o4 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
After the ground is frozen, cover the bed with a thick 
coating of coarse manure, straw, or leaves, which must 
be removed in the spring when all danger of freezing 
the bulbs is past. Occasional crusts that may be formed 
on the surface during cold nights in the spring will 
do no harm. 
NARCISSI 
The daffodil, the jonquil, and the poet’s narcissus should 
be planted in clumps of a dozen or more in convenient, 
Fic. 36. Trumpet Narcissi 
sunny places, preferably in the front of a border that 
contains hardy, herbaceous plants or shrubbery. They 
may be left in the ground from year to year, but should 
