PLANTING DAFFODILS IN GRASS.
Perhaps the, ideal place for daffodils .U a grassy bank, if you have one in your garden. Never mind whether it faces north, south, east, or west, it is tho place where they will give the best show.
Never plant daffodils singly, but In clumps, and only plant in grass that need not be closely mown; cutting the foliage completely spoils the bulbs, and when the grass has to be cut in the early summer, to prevent Its seeding, it is impossible to -so withput cutting the daffodil foliage, if they are not in clumps.
The actual planting is best done in the following way. Mark the places selected for’them, remove the turf, and pm it carefully aside. Take out tne soil about a foot deep, and put in some old, well-rotted, farmyard manure, say four inches deep; cover this with two inches or three inches of the soil taken out. Tramp it all firm, and then put a layer two inches thick of coarse sand on top. Plant the bulbs in the sand, pushing them into it; add more sand to almost cover bulbs. Replace turf, and make it firm with bjeh of the spade.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 7
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