182 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



the east side of a shrubbery border or hedge best, as 

 the ground is then protected from the sun during 

 the hottest weather, when the bulbs are ripening and 

 preparing for another season's bloom, while the de- 

 ciduous nature of the shrubs allows an abundance 

 of sunshine early in the spring when the bulbs are 

 in bloom. Plant narcissus four inches deep and 

 twelve inches apart. This allows for the increase 

 of the bulbs, which form in a circle around the orig- 

 inal bulb and the clumps should not be disturbed 

 until they have completely closed up the space be- 

 tween them, and not even then until they begin to 

 show, by a falling off in bloom, that this is neces- 

 sary ; then the bulbs should be lifted and divided and 

 reset in fresh soil. It is always well to set in triple 

 rows, as the effect is better from the start, and, if 

 only the largest bulbs are used for the new planting — 

 the smaller being planted in some less conspicuous 

 place to develop — ^the effect will be good from the 

 start. Narcissus, daffodils and jonquils all require 

 the same treatment. 



In selecting narcissus one should choose freely of 

 the big, trumpet varieties, such as Horsfeldii, Em- 

 peror, Empress, Sir Watkins, Mrs. Langtry and the 

 like ; these mammoth blooms are not only very beau- 

 tiful and conspicuous, but have the additional merit 

 of remaining in bloom a surprising length of time. 

 The old-fashioned Von Sion should find a place in 



