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Narcissus Cultivation. 



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size bulbs from 155. to 25s. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted 

 from £10 to £15 per ton. 



5th. Bicolor Empress. — Very similar to the preceding 

 one, but flowers about a week later. Wholesale price for first- 

 size bulbs, sos. to 35s. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted, £1$ to 

 £20 per ton. 



6th. Barri Conspicuus. — A lovely flower with broad yellow 

 perianth and yellow cup edged with orange-scarlet. This 

 variety is admired by everyone, but unfortunately it is apt 

 to lose its colour in bright sunshine. To obviate this it is 

 well to plant in partial shade. Wholesale price for first-size 

 bulbs, 12s. to 16s. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted, £6 to £8 

 per ton. 



7th. Poeticus Ornatus. — Nearly everyone knows and ad- 

 mires this white narcissus. It is probably the most profitable 

 variety that anyone can handle, and is grown in large quanti- 

 ties for cut flowers both in the open and under glass. It 

 blooms very freely, and, being a small bulb, can be planted 

 closely, and thus it gives a much larger yield per acre than 

 any other variety. Wholesale price for first-size bulbs, 10s. 

 to 155. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted, ^20 to ^25 per ton. 



8th. Bicolor Grandee. — A late trumpet narcissus which 

 flowers after the majority of the others, and usually sells well 

 as a cut flower. Wholesale price for first-size bulbs, 12s. to 

 155. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted, £6 to £8 per ton. 



9th. Pheasant Eye. — This old Poeticus is grown chiefly 

 for cut-flower purposes ; like the preceding, it flowers when 

 the majority of narcissi are past, and in some years yields 

 the grower a gOod profit. In other seasons, however, prices 

 may be lower, and as the bulb is cheap it is not advisable 

 to plant it very extensively. Wholesale price for first-size 

 bulbs, 5s. to ys. 6d. per 1,000. All sizes as lifted, £3 to 

 £5 per ton. 



10th. Poeticus plenus or Double White. — This is the last 

 of all the narcissi to flower. It blooms towards the end of 

 May, and usually realises good prices. Like the preceding, 

 this is recommended for the value of the bloom rather than 

 for the bulb crop, and may remain three to four years without 

 transplanting. It also likes a rather heavier soil than the 

 majority of narcissi, and does best when deeply planted, say 



