flowers the second year of planting, and most of them multiply so rapidly that from a modest be¬ 
ginning you can in a few years replant extensively. 
All the Bulbs we offer are sound, healthy, true-to-name stock grown for us in Holland and im¬ 
ported by us directly to Lapark, and plantings can be made outdoors any time from September 
until December. 
Sun and shade,in beds by themselves or with other Bulbs among the Shrubbery or Perennials 
along paths, and in odd spots, and corners where it is difficult to get other flowers to grow, Nar¬ 
cissus flourishes. The flowers come so very early and stay with us for weeks. As cut-flowers 
they are always so bright and cheerful and remain fresh days and days and are so welcome after 
the long scarcity of Winter flowers. For-cut flower purposes cut the stalks just as the buds begin 
to open and the flowers will be larger, of better color and last longer in water. 
How TTo Grow Them Successfully. 
Set the Bulbs from 3 to 0 inches apart according to size of the variety, and always have the 
top of the Bulb covered with from 2 to 3 inches of soil, not quite so deep if your soil is stiff and 
heavy, i* or Winter house blooming in pots, pans, and bowls, plant as early as you receive the 
Bulbs,and plunge the pots or pans in a bed of coal ashes in a frame or in a trench outdoors where 
water will not lie, and cover with leaf mould, soil or strawy manure, not rotted manure. 
Do not water unless the F all is unusually dry and then only sparingly. Or you can set the pots 
in a cool, airy cellar or out-house, and cover in the same way, with a little water now and again 
as roots must not dry out once they have started. 
Leave the pots where they 
are plunged for not less than 12 
weeks, unless with some of the 
earliest sorts which root proper¬ 
ly in a couple of weeks less. The 
Polyanthus Narcissus, which are 
the only Narcissus that is not 
hardy, and which are exclusive¬ 
ly for house blooming, are suf¬ 
ficiently rooted in 8 weeks, and 
the Paper Whites in 4 to 6 weeks. 
As long as the pots remain in the 
plur-go they will make little top 
growth, so by bringing them into 
the light a pot or two at a time, 
ten days to two weeks apart, 
you can enjoy their lovely, fra¬ 
grant bloom from Christmas all 
through the Winter. 
Kemember, Narcissus does 
not thrive in rooms that are too 
highly heated.lt is wise when you 
bring a pot in out of the plunge 
to place it in a store room for a 
couple of rveeks where the tem¬ 
perature is not over 50; then 
move it in where it is around 
(i0 to floAver. 
Three or four Bulbs can be 
set in a 5 or 6 inch pot. 
By selecting some of the dif¬ 
ferent varieties you can have a 
succession of bloom in your gar¬ 
den Avell into May. 
For your information, please 
remember that “perianth”, used 
in our descriptions, means the 
row of broad, wing-like, petals 
GIANT TRUMPET EMPEROR 
that extends almost straight out from the Trumpet, or center of the flower, usually at right angles 
to the stalk. The “Trumpet”,“Crown”,or “Cup”,is the funnel,or tube-like part standing straight 
out from the center of the ring of petals, or the perianth. Varieties marked A florver earliest, 
B next and C later—we include these letters in describing individual varieties when it is possible 
to do so. 
THE GIANT TRUMPET NARCISSUS 
Bearing Enormously Large Flowers, From 2fo4 inches Across, The Tram- 
V.. 
/ pets 3 to 4 Inches Long. 
This is a truly wonderful branch of the Narcissus family, famous for its tremendously large 
flowers of intense color,borne on strong stalks varying from a foot to 18 inches in height. They 
are for both indoors and out, and are absolutely hardy. 
We Include Only The Choicest Varieties, Every Bull? Mammoth Size, 
(Page 31) Each Containing a Elower. 
