Paper-white narcissus and freesia are most suitable and should be planted about the fifteenth of October, so that the plants will be in bloom for Christmas.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study"
Ontario Ministry of Education
The bulbs of the white narcissus are to be thrown away after the flowers have withered, as they will not bloom again, but freesia bulbs may be kept and planted again the following year.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study"
Ontario Ministry of Education
She had seen her new plaid folded on a couch, her new trunk in place, a great jar of lovely freesia lilies already perfuming the fresh orderliness of the place.
"Saturday's Child"
Kathleen Norris