56 MY GARDEN 



ing in winter is both beneficial and a safeguard. We 

 plant the bulbs from four to six inches deep, according 

 to size, and it is well to get them into the ground as early 

 in the fall as they can be procured. If blooming well 

 they may be left undistrubed until by "falling off" 

 they testify to being overcrowded. Then they may be 

 dug up in spring, when the leaves have yellowed and lie 

 upon the ground, dried and stored in open paper bags or 

 boxes in a dry place, until it is time to replant them in 

 late August and September. 



It is difficult to go wrong in the selection of these 

 all-beautiful flowers, but the following is a list of 

 moderate priced sorts, which are doing well in our 

 garden: 



Of the Great Yellow Trumpets, we have Emperor, 

 Glory of Leiden, Golden Spur, Henry Irving, Obvallaris, 

 P. R. Barr, and maximus. 



Of the lovely White Trumpets, we have Albicans, 

 Madame de Graff, Mrs. Camm, and Moschatus of 

 Haworth, the fair Daffodil of Spain. All these white 

 Trumpets are very grateful for partial shade. 



The Bicolour Trumpets are a charming race with 

 many representatives. Here we have Empress, Gran- 

 dee, Horsfeildii, J. B. M. Camm, Madame Plemp, 

 Oriana, Wm. Goldring. 



The various kinds of Chalice-Cupped Daffodils, or 

 Star Narcissi, comprising the Incomparabilis, Barrii, and 

 Leedsii sections, have ever been to me the loveliest of 



