NARCISSUS, DAFFODILS AND JONQUILS 
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE CATALOGUING THE DOUBLE-NOSE, OR MOTHER, FIRST-SIZE BULBS 
Next to Hyacinths and Tulips follows the Narcissus family in popularity, with the many new¬ 
ly created, large-flowering varieties filling a place that is ever widening as their beauty,fragrance, 
and marvellous adaptability to all climates and locations become better known. 
They flourish in sun or shade, in garden beds, among the hardy shrubs, in the herbaceous 
border, along the shaded path where it is difficult to get so many desirable things to bloom, or 
stuck here and there in odd corners where nothing else can grow. 
The early sorts begin to bloom before the snow and ice have gone,they are in flower in March 
and, in favored locations even as early as February, their glowing, vigorous,happy masses of gold¬ 
en yellow and silvery white such a welcome sight after the long, cold, bleak winter. 
As cut flowers they are enlivening and decorative, and last so long in vases and bowls. 
Narcissus, Daffodils and Jonquil Bulbs should be planted as early in the autumn as you receive 
the Bulbs, as the longer rooting time they have before winter sets in the finer the blooming will 
be in the spring, but they are successfully set out in the garden as late as December. Two or three 
inches of soil should be over the Bulbs. Do not set them quite so deep in heavy soil as you do in 
sandy loam. The distance apart is three to six inches according to the size of the variety. 
Narcissus and Daffodils are also fine for blooming in the house during the winter in pots, 
pans and dishes. Plant them as early as received in pots and then plunge the pots outdoors on’ 
a layer of ashes in a frame or trench in the open ground where water will not settle, cover with 
leaf mould, soil, or strawy manure. Do not water unless it is an unusually dry fall and then 
sparingly. Or the potted Bulbs can be set in a cool, airy cellar or in an outhouse and be covered 
in the same way, with an occasional watering as the soil must not dry out after roots have started. 
Leave the pots where they are plunged for not less than 12 weeks, unless it is some of the 
earliest sorts which root propeny in a couple of weeks less. The Polyanthus Narcissus, which 
are only for house blooming, are sufficiently rooted in eight weeks, and the Paper Whites and 
Double Romans m four to six weeks. As long as the pots remain in the plunge 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, fragrant bloom from Christmas all through the winter. 
Remember, Narcissus do not thrive in rooms that are too highly heated. It is wise when you 
bring a pot in out of the plunge to place it in a store room for a couple of weeks where the tem¬ 
perature is not over 50; then move them where it is around (;0 to flower. 
„,„ii B iL S AM Cting ™ me 0f th ? d j f I el ; e , nt varieties you can have a succession of bloom in your garden 
well into May. i hose marked E bloom first, F second. We give height where it is essential. 
rhioe or four Bulbs can be set in a 5 or (i inch pot or pan. 
With the exception of the Polyanthus varieties all the Narcissus, Daffodils and Jonauils -ire 
absolutely hardy, and will remain in the ground for years, constantly increasing and improving 
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n .f°' largest and finest cut flowers, cut the garden varieties just as the buds are bursting and 
“.I” W fl a m ? r T ,hons ?, or slttln S ro°m in the house. The flower opened in this’ wny 
will be laigei, finer in texture arid purer in color. 1 ( om 
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