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Hovey & Co.'s Autumn Catalogue 
NARCISSUS — Continued. 
THF. CHINESE ORIENTAL 
NARCISSUS, 
OR SACRED LILY. 
This charming flower is grown by the 
Chinese to celebrate the advent of their new 
year or good-luck feasts, and is called by them 
“Joss Flower” or “ Plower of the Gods.” The 
bulbs are very large, and send up from five to 
twelve spikes which bear clusters of silvery white 
flowers with golden yellow cups. They are of 
exquisite beauty and wondrous perfume. It 
blooms with perfect certainty, succeeding every¬ 
where and with everybody, and such a short 
time is required to bring the bulbs into bloom 
that you can almost “ see them grow.” A num¬ 
ber of bulbs, started at intervals, will give a 
succession of bloom throughout the winter. 
They grow well in soil, but the most popular way 
of blooming them is the Chinese method : — 
Place the bulb in a shallow bowl, or similar 
dish, containing water and enough pebbles to 
prevent it from toppling over when in bloom. 
We have found it advisable to shade them for a 
few days until the roots are well started, then 
place in a sunny window; in a very short time 
(four to six weeks), the flowers will make their 
appearance. 
We are importing, direct from China, im¬ 
mense bulbs of the true, large-flowering variety, 
i o cents each; by mail, 15 cents. Extra 
targe, selected bulbs, 15 cents each; by mail, 20 
cents. 
The Chinese Sacred Lily, 
CARDEN NARCISSUS OR DAFFODILS. 
None of the hardy spring-flowering bulbs are more generally appreciated than the almost numberless varieties of 
''his class of Narcissus, which includes the dear old Double Golden Yellow Daffodil and the Snow White Poet’s 
Narcissus. All the varieties are perfectly hardy, very fragrant, and of the easiest culture in any good garden soil, 
and are also magnificent for pot culture in the house, blooming in the winter. The cut flowers are very useful, last¬ 
ing from ten to twelve days when placed in water. They are very effective when planted in the border, in the 
'X'ck-garden, or as an edging to the shrubbery. Narcissus Poeticus naturalized in the grass about our homes, forms 
one of the most delightful sights of the joyous spring. No one ever had too many of these bulbs. 
Outdoor Culture. The Daffodil will grow in any ordinary garden soil and in almost any situation, but it will 
multiply more rapidly in a deep, rich, well drained soil, and will gratefully repay kind treatment. 
Planting may be done in the fall any time before frost sets in, usually in October, setting the bulbs three inches 
ociow the surface of the soil. Once planted they should not be disturbed, only to divide and reset if they get 
crowded. 
Pot culture is same as recommended for the Hyacinth. 
The following embrace the very best of this family and are all first-class varieties for cutting. 
SINGLE VARIETIES. 
EACH. PER DOZ. 
AWTKigll, or Irish King) the earliest and most vigorous Giant Trumpet Daffodil in cultivation. 
Ikdd noble flowers of immense size with full yellow petals and handsome deep yellow-trumpet. 
It is an extra sort for pot-culture.07 .5° 
JiiCfllor Empress (the Queen of the Bicolors), of immense size, grand form, and massive sub- 
ttance, petals wnite, trumpet large rich full yellow, most desirable variety.. .50 
