House and Garden 
Great care is needed in the planting of valuable 
daffodil bulbs 
The daffodil specialist must tie the seed heads up in little 
hoods of muslin or the precious seed may be lost 
can be accomplished is by root division. Every 
season a fully matured narcissus bulb wdl send oft 
one, or possibly two baby bulbs and it is these which 
are removed when the root is quite dry during the 
summer. These young bulbs come on into flower 
A handful of narcissus seedlings. If all goes well these hulbs, 
when mature, will be worth £25 or more each 
How a five guinea bulb was divided into three, 
each worth five guineas 
some interesting varieties are almost certain to appear. 
If the grower has been lucky enough to get some 
distinct forms amongst the plants he has raised, his 
first step will be to increase his stock, and this is 
somewhat slow work as the only way in which it 
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