Chief and any formality in the shape of the plantings should be 

 Divisions carefully avoided. 



of Daffodils ^ n gardens Daffodils, except Narc. Corbularia and 



T'riandruS) may be planted in beds, borders, and among shrubs. 

 A point often raised in Daffodil growing is the drawback of 

 having to let the foliage die away naturally, a process not 

 complete till the end of June. A good plan is to sow here and 

 there between the Daffodil plants, or round the clumps, seeds at 

 proper intervals of the beautiful dwarf Nasturtiums. These 

 grow up quite well among the Daffodils, and when the foliage 

 of the latter passes, fill the gaps and supply colour. Here again 

 it must be insisted upon that all Narcissi are seriously injured if 

 the foliage is tampered with before the end of June. Gardeners 

 are often great offenders in this matter, and in a misplaced zeal 

 for neatness clear away the leaves which are the sole channels 

 whereby nourishment is supplied to the bulbs, without which 

 they cannot mature or produce their flowers the next season. 



In the large family of Narcissi, the chief divisions are the 

 Trumpet Daffodils, including the self-yellows, the bi-colours, 

 the beautiful self-whites, and the flowers with white petals and 

 pale sulphur trumpets. The Narcissus Incomparabilis and 

 Incomp. Barrii and Leedsii class, with white or yellow petals 

 and large or medium cups, many of these yellow, stained with 

 orange and scarlet, and some with bright all-scarlet cups. The 

 Nelson Narcissi, with goblet-shaped cups. The hybrids of the 

 Eurbidgel section, with small cups, including some of the new 

 varieties, which are the most highly coloured of all the red- 

 cupped Daffodils. The Engleheartii, a beautiful new class, 

 with large saucer-shaped, disc-like cups, of very beautiful 

 colours. The Poeticus Narcissi^ now reinforced by many fine 



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