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daffodil, is good for massing but rather capricious 

 as to blooming. It exceeds in beauty the four other 

 double ones, Van Sion, "Butter and Eggs" and 

 the remaining two incomparabilis variants, Orange 

 Phoenix ("Eggs and Bacon") and Silver Phoenix 

 ("Codlins and Cream"). 



The clustered nosegay daffodil (N. polyanthus) 

 has beautiful forms for the garden, but they are 

 tender and require protection. Their poetaz hy- 

 brids are less tender. The Chinese sacred lily 

 (N. orientalis) is not grown in the open in cold 

 climates. The true jonquils are hardy and it is 

 unfortunate that they have not come to the front 

 more. Both the campernelle jonquil (N. odorus) 

 and the smaller kind (N. Jonquilla) are exceed- 

 ingly graceful yellow flowers. Of the small spe- 

 cies called daffodils the hoop petticoat (Bulboco- 

 dlum citrinus) and the rushleaved B. gracilis, last 

 of all to bloom, are deserving of close acquaintance. 

 The angel's tear daffodil (Triandrus albus) is not 

 very hardy. 



The crocus is as much of a surprise as the tulip 

 and daffodil to those who find that it is no longer 

 merely a crocus. So many crocus species have 

 come into cultivation that they are the subject of 

 a very remarkable monograph. Nor do they con- 

 tinue to suggest only spring; there are autumn- 

 blooming and winter-blooming ones, so that in some 

 English gardens it is possible to have crocus color 

 from August to March without any interruption. 



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