GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
one enthusiast that I know plants in rings of 6, and 
leaves them in the ground! 
The daffodil, jonquil and narcissus are three 
types of the narcissus family, the daffodils usually 
being distinguished by their long trumpets, while 
the jonquils and narcissi have the little cup-like 
centers, and, moreover, are fragrant. They should 
be planted in the late fall, 4 in. below the surface, 
in soil that has been enriched 8 in. below the bulb. 
They increase rapidly, and do not have to be 
taken up, or even divided for years. If set in a 
border where their room is needed after they bloom, 
simply turn the tops down under the soil, and sow 
over them any low-growing annual, such as candy- 
tuft or poppies. My friend of the tiny ‘‘handker- 
chief’? garden described in Chapter II, has—think 
of it!—over 1500 of these various spring-flowering 
bulbs in her border that are treated this way, and 
never taken up! Yet a few weeks after they have 
bloomed, the space they occupied is filled with new 
beauties. 
Tulips—but as I told you, they once drove a 
whole country mad! Today we have probably far 
more beautiful ones,—and many can be bought in 
the fall at planting time, for $1.00 per hundred! 
Some bloom early, some late; some are short, some 
tall; some are cheap, some expensive. They will 
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