RAISING FROM SEED 213 



the seeds should be placed in a cold-frame on 

 a layer of ashes two or three inches deep, to 

 keep worms out and to further facilitate 

 drainage. 



The seedlings may appear in a month or 

 two — ^little narrow, rush-like leaves — but 

 they sometimes come up at intervals through- 

 out the winter and sometimes do not germin- 

 ate until spring. The seedlings are to remain 

 undisturbed in their boxes or pans in the 

 frame for about two years or until the little 

 bulbs have attained the size of large peas, 

 when they are to be transplanted to a cool, 

 semi-shaded situation in the garden in a raised 

 bed of finely prepared sandy loam. Here 

 they should remain until the flowering size is 

 reached. 



The time required for flowering from the 

 seed differs with the sections. The miniature 

 daffodils, namely, Bulbocodium, triandrus, 

 cyclamineus, juncifolius, etc., will generally 

 flower the third year after sowing; but the 

 larger-growing kinds can hardly be expected 

 to flower under four or five years from the 

 seed and even then, they will continue to im- 

 prove for a year or two and give their first 



