Chapter 8 Narcissus

After the winter solstice, the sun grows, and once the winter solstice is over, it is the time to cultivate daffodils. At this moment, when the flower heads are cultivated, and when the new year's hair is presented at the beginning of the first yuan, the Wuwa will become more beautiful, elegant and graceful, with a pleasant fragrance. Narcissus is an international flower, which is produced in central Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Japan and China in Asia.In particular, the Netherlands in Europe is most interested in flower bulbs and cultivates them in the best way, so it has the reputation of the kingdom of flower bulbs.According to the statistics of horticultural experts, during the daffodil season every winter, nine out of ten daffodils in Europe and the United States are supplied by the Netherlands.Not only is Japan's climate suitable for planting narcissus, but they also have a reputation for flower gardening in the international arena. Therefore, the narcissus imported from Southeast Asian countries is monopolized by Japan.

Our Chinese daffodils originated in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and later distributed and multiplied in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Now at the end of the year and the end of the year, the narcissus heads sold by vendors in flower shops all over Taiwan, except for a very small part are imported from Japan, the rest are all varieties imported from Fujian! "Narcissus" is a relatively cold-resistant bulbous flower among flowers. At that time, Fengtian Governor Wang Yongjiang always regarded himself as frugal, but he had a special preference for daffodils. The fragrance is even more ancient and clean. Wu Zixu, who just wanted to seek the country, and Qu Lingjun, who was aloof and self-confident, all became narcissus after death, and were revered as the god of narcissus. In order to cherish the sage, they love narcissus. Winter in Shenyang It is extremely cold, so we have to build a greenhouse to wash and support.” According to Commander Zou Zuohua when he was recuperating in the central clinic during his lifetime, he said: “I have visited the orchid room in the palace. The pure jade, the fragrance sticks to the clothes, and the cold charm is lingering. What the ancients said is endless, it is really not a lie!" After hearing this, the four or five friends who were present at that time were all fascinated by it.

The bulbs of narcissus are slender, with parallel veins, some are like swords, some are like cylinders, and the tips of the leaves are usually round and thick.The flower posture of the narcissus is cup-shaped, trumpet-shaped, and tea-bowl-shaped. The petals are divided into single calyx and multiple sets. Occasionally, it is the most precious to see.If the flower hunters find light crimson and light blue narcissus, they will all regard it as a wonderful flower, and it will be the auspiciousness of the country.Narcissus, also known as the Twelve Masters, is cultivated only with water and stones, not close to the soil, and is the most elegant and clean. Therefore, it is said that literati can cultivate flowers by themselves.According to Taiwan's climate, planting begins in December. If the temperature is normal, the temperature is warm and cold, and the soaking and exposure to the sun are done properly, the calyx will be formed in 35 days, and the flowers will be blooming and fragrant in 40 days.At that time, a flower master from the Yuanxiang Flower Factory of Huguo Temple in Beihu told the following: "To grow narcissus, not only must the flowers bloom as scheduled, but also the flower shafts must be able to grow into various postures at will. When the seeds are soaked, it depends on how the flower head is carved. The more delicate the carving technique, the softer the flowers and leaves will be in the future. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a kind of carving art. The climate changes in winter, cold and cold. Hot, frosty, snowy and soon sunny, it is really unpredictable. If the weather is abnormal, windy and snowy, and it clears once in a while, if you want the narcissus to become a year-round offering, then you can only use the method of forcing flowers. The winter is warm and comfortable, so you should quickly take the daffodil heads out of the flower plate and put them into a wooden plate (the metal, ceramic and ceramic vessels are evenly different), and choose a place that is leeward and sunny to face the sun. The winter sun is westward, and it should be moved into the greenhouse in time and rinsed with warm water. Bulbs, according to this method, after one to three times of cultivation, the flower buds can bloom in full bloom ahead of time. However, the length of the sunny time, the number of times, and the degree of water temperature should be carefully understood. If there is no sunshine during the ten days, then use electric heating instead, or use a hundred candle lamps to irradiate, and you can also get the same effect. One year, Beiping has been snowing heavily since the winter solstice, and occasionally there are ice beads and far-scented flowers. There are more than 200 daffodils in the factory, even if the flowers are urged by electric heating, they can still catch up with the Spring Festival, beautiful and beautiful, fragrant and welcoming!"

Shizhang Kuai Shoushu was from an aristocratic family in Anhui and Lu. During Zhang Guangjian's tenure as the governor of Gansu, Kuai was the director of the finance department and the director of the nitrate mine.What he loves are not Qilei's craggy, skinny and ugly rocks, but colorful and mottled stones.Because Kuai wanted to show off the precious stones he had collected over the years, one year before the Anti-Japanese War, when he was having spring wine at his apartment on Cuihua Street in Beiping, he placed more than one hundred narcissus plants he had planted in the sheltered pavilion in the living room corridor. Please come and watch.He doesn't use pots and pans to grow narcissus, but he always uses Xuande furnace, and the bottom of the furnace is filled with stones that he regards as treasures, and he climbs them day and night to pick pearls and cut them for elephants.He explained that after a hundred years of teaching, the censer has lost its copper properties, so it is not inappropriate to cultivate narcissus for a short period of time.Among the Xuande stoves in his collection, there are about a dozen imitations made by famous craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty. If he doesn't explain, we can't tell the difference.Although the narcissus planted in these fake Xuande furnaces also bloom, but when compared with the two, the narcissus flowers appear weak and dim, not as beautiful as others.

The ancestor's concubine once traveled to Fujian and Guangdong with her ancestors, and developed the habit of cultivating narcissus. Later, she settled in Beiping, but every year she must choose 20 or 30 famous species of narcissus flower heads to cultivate, and decorate the New Year.Except for the crab-claw-shaped narcissus, her old man's narcissus is in a round flower pot, which is convenient for viewing from all sides. All other kinds of narcissus heads use rectangular old porcelain flower pots.The bottom of the bowl is first paved with river stones. River stones are a specialty of the Songhua River. Most of these river stones are near the sand springs at the bottom of the river. One grain, like jade and stone, is rare in the south.When Bao Guiqing was stationed in Bukui, he loved river stones very much. He once let the soldiers who are good at swimming dive into the bottom of the river to fish them in summer.It is said that river stones can gather heat and keep warm, and after being exposed to sunlight for a long time, they can be used to plant narcissus, which can promote early flowering and vigorous buds.Inheriting his gift of more than a hundred pieces, the old man regards them as arches, and uses clean water to make offerings to them every day. When the daffodils are in season, they first soak the new cotton, lightly wrap the daffodil bulbs, and then firmly embedded them in the river rocks.After several years of experimentation, this method can flower four days earlier than ordinary daffodils, and the flowering period will not be affected in the event of abnormal weather such as haze and frost.The author was easy to raise when he was young, and he and his brothers and sisters each raised several pots. When the bulbs elongated, they wrapped them in red paper to make a congratulatory message, and wrote the estimated flowering date on the red paper circle to see if what they said was true. Laughing.Now that the year is approaching, there are already seedlings of narcissus in the flower shop. Reminiscing about the scene of the past, I have mixed feelings. Who has the leisure time to cultivate desk cleansing!