90 
T H E G A R D E X A G A Z I X E 
October, 1916 
Grow the Campernelle Narcissus for its wonderful Emperor Daffodil as a pot plant. The result of two large bulbs in a 5-inch The white flowers of the Poet’s Narcissus give a 
fragrance, both indoors and in the garden pot welcome variety of color 
and that other one an Empress than merely a 
Narcissus. Therefore, all the bulbs we grew 
last winter were of named varieties, the choice 
of which from descriptions in the bulb cata- 
logues afforded a good deal of pleasure long 
beforehand. 
Last winter’s experience proved the wisdom 
of placing our order for hulbs early. 1 he main 
advantages of such 
a plan is that one 
stands a better 
chance than later 
of getting just 
what he orders; 
but an equally 
important point is 
that the hulbs can 
be delivered early 
or stored at home 
as long as may be 
necessary. A dry, 
cool closet or cellar 
is the best place in 
which to keep bulbs 
stored before plant- 
ing. Some of ours 
stored under such 
conditions until 
February gave as 
good results as 
those planted in 
October. Ihey 
were at that time 
as hrm as when re- 
ceived from the 
dealer. 
\\ hile our bulbs 
were almost all 
planted in flower 
ots of soil as noted 
elow, some were 
placed among 
stones in bowls of 
various kinds. 
Our best results with the water method 
were with 6-inch fish globes in which two or 
three large sized bulbs were fitted with pebbles 
and broken stone (road metal) so that their 
apices were scarcely above the rims of the bowls. 
Water was poured in until about half an inch 
of the lower part of each bulb was immersed. 
The bowls were kept in a cool dark place (a 
closet or a cellar) until roots several inches long 
could be seen and the buds at the tops were 
an inch or more long. Not until then were 
they moved to the living room. They were 
not placed in the full light for two or three 
weeks. 
During their stay in the dark the water was 
kept at about the same level by adding a little 
water each week or 
two. The water 
was also changed 
about once a 
month by placing 
the bowl under a 
gently flowing 
faucet for a minute 
or two. A few 
lumps of charcoal 
placed at the bot- 
tom of each bowl 
prior to putting in 
the stones will ob- 
viate even the 
slight work of 
changing the wa- 
ter. Charcoal 
keeps the water 
purer than that in 
which it is not 
used. The bulbs 
that have always 
given us the most 
satisfaction when 
grown by the wa- 
ter method are the 
so-called Chinese 
Sacred Lily, the 
Paper-white Nar- 
cissus and the 
Dutch Hyacinth; 
but we have grown 
many others. As 
soon as bulbs so 
grown have done 
Here are the “three graces” in fair comparison. Note the relative sizes of the flowers 
