Show Your bij Haid tid J C SDI is 4 F POT SOME SO DAFFODILS NOW V If It you have never growA grown grow daffodils In pots pot for blooming In Ii the house houn housein in in winter el you dont don't know what wha a loti lotof lot of pleasure you have been depriving depriving de tie- yourself of The earlier that you plant them now the sooner you will have nave flowers and some ome varieties of daffodil are arc more suited more suited to pot growing than others so be sure you get the kinds which I Iam Iam Iam am going to name for that purpose You will need a a. quantity of six ix or r s seven Inch Inc ven-Inc pots pot and an amo amount t of good compost which you may nay easily mix yourself Take your your ordinary ordInary ordinary or or- garden soil for tor the foundation foundation foundation tion add leaf mold or peat moss about quarter one-quarter of the total amount and as much sand as you need to Insure the composts compost's being light and porous All bulbs bulb like a sandy soil Place a piece of broken crock over the drainage hole hoIe at the bot bottom bot tom torn of each pot then add two Inches or so of the mixed soil Now you are ready to place the bulbs The he amount of soil you yot put at the bottom hot hot- torn tom of ot the pot must be bo such that the b bulbs lbs will have just their tips Ups out of the soil soli when the pot Is la filled We don dont put these bulbs several l inches below ground as u Wedo We wo wedo do In the tho garden Bulbs may be placed almost t touching each other In this w way waya r a a. seven Inch po pot will tak take six or OZ Or seven bulbs of ot course tho the more bulbs you ou can get In the Uie better w will wUl willbo l bo tho the result at flowering time After filling the pot w with th earth leaving Cleaving enough space to permit f fu future ture of course each pot should be thoroughly soaked and then put out of doors in a special place so o that they may form torm a root system No bulb will do well in a pot unless that pot has had the chance to to get filled tilled with roots be before before be- be fore top growth growth began began The special place may be a shallow shallow pit pit in the ground or or a a cold frame or a box four or five inches deeper than the pots are high Along the bottom spread a layer of ashes or sand Then stand the po poon pots pot on this layer and pile sifted ashes or fiber or or peat moss mOM over the tb pots pot covering each pot about three thres inches inches' deep This will enco encourage rage that root growth we want It takes takes var various for times for sucK such auch- auch bulbs to terra form roots but six weeks weeks' is u usually the shortest period Any time after that the tho pots pot may be ba betaken taken Indoors to the light when top growth will begin The best daffodils daffodil for this sort of treatment are Golden Spur Victoria Victoria Vic Vic- toria Emperor Empress Madame d ds tie and Sir Watkin Try planting a few v pots pou and enjoy the golden flowers when the garden outside is deep in snow QUERIES W W. I L Salt Lake City writes In r rearranging some plants In Inthe Inthe inthe the garden rarden I am at A loss 1055 to know if irises will wUl grow in the shade Will vm they Answer They will They will grow but will not do well They are primarily flowers of the sun and will seldom m bloom in the shade |