286 MANUAL OF GARDENING 
out the top earth to the depth of 6inches. Put into the bottom 
of the bed about 2 inches of well-rotted manure and spade it 
into the soil. Throw back half of the top soil, level it off nicely, 
set the bulbs firmly on this bed, and then cover them with the 
remainder of the earth; in this way one will have the bulbs 
from 3 to 4 inches below the surface, and they will all be of 
uniform depth and will 
give uniform results if the 
bulbs themselves are well 
graded. The ‘design’ 
bed may be worked out 
easily in this way, for all 
the bulbs are fully ex- 
posed after they are placed, 
and they are all covered 
at once. 
Of course, it is not nec- 
essary that the home gar- 
dener go to the trouble of 
removing the earth and 
replacing it if he merely 
wants good blooms; but if 
he wants a good bed asa 
whole, or a mass effect, he 
260. Common species of narcissus.— should take this pains. 
aa. Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus or daf- In the shrubberies and on 
fodil; 6. Jonquil; ¢. N. Poeticus. the lawn he may ‘stick 
them in” here and there, seeing that the top of the bulb is 3 
to 6 inches beneath the surface, the depth depending on the 
size of the bulb (the bigger and stronger the bulb, the deeper 
it may go) and on the nature of the soil (they may go deeper 
in sand than in hard clay). 
As the time of severe winter freezing approaches, the bed 
should receive a mulch of leaves, manure or litter, to the depth 
