^ It is now that we contemplate the planting of 

 the bright-eyed and cheery daffodils, the noble 

 darwins and all the other early couriers of Spring. 

 ^ We are all familiar with drifts, colonies and 

 masses of daffodils (Narcissi) naturalized and 

 ne^led in the grass, yet I wonder why these 

 beloved golden heralds of Spring should always 

 be associated with grass? 



^ I recall the sugge^ion so frequently made that 

 the only correct method of planting daffodils and 

 other early Spring flowering bulbs is to take 

 handfuls of white ^ones and throw them onto the 

 lawn, planting bulbs in the places of the fallen 

 atones. I don't say this is not an excellent 

 sugge^ion, because I don't know — never having 

 tried it 33 33 



^ Let me ask you if you ever have seen the great 

 single blooms of the Emperor and Empress 

 daffodils growing through a carpet of hardy white 

 forget-me-nots instead of the inevitable grass? If 

 you have not, I hope you will contemplate it now, 

 and complete the planting this Fall, so you may 

 look upon this fair flower pidture in your garden 

 next Spring 33 33 



^ Planting daffodil bulbs singly has been a matter 



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