NARCISSUS EMPRESS. (See page 19) 
NARCISSUS, GOLDEN SPUR. (See page *J0.) 
NARCISSI 
We presume that for every Narcissus bulb 
planted there are one hundred tulips or hyacinths. 
That this is a great mistake, any one really 
familiar with their old-time merits must admit. 
They lack the brilliancy of color of the tulips, 
but greatly surpass them in variety, delicacy and 
gracefulness of form, and one never becomes 
tired of their soft, beautiful colors. The great 
point in their favor is that they are permanent 
additions to the garden. All they ask is that 
they be allowed to remain undisturbed, and they 
will increase in size and beauty year after year, 
and many varieties are perfectly at home natur¬ 
alized in the grass, provided the grass is not 
cut before their tops have time to ripen. 
This is not true of hyacinths and tulips, 
which, unless planted under the most it. ' -li¬ 
able conditions, must be planted every ye .o 
have in perfection. 
