A succession of Narcissi for indoor decoration can be secured by starting batches at intervals of two or three weeks; and by moderating the treatment as the season advances, the last lot will flower naturally without artificial stimulus.  Large bulbs should be potted singly, but several roots of the smaller sorts may be put into one pot.  Heavy heads of bloom will need support, and there is nothing neater than the wires which are made expressly for the purpose.

==Culture in Moss-fibre.==—­The lightsome charm of Narcissi and Daffodils is never seen to greater advantage than when these are grown in bowls of fibre for the decoration of rooms.  Well-filled bowls of Daffodils are as delightful indoors as are sturdy clumps nodding over grass or Polyanthuses in the open air.  The cultural routine is clean, pleasant, and full of interest.  The bowls are chosen with care, the fibre is well saturated by repeated turning and moistening (this is essential to success), enough crushed oyster shell is incorporated to make the compost glisten brightly through and through, the mixture is pressed into the bowl until it is firm without being hard, the bulbs are half embedded, a few pieces of charcoal are pushed in here and there, the bowls are put in a dark place for six weeks or so, and the rest is merely to see that the fibre never gets dry.

==Culture in Water.==—­For growing in glasses no other bulbous flower is equal to the Narcissus.  Darkness at the outset is not essential to it, and therefore the gradual development of the roots may be observed from the time they start; and contact with water will do no harm to the bulb.  The glasses should, however, be kept in a low and fairly uniform temperature, to discourage the growth of foliage until the bulbs have fully formed their roots.  Pure rain water is desirable, but it is not actually necessary; and for the sake of appearances, as well as on the score of health, it should be changed immediately it ceases to be quite transparent.  Those who do not care to observe the growth in glasses, but like to have the plants in water during the blooming period, may grow the bulbs in pots in the usual way, and wash off the soil when wanted.  In this case the roots will not be quite so regular as those which have been wholly grown in water.  Perhaps we need scarcely say that it is possible to utilise this flower in many other ways—­such, for instance, as in decorating epergnes, glass globes, and fancy vases.  They may also be made to float on a small fountain or aquarium; indeed, it is surprising to what varied and effective purposes a little ingenuity will adapt them.

==Culture in Open Ground.==—­For this purpose the Narcissus will always command attention for its graceful appearance; and this observation applies with as much force to the Polyanthus section, when thus used, as to the varieties which are specially recognised as Garden Narcissus.  The latter class includes many old favourites, among which is the Pheasant’s Eye—­one of the most exquisite flowers grown in our gardens.