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Dutch bulbs and gardens (1909)

Silberrad, Una Lucy, 1872-, Nixon, Mima, Lyall, Sophie, joint author · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 143

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e cut, are taken at the top, much astulips are, the stalks and leaves being left to gradu-ally wither, till in July when the bulbs are liftedthey are quite dead ; a sad and rather desolate sight.Narcissi are very various in their rate of increase,some free-growing sorts, such as Emperor andEmpress,… … SOME OLD FAVOURITES AND NEW 79 reason of this may be that they are none of themnative to Western Europe, though they have beenlong grown and much improved there; theiroriginal home is South Europe and Western Asia,from whence it is thought they spread at somealmost prehistoric time to Northern…

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