48 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



1. Early planting. Procure the bulbs as 

 early as possible and pot up at once. 



2. Plenty of time to root thoroughly out of 

 doors. Allow about twelve weeks for hardy 

 varieties and six weeks for tender Tazetta 

 varieties. 



3. Slow growth when first brought into 

 the house, giving ventilation and keeping the 

 room or house cool: 50° until budded, then 

 60° to 65° for flowering. 



4. Plenty of water when the buds are de- 

 veloping and when in flower. 



MAKING A GOOD POTTING SOIL 



The ideal potting soil for daffodils is pre- 

 pared six months or more before using. It 

 should be sod taken from rich loamy land. 

 Make your "mould pile" by first putting 

 down a layer of inverted sod, and then cov- 

 ering this with a layer of old manure — cow 

 manure, thoroughly rotted, is the best. Over 

 this spread a layer of leaf mould. Proceed 

 in that way with another layer of inverted 

 sod, etc., until the required quantity is stacked. 

 This should be in the proportion of 50^_pex_ 

 cent, loam sod, 25 per cent, manure, 25 per 



