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.
The basics of in-text citations in APA format. If you are using a direct quote, the in-text citation in APA style calls for the authorâs name, the publication date and the page number. On the other hand, indirect quotes require only the authorâs name and the publication date. There are also some stylistic and punctuation rules that apply to using this type of citation. 1  Use title case when referencing a title in the text of your paper. 2  Capitalize all proper nouns, including author names and initials.