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attain greater perfection, however, when the 

 treatment accorded them is liberal. But, given 

 a thoroughly drained soil of a moderately rich, 

 loamy character in which there is a generous 

 amount of sharp sand, they will succeed very 

 well when no further cultivation is accorded 

 them. 



NARCISSI 



Narcissi lend themselves well to naturaliz- 

 ing. This method of planting, however, has 

 little to recommend it to the owner of a small 

 city yard, hut where it is desired to have early 

 flowers on the grounds of a large suburban 

 home or country estate, this feature of the nar- 

 cissi is well worth considering. Thousands of 

 them may be planted along the banks of a 

 stream, in a bit of meadow or wood and in such 

 situations will form a floral picture of surpas- 

 sing loveliness. For this purpose the poet's 

 narcissus (N. poeticus), is probably the best, 

 but nearly all daffodils may be naturalized to 

 advantage. 



While the colors of the narcissi are confined 

 to a very narrow range of yellow and yellowish 

 white, some are pure white and others, recently 

 produced, have red trumpets. Still the coloring, 

 though it might be considered by some monot- 



