AMERICAN BULBS UNDER GLASS 
in burlap sacks, in transit but eight days, was practically a com- 
plete loss. 
Three methods of packing were used in bringing one variety of 
narcissus to Washington, D. C, from Bellingham, Wash., in the 
fall of 1925. The stock was healthy. The small quantity of ma- 
terial intended for the experiments reported in Table 2, packed 
in perforated paper sacks in a crate, came through by freight in 
perfect condition. Another larger lot intended for another purpose 
was packed V/ 2 bushels in a burlap sack in the same kind of crate. 
There was a sprinkling of rotten bulbs in this consignment. Bulbs 
in bulk in the same aerated crate came uninjured. 
Table 2. — Behavior of American-groivii daffodil bulbs under glass 
Variety 
Where 
grown 
Date 
put on 
bench i 
Date of 
flowering 
Number 
of 
bulbs 
Number 
of 
flowers 
Ariadne . _ _ - ___ . __ 
Wash 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
—do 
...do 
Jan. 26 
.-do 
...do 
Jan. 20 
.-do 
—do 
...do 
...do 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 27 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 27 
Jan. 26 
—do 
Feb. 18 
Feb. 28 
Feb. 18 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 13 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 6 
Feb. 9 
Feb. 18 
Feb. 23 
Feb. 20 
Feb. 25 
Feb. 28 
Feb. 18 
Feb. 2 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 6 
Feb. 2 
Feb. 6 
.-do 
—do 
Feb. 24 
Feb. 16 
Feb. 20 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 5 
Feb. 6 
—do 
Feb. 7 
Feb. 5 
Feb. 4 
Feb. 16 
—do— . 
Feb. 20 
...do 
—do 
Feb. 6 
...do 
Feb. 9 
Feb. 12 
...do 
Feb. 20 
__.do 
.-do 
Feb. 23 
Feb. 28 
Feb. 20 
36 
50 
36 
72 
36 
36 
32 
25 
32 
1 
36 
36 
24 
24 
32 
7 
25 
32 
32 
12 
6 
8 
32 
36 
36 
6 
6 
8 
55 
6 
30 
32 
25 
4 
1 
3 
32 
32 
36 
36 
32 
1 
3 
24 
3 
20 
64 
92 
Do 
Aspasia 
Campernelle (Double) 
Conspicuus 
Cynosure 
Double Van Sion 
Do 
Emperor 
Do 
:o 
99 
128 
54 
68 
63 
47 
65 
2 
Do 
Ga 
Va 
Md 
—do 
38 
Do 
64 
Do 
50 
Empress. . . . ._ . . 
59 
Golden Spur . . . . . - . . 
Wash 
—do 
Jan. 20 
...do 
87 
Do 
13 
Do 
Md 
Wash 
Ga 
D.C 
Wash 
Oreg 
Wash 
...do 
...do 
—do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
Calif 
Wash 
Md 
Oreg 
Wash 
Calif 
Va 
—do 
do 
Jan. 27 
Jan. 20 
_-do 
—do 
.-do 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 20 
.-do 
--do 
—do 
...do 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 26 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
Jan. 20 
...do 
Jan. 26 
...do 
—do 
...do 
—do 
Jan. 27 
Jan. 26 
...do 
—do 
40 
Henry Irving 
81 
King Alfred ._ . . . ._ ... _.. 
37 
Do 
2 
Do 
11 
Laurens Koster.. .__ _ _ __ . . . . — - 
12 
M.M.deGraaff 
65 
Mrs. Langtry 
Orange Phoenix 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Princeps 
Sir Watkin- _ 
86 
120 
23 
8 
20 
-' 56 
20 
31 
Do 
59 
Do 
48 
Do 
Do 
3 
Do , 
Spuri us- 
34 
Do 
Do 
24 
43 
Victoria. ... . . 
Wash 
...do 
Oreg 
Calif 
Md 
Oreg 
Wash 
—do 
99 
Do 
Do ... 
67 
5 
Do 
6 
Do 
52 
Do . 
Do 
42 
Weardale Perfection 
104 
1 All the varieties were planted Sept. 18 except the last Ariadne and the last Victoria, which were 
planted Sept. 28. 
2 Single-nosed bulbs. 
Care must be exercised all along the line in the handling of these 
stocks. They* must not be sunned in warm regions ; they must be 
dried in the shade; they must not be bruised; and they must not 
be allowed to heat or freeze. The rotting of the bulbs in storage, 
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