. Book for florists : spring 1940. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seedlings Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Seeds Catalogs; Horticulture Equipment and supplies Catalogs. NARCISSI NATURALIZED IN THE WOODLAND WITH WAR in Europe curtailing the supply of all imported bulbs, this fall we offer exceptional opportunities to enrich your garden with daffodils, first ma- jor flowers of spring. The extensive daffodil production which has been built up in this country during the last fourteen years provides a plentiful supply of first quality bulbs, including most of the finest new vari
. Book for florists : spring 1940. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seedlings Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Seeds Catalogs; Horticulture Equipment and supplies Catalogs. NARCISSI NATURALIZED IN THE WOODLAND WITH WAR in Europe curtailing the supply of all imported bulbs, this fall we offer exceptional opportunities to enrich your garden with daffodils, first ma- jor flowers of spring. The extensive daffodil production which has been built up in this country during the last fourteen years provides a plentiful supply of first quality bulbs, including most of the finest new varieties. We offer a complete list of standard var- ieties, and novelties, all grown in the Pacific Northwest, where experience has proved the highest quality bulbs are produced. DAFFODILS are the first of the major garden flowers to blossom in the spring. This makes them doubly precious, as heralds of a season of joy, after the long winter. Culture of the Daffodil The daffodil tribe likes a cool root run and its flowers are at their best in the cooler days of spring. Therefore it is essential to dig the soil deeply and provide humus. Like the tulip, the daffodil will not thrive if there is fresh manure in the soil. It likes a moist soil but it must have excellent drainage. Where to Plant Them Daffodils are particularly fine subjects to plant under the edge of bushes or among perennials in the hardy border as they seem to like to nestle among the roots of their neighbors. A clump of golden trumpets peeping from beneath the overhanging branches of Spiraea Van Houttei or nestling in a sheltered angle of a building are one of the gladsome sights of early spring. A few bulbs can be tucked into odd corners all about the garden and they will repay mightily when the first sunny days of spring bring their sturdy shoots break- ing through the earth. Daffodils and narcissus need not be moved for sev- eral years if they are flourishing, in fact not until the clump becomes so large that it is
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