NATURALISING IN GRASS 83 



in unexpected places. A colony in flower 

 with a background of sombre tree-trunks is 

 contrastingly effective, a group on the bank 

 of a stream, pond or lake with reflections of 

 the flowers mirrored in the water is entran- 

 cing. A pocket of soil beneath some boulder 

 on the hillside enlivened with daffodils will 

 be a gem. Dozens of locations will suggest 

 themselves to those who catch the spirit of 

 planting daffodils to simulate nature's plant- 

 ings. But only those who have seen narcissus 

 and daffodils naturalised can fully appreciate 

 their wealth of beauty, creating a picture not 

 unlike a cloud of gold and silver butterflies 

 resting on the turf — yet ever restless, nodding 

 and fluttering. 



THE MATTER OF SITE AND SOIL 



Naturalising is so universally successful 

 because the bulbs when grown thus are not 

 so particular as to soil as when grown under 

 garden cultivation. 'Planted in grass they 

 are in an ideal home; the turf is sweet and 

 free from manure, the soil's moisture and tem- 

 perature are more evenly maintained, and, 

 moreover, the grass-roots bind together the 



