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Position and Grouping for Effect. All Narcissi will grow equally well in 
the open or in partial shade. In the flower-border, to obtain the best effect, they 
should be planted in large groups of irregular outline, each group or clump to 
contain one variety only; avoid straight lines, circles, and symmetrical designs. 
Masses of Narcissi should always appear in the hardy flower border, where they 
can be planted between the clumps of herbaceous plants, which hide as well as 
shelter the foliage later in the season. 
Naturalizing in Grass, etc. All Narcissi may be planted in grass with per¬ 
fect success. To produce the best effect, alternate trumpet kinds with small- 
cupped sorts and let colors vary from the whites through bicolors to the all yellow 
tones. In planting, make the breaks large and bold, scattering the bulbs over the 
ground broadcast with the hand and planting them where they fall. In planting 
under trees, avoid places where the drip from the branches is greatest. 
Cutting for Decorations. To obtain the very choicest flowers of the Barrii 
and Incomparabilis varieties with colored cups or crowns, they should be cut 
as soon as the buds begin to open. This will prevent fading. They should then 
be placed in water and the cooler the atmosphere, the better they will keep. 
Handled in this fashion the blooms are larger, finer in texture and purer in color 
than flowers of the same variety that are permitted to open in the natural course 
of events in the garden. 
Time of Potting. Pot as early in Autumn as possible, to obtain the finest 
results and earliest blooms. The best compost to pot Narcissi in is a mixture of 
two thirds good fibrous loam and one third old decayed leaf-soil, adding 1J lbs. 
of bone meal to every bushel of soil; mix well before using. In all cases the soil 
used should be fresh and sweet and crumble easily through your fingers. 
The pots should be carefully washed or wiped clean before using; never pot 
in new pots for exhibition purpose. Good drainage should be secured by placing 
three or more pieces of broken crocks in the bottom of the pots, placing round 
sides uppermost; then cover crocks with a little rough fibre from the loam. When 
boxes are used, the slit at bottom of box should be covered with crocks, with a 
good layer of rough fibrous loam placed at bottom of box, or a layer of leaf-soil, 
to ensure perfect drainage. In potting, the larger bulbs need not be quite cov¬ 
ered with soil, the level of which should be half an inch below the rim of the pot, 
so as to allow watering when in growth. The small bulbs of the miniature species 
should be covered with half an inch of soil. 
After potting, put the pots or boxes outside in the open, on a firm bottom such 
as a bed of ashes or gravel. Plunge pots into peat-moss, old decayed leaf-soil, or 
very old ashes, and cover so that tops of pots rest 3 inches below the surface. This 
will secure a moist condition to the bulbs and encourage root action. So long as 
pots remain outdoors they require no watering. 
The pots or boxes should remain plunged for a period of about ten weeks; after 
that they may be transferred to a greenhouse or into any room where the night 
temperature does not exceed 60°. A higher temperature should not be given 
if you want well-developed blooms. If the pots are taken into a living room they 
should be kept in a sunny window during the day and at all times should be pro¬ 
tected from draughts and too much heat. Later flowering varieties should be 
brought in later and in succession. After the bulbs are out of the plunging bed, 
give the plants as much light and air as possible. Once a week give a little weak 
liquid manure until they come into bloom. 
Note: Adhering to the method in which we now arrange Tulips, we also present 
the Daffodils in the logical order of their respective merits. Thus the variety 
which in our opinion is the choicest in its respective class, leads that class, the 
second best coming second, etc. The number given after each variety name in¬ 
dicates the relative time of flowering both indoors and in the garden. 
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