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9. In ten days or a fortnight the plants will be up ; when an inch high, transplant 
them into beds, placing them in rows, four inches apart every way. 
10. As this is the bed on which they are intended to flower, always select a 
somewhat moist situation, but yet well drained ; and if not naturally so, drain it for 
the purpose. All the plants will flower the following spring. 
11. All valuable sorts may be propagated by cuttings. These, to be successful, 
should not be put in later than the beginning of June ; for, if left later, their flower- 
stems become hollow and pithy. 
12. Plant the cuttings either in thimble pots filled with light sandy soil and 
web rotted dung, or on -a shady border under a hand-glass. If they are planted in 
pots, set them in a cold frame, and give them a little shade until they have struck 
root. 
13. Layers. — In May or June make a slight incision in the joint, as for other 
layers, and peg them down about an inch or less in the soil. 
14. Division. — They may be divided almost any time throughout the summer, 
but it is requisite that this be always done in moist and dull weather. 
15. Never make the beds on which they are to be planted higher than the 
surrounding surface, which would render the soil too dry for their successful growth. 
16. To ensure a fine show of flowers, it is necessary to renew these plants every 
year. Old plants invariably produce smaller flowers. 
Properties of a good Heart’s Ease. — The flower-stem must be of a 
sufficient height and strength to raise the flower above the foliage of the plant ; 
the petals of the flower large, flat, and without notch or fringe on the edge. The 
colours must be clear, brilliant, and permanent. The eye should be small compared 
with the size of the flower. 
CULTURE OF THE NARCISSUS. 
1. All the species of this genus thrive in light sandy soil, and the greater part 
force well either in pots of soil, or glasses of water. 
2. Although the greater part are well known inhabitants of our flower borders, 
and constitute one of its greatest ornaments, yet the more choice sorts are usually 
grown in beds by themselves. 
3. Make the beds in an open airy situation ; take out the old soil to the depth of 
six inches, and fill up the vacancy with a mixture of equal parts of good rich 
loam, leaf mould and rotten dung, with a small portion of sand to keep it open. 
Raise the bed four inches above the surrounding surface; and wdien it has settled, 
it will stand about two inches higher than the surrounding surface. 
4. The best time to plant the bulbs is in November; select a dry day for the 
purpose, and plant them three inches deep, in rows six inches apart every way. 
5. Never allow the roots either in the beds or borders to remain more than three 
years, without being taken up and replanted, at the same time separating the 
offsets. 
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