The following bulbs are the easiest to force into bloom because they don't require a chilling period: 1  Amaryllis: Blooms appear six to eight weeks after planting. 2  Paperwhites: Blooms appear three to five weeks after planti ng.
For a quotation of 39 words or fewer, place the sentence punctuation after the closing bracket of the reference: âA terrible storm started last night as I took the dog for our nightly walkâ (Jamieson, 1999, p. 12). For a block quotation, the closing punctuation appears before the reference citation. See What is the correct formatting in APA style for a block quotation (40+ words)? and Back to Basics with Periods for more information.
Two basic rules will help you use the correct punctuation when a sentence has both a quotation and a parenthetical citation. 1  The end quotation mark should be placed immediately after the last word of the quotation. 2  The period should be placed immediately after the citation.