ENOYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. . 
CULTURE OF CHINESE SACRED LILY: Half fill a Japanese 
bowl with shingle or gravel, & add sufficient water to just cover this. 
Place bulb on the shingle & surround with pebbles. _ Put bowl in 
dark cupboard until growth begins, then remove to light. Change 
water once a week; use tepid water only. Bulbs usually flower 5 to 6 
weeks after being placed in bowls; useless after flowering. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown }in. deep in pans of sandy loam in cold frame in 
autumn, transplanting seedlings following year 1in. apart in bed of 
sandy soil in shady position outdoors; by offsets, removed from old 
bulbs in July or Aug., & replanted at once as advised for parent bulbs. 
eee ne, bulbs flower when three to six years old. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: N., biflorus, white and yellow, May, 1 ft., Europe; 
Bulbocodium (Hoop-petticoat Daffodil), yellow, April, 6 in., 8. Europe, and its 
varieties, citrinus (sulphur-yellow), conspicuus (yellow), Graellsii (sulphur-yellow), 
and monophyllus (white); cernuus, white, spring, 1 ft., Pyrenees; cyclamineus 
(Oyclamen-flowered Daffodil), lemon and yellow, spring, 1 ft., Portugal; gracilis, 
yellow, April, 1 ft., France; incomparabilis (Chalice-cup Daffodil), yellow, April,1 ft., 
Europe; Johnstonii, pale sulphur, 1 ft., Portugal; jonquilla (Jonquil), yellow, April, 
9 in., Spain; jonquilla flore-pleno, double; juncifolius (Rush-leaved Daffodil), yellow, 
spring, 1 ft., S. Europe; MacLeayii, cream, March, 6 in., Pyrenees; major, yellow, 
March, 1 ft., Europe; maximus, yellow, April, 1 ft., Europe; minor, yellow, March, 
9 in., Europe; minor minimus, sulphur-yellow, 6 in.; moschatus (Musk Daffodil), 
white, April, 1 ft., Pyrenees; odorus (Campernel), yellow, May, 1 ft., Spain; 
poeticus (Poet’s Daffodil and Pheasant’s Eye Narcissus), white, May, 1 ft., Medi- 
terranean Region; Pseudo-narcissus (Common Daffodil or Lent Lily), yellow, March, 
1 ft., Europe (Britain); pseudo-narcissus bicolor, white and yellow; serotinus, white 
and yellow, Sept., 1 ft., 8. Europe; Tazetta (Polyanthus Narcissus and Ohinese 
Sacred Lily), white and yellow, March, 1 ft., Mediterranean Region; triandrus 
(Angel’s Tears), white, April, 6 to 9 in., Spain; triandrus calathinus, sulphur- 
yellow. 
PRINOIPAL HYBRIDS: N. Backhousei, sulphur and yellow; Barrii, sulphur 
and orange; Burbidgei, white, yellow and red; Humei, sulphur and lemon-yellow; 
Leedsii, white and sulphur. Numerous varieties of each of above. 
PRINCIPAL DOUBLE-FLOWERED DAFFODILS.—Capax plenus, lemon; cernuus 
plenus, white; lobularis plenus, yellow; minor plenus, yellow; Telemonius plenus, 
yellow; Butter and Eggs, yellow and orange; Eggs and Bacon, white and orange; 
Codlins and Cream, white and sulphur; Queen Anne’s Jonquil (N. odorus plenus), 
yellow; and Campernelli plenus, yellow. 
Narthecium oan Bog Asphodel).—Ord. Liliacer. Hardy 
herbaceous perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, moist beds, borders or mar- 
gins of ponds. Soil, ordinary, or boggy peat. Plant, Oct. or March. 
Propagate by seeds sown in March or April, where plants are required 
to grow; division of roots in Oct. or March. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: N. ossifragum, yellow, July, 6 in., Europe (Britain). 
Nasturtium.—A term commonly but erroneously applied to 
Tropzolum majus. 
Nasturtium (Water Cress)—Ord. Crucifere. Hardy perennial 
herb. Aquatic. Leaves, green or brown; largely used for salads. 
CULTURE IN BEDS IN WATER: Soil, ordinary. Position, open. 
Dimensions of beds, 3 to 4ft. wide; 3 to Gin. deep; no limit as to 
length. Depth of soil, 1} to 3in. Depth of water 14in. when first 
planted; 3in. when growing freely; Gin. in winter. Water must flow 
through beds, not be stagnant. Plant, May and June for gathering 
in Aug. to Feb.; Sept. to Nov. for gathering Feb. to May. Replant 
beds twice annually. Distance for planting, 6in. apart in rows, 2 ft. 
between rows. Soil must be removed each planting. Gather the tops 
once a week; cut, not break, them off. 
CULTURE IN PANS: Soil, ordinary. Position, tubs or tanks of 
water in open air or under glass. Sow seeds 1-16in, deep in March 
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