NARCISSUS, NEMESIA 



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and deeper yellow cup) and in- 

 comparabilis Sir Watkin, the 

 largest of the medium class, 

 with yellow petals and a deeper 

 yellow colored cup. 



Poet's and Poetaz Narcissi 



For outdoor planting in 

 particular do we use the Poet's 

 Narcissi "and it will pay every 

 florist to get a long row or bed 

 of them estabhshed. They will 

 flower each Spring, providing a 

 mass of bloom and furnishing 

 excellent material, especially 

 for design work. Poeticus 

 ornatus is good for forcing and 

 the bulbs are cheap enough so 

 that you can make money out 

 of them. Poeticus King Ed- 

 ward is an improvement on 

 ornatus, has a larger flower, 

 and is also a good forcer. 

 Poetaz Elvira is a cross be- 

 tween ornatus and polyanthus, 

 but perfectly hardy and as effective for mass planting 

 the poeticus group. 



Fig. 216. — ^Nahcissus Posticus. It will 

 pay almost any retail florist to plant a 

 few rows of the Poet's Narcissus. Once 

 established these bulbs will flower each 

 Spring for years 



as any of 



Narcissus Jonquilla (Jonquils) 



The Jonquils make a more slender growth than the other Narcissi 

 and their sweet-scented double and single flowers come in clusters. 

 Practically all of them are hardy and can also be flowered nicely 

 under glass. TV. rugulosus, especiaUy, is good, while A^. rugulosiis pleno 

 is a good double. 



NEMESIA 



As a Summer-blooming annual this isn't of great value to the 

 florist, but when grown under glass, flowering in early Spring, he 

 has good use for it. Sow the seed about the middle of January, 

 either on a bench or in a flat and transplant later on. It will 

 produce its little blue, orange, and pink orchid-shaped flowers 

 during April. For outside effects sow early in rows and thin out 

 later on. 



