedling should be destroyed 
because its first flowers do not come up to expectation ; it should be given 
a couple of years longer to show of what it is really capable. Propaga- 
tion is also effected by separating the offshoots. 
Description of Plate 259. A, Narcissus Jonquilla, the Jonquil; the 
Plates259and 260. natural size. Fig. 1, a section through the flower. B, 
N. Pseudo-Narcissus, the Daffodil, or Lent Lily, slightly reduced. Fig. 
2,a section of the flower; 3, the bulb. The seed capsule is shown between 
the letter B and the figure 2. 
Plate 260. Varieties of WN. Tazetta, the Polyanthus Narcissus. A 
is the var. dubius; B, the type; C, a double form. 
SCARBOROUGH LILY 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Vallota 
VALLOTA (named in honour of Pierre Valot, a French botanist of 
the 17th century). A genus containing only one species, a beautiful 
bulbous plant, with long strap-shaped leaves, and umbels of large 
brilliant scarlet flowers, produced at the summit of a tall scape. The 
perianth is erect, funnel-shaped, 3 or 4 inches long, with six oblong-oval 
divisions; the tube short, with an enlarged throat. The six erect 
stamens are equal, the style simple, and the membranous spathe splits 
