442 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 214. — A Narcissus Border. Encourage the Fall planting of bulb stock out- 

 doors; the blooms appear long before the trees and shrubs show much sign of life. 

 To be most effective, bulbs should be planted in masses, as here 



whites should always force at least a few double Romans as cut 

 flowers around Christmas when, ordinarily, they are not too plentiful. 



Trumpet Major and Golden Spur for Second Early Forcing 



The French-grown Trumpet Major Narcissus is the most 

 widely used for forcing for Christmas and the weeks following. 

 While by no means one of the largest, it belongs to the large trumpet 

 sorts and is of yellow color throughout. If you plan to subject it to 

 heat, to obtain flowers on fair stems you must have well-rooted 

 stock to start with. Otherwise the forcing will prove a failure. 

 Even with heavily rooted stock, a dark, hot place for forcing and 

 the very best of care, the results are not always satisfactory. Of 

 the first or earUest batches frequently only a very small percentage 

 of good flowers is cut. 



To my mind it doesn't pay the retail grower to force these 

 Narcissi too early. Let the specialist do it. And when you pay 

 him a high price for the flowers, you are not paying one bit too 

 much. For even if he is successful with one batch, he runs big 

 chances and is bound to have bad luck with another batch. It is 

 due to this uncertainty that I suggest that the man who just uses 



