SELECT BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING 
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Sir Watkin Daffodils (see page n) 
DAFFODILS 
These splendid spring-flow- 
ering bulbs have been highly 
esteemed in Europe for many 
years, and are yearly growing 
in favor in America. You 
possibly plant too 
m a n y of them. 
They are perfectly 
hardy, are more 
easily grown than 
onions or turnips, 
need hardly any 
watering, positively 
no care after they 
ave flowered, and 
are not troubled 
•:m by rats or goph- 
ers. They give 
a liberal bloom 
when flowers are 
most prized, in 
early spring, and 
^ — for cut-flowers are un- 
■ excelled. Plant a few 
dozen if you can do no 
more, hundreds if you 
can, and if your purse will 
allow you to plant beds of 
thousands, you can rest as- 
sured that you can buy no 
spring-blooming bulbs which 
will give a greater return in 
satisfaction. I grow many 
Daffodils and my customers 
say that they cannot get 
better ones elsewhere. 
I can highly recommend 
my entire assortment. It was 
selected with the aid of the 
first Daffodil-growers of the 
world, and even then I have 
dropped many varieties that 
I have tested. 
Culture of Daffodils 
My observation is that, in 
California, Daffodils will 
grow in any soil from sand to 
the stickiest adobe. The soil 
which best suits them is a 
rich loam with abundant 
moisture during the winter 
and which gets dry in the 
summer. 
Dig the ground up deeply 
and thoroughly and then let 
it settle a few weeks before 
lanting. Do not use fresh 
^.able manure, although if 
manure has been applied the 
year before it will do no in- 
jury. The best fertilizer 
