GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



ing exhausted after a few seasons of bloom. When 

 planted closely together in a garden, daffodils soon 

 become overcrowded and should be divided and reset 

 about every three years. 



In both the formal and the naturalistic garden, 

 daffodils look best when each variety is planted sepa- 

 rately either in large masses or in small clumps. 

 Groups of daffodils among the herbaceous plants of 

 a garden are charming, and when planted in front of 

 shrubbery, they seem to possess a particularly elfin 

 grace. 



In using daffodils at seashore places, care must 

 be taken to guard them from the wind, an element of 

 which they are not fond. But, with the exception 

 of the Polyanthus narcissus, they are perfectly hardy 

 and grow ruggedly in almost any soil, although their 

 preference is for one somewhat stiff in texture. It is 

 a mistake to think that the trumpet daffodils cannot 

 be naturalized as far north as the New England coast. 



The popular classification of daffodils divides them 

 into three classes : the large crown, or those which show 

 their central tubes or crowns about as long as the 

 segments of their perianths, and which are true daffodils 

 or Lent lilies; the medium crowns, with central tubes 

 about half as long as the perianth segments; and the 

 small crowns, or those with flat, saucer shaped tubes. 

 This classification, however, is much broken into by 

 such hybrid groups as Leedsii 9 Barrii 9 Humei 9 and others, 

 and is likely to become, in the future, even more 

 difficult to follow than it is at present, since the hybrid- 

 ization of daffodils is pursued most actively. 



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