2 BULLETIN 1270, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Common usage of these names varies greatly. For example, the 
florist trade has very largely substituted jonquil for the Long Trum- 
pet daffodil, and in some sections the common name narcissus is 
employed to designate the Poeticus and Polyanthus groups only, 
while all the others except the jonquils are referred to as daffodils. 
Further information on the use of names can be gleaned from the 
discussion of the classification on page 29. 
SECURING STOCKS FOR PLANTING 
One of the most difficult and expensive items in the production 
of narcissus bulbs for our home market is the propagating stock 
required to initiate the venture. This planting stock is both difficult 
and expensive to get, for the grower needs more than 300,000 bulbs 
of all sizes to plant a commercial acre intensively and about 100,000 
to plant on the "American plan." Of the larger sizes, 100,000 to 
175,000 bulbs to the acre would be sufficient. Manifestly the initial 
expense is prohibitive except under a capitalization too heavy for 
many private individuals to bear, if the grower is dependent upon 
the supply of first-quality bulbs for his propagating materials. 
Fortunately, it may not always be necessary to buy such expensive 
materials, although some growers and possibly most of those now 
starting to produce daffodils in this country have started their stocks 
this way from bulbs offered for sale in autumn for florist and bedding 
uses. Possibly the best way to start is to buy bulbs by the bed as 
dug, getting all sizes, but this plan is impracticable at the present 
time in this country, where there are few established growers. This 
avenue is open to few except those who can establish foreign con- 
nections or who have a venture large enough to enable them to make 
such a connection. Such propagating material is available, however, 
to the foreign grower at more reasonable prices. Such stock is 
regularly sold in Europe by the bed, by the hectoliter, or by the 
bushel. 
There are in this country a few established plantings. Some of 
them are very old. They contain the most common and in some 
cases very old varieties. Nevertheless, these are an asset that may 
be utilized as far as they go for the establishment of commercial 
plantings. It should be emphasized that it is in these old established 
plantings that one is likely to find the most vigorous healthy stock. 
Very great quantities of bulbs come into the country each autumn, 
which are used for bedding. These stocks are mostly prime ma- 
terials, if not in size, then certainly in most cases in quality. If the 
prospective grower is so situated that he can secure this stock as it 
is gouged out of the beds in late spring preparatory to putting in 
summer bedding plants, he will have planting stock which will be 
even superior to an equivalent number of bulbs purchased the fol- 
lowing autumn, especially if advantage is taken of the opportunity 
of culling in the beds. Such bulbs left in the beds until the flowers 
Bade will all flower the next year if properly handled and will 
produce some propagation in addition. This is not all. The bulbs 
that flower will become first-class stock with the first-year's growth 
under field conditions ami will make some propagation, although 
u<>t a lull quota, while the propagation produced under the orna- 
