. Catalogue of bulbs, trees and shrubs for fall planting. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Chinese 5acred Lily or Oriental Narcissus The Chinese Sacred Lily i?, properly, a Narcissus, of the Polyanthus type. The bulbs aie very laige, and each one sends up froni five to twelve spikes, which bear clusters of large, perfect, waxy-white blos- soms, with a yellow center, and of a powerful and delicious fragrance, -which is not excelled bvany flower. They grow well in pots of soi
. Catalogue of bulbs, trees and shrubs for fall planting. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Chinese 5acred Lily or Oriental Narcissus The Chinese Sacred Lily i?, properly, a Narcissus, of the Polyanthus type. The bulbs aie very laige, and each one sends up froni five to twelve spikes, which bear clusters of large, perfect, waxy-white blos- soms, with a yellow center, and of a powerful and delicious fragrance, -which is not excelled bvany flower. They grow well in pots of soil, but the most popular way of blooming them is the Chinese method, as follows: Put about one inch of sand in a shallow bowl, or some similar vessel, about four inches deep; place the bulb on this, and pack it firmly with small pebbles or pieces of rock; then fill it with water to the top of the pebbles, and place in a warm, sunny window. The bu^b will at once commence a rapid grcjwth, and blooni in five or six weeks. Add fresii water as often as necessary. i^w shaded until the leaves begin to grow, better results may be obtained m^^^^^^^^lM^t&^f~^^'?^::^.-^;^^J By making a small incision across the top of the bulb, in two or three BS^^^^^^WtIIIsIIM^ places, about three-quarters of an inch from ihe center, it will cause ffip"V3wn^^l^^ t ' a fresh lot of leaves and fiower stalks to start from these points. This f^C^j^'^f must be done with care, so as not to injure the bulbâsimply cut the B^P^^^CW-^^^^ skin, h'or a window ornament they are unexcelled, and le'nd to an ^^P'TiS^ â 0t^JC^"'!^ interior a cheerful aspect when all outside is frost-bound and dreary. K8B^tj^''Sfe^ W/^f nnf^^'^ The etTect is heightened when several are put in a large dish. They B0^^^)k^^^^S^1m^ fl^tin Wrf/A can be planted at difl'erent times, and have a succession of flowers all iSte^^^.^K^wTb^^wW/'l Flowers often double and sinsle from the same bulb. HI^SilmiaMw^l^^^ Yi Our stocks of this
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