July 2005 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter:
An inquiry from the New York Times in February 2005 prompted us to investigate the effects of growing paperwhite narcissus with dilute alcohol solutions. It seems that a reader of the Times “discovered” that pouring a little gin onto paperwhites growing on pebbles in the home caused them to stay shorter, and not fall over.
Read the whole article – Starts on page 2.