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or scarlet. The only ones we have are Elvira, Aspasia, 

 and Irene but there are a number of others. 



Double Daffodils lack something of the sprightly 

 grace of the single sorts, but the fat old Van Sion, with 

 its rumpled green-gold petals, is ever welcome, and there 

 are few more beautiful flowers at any season than the 

 double poeticus, or Gardenia-flowered. It is important 

 that the bulbs of this sort should be planted early in a 

 deep, cool soil, not too dry. Then there are the double 

 Incomparabilis Narcissi, the Sulphur Phoenix and 

 Orange Phoenix, known respectively as Codlins-and- 

 Cream and Eggs-and-Bacon. They are old fashioned 

 and quaint looking with crowded petals like little roses, 

 and are very fragrant and good for bouquets. 



Daffodils are particularly charming when planted be- 

 neath the many flowering trees and shrubs in bloom at 

 their season. The light shade is no detriment to them, 

 and their pale gold is very lovely with the pinks and 

 whites of the fruit blossoms especially. 



Many bulbs will not only tolerate but are benefited by 

 a ground cover of some small creeping plant which is so 

 shallow-rooting that it does not rob the soil to any ex- 

 tent, but protects the bulb from the fierce rays of the 

 summer sun and the flowers from the splashing mud 

 in the rude spring storms. This is true, not only of the 

 larger bulbs such as Daffodils, Tulips, and Crown Im- 

 perials, but of Grape Hyacinths, Scillas, Snowdrops, 

 and other small things. Some of the "carpeters" 



