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sun. Divide the clumps every few years in the early autumn, for the 
running rootstocks crowd each other and it does not flower so well. 
Plant the crowns or root buds so that their points are just below the 
surface, giving them room to spread. These root buds bear only leaves 
the first year, small flowers the second and are in full perfection the third 
year. Top-dress with manure in autumn. 
Narcissus, Port’s, PHEASANT’s Eve (N. poeticus). 18 in. A hardy 
bulbous plant with narrow lily leaves and broad showy fragrant white 
flowers slightly nodding. Does well in any good soil, and is increased 
by offsets, and should remain undisturbed unless the roots become 
crowded. The foliage should be allowed to wither naturally as in the 
case of Hyacinths, Tulips, Lily of the Valley, for new bulbs do not form 
well when the leaves are cut off as soon as the flower has faded. If this 
is persisted in, it finally kills the plant. Divide clumps in July or August; 
if done later it checks the new growth. Top-dress when the foliage is 
removed. 
Narcissus. Double (JV. poeticus, var. alba plena odorata). A double 
variety of the above. 
Narcissus (NV. poeticus ornatus). An improved variety of poeticus, 
that is larger and blooms earlier. 
Puiox. Creeping (Phlox sublata, var. alba). 6 in. A low creeping 
border plant making a dense mat of prostrate branches, which bear 
quantities of flowers an inch across. By shaking loose soil amongst the 
plants in summer, the trailing branches will take root and can be di- 
vided and reset in autumn. Give a sunny sheltered situation as it 
sometimes winter-kills in severe open winters in the North, and it should 
have a light mulch. For pink variety see Pink Per. May. 
Poppy. Iceland, see Iceland Poppy. 
Rock Cress (Arabis albida). 6-9 in. One of the earliest border 
perennials which continues to flower from early May until autumn; 
bears fragrant white flowers in terminal racemes; gray woolly leaves 
sparingly toothed; thrives in dry shady location or in full sun; is prop- 
agated by division of the root, seed or cuttings. 
Rocx Cress. Alpine (Arabis alpina). 6 in. A smaller and later 
variety making a close busy growth, plant downy, leaves sharply 
toothed. 
SAXIFRAGE. Early (Saxijraga Virginiensis). 9 in. A low-growing 
native plant making a flat tuft of leaves from which spring close heads 
of white flowers borne on naked stems. It should be more often culti- 
