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Gardening for Amateurs 



Daffodil bulbs are suitable for permanent 

 planting, or they may be lifted annually to 

 make way for summer flowers in beds and 

 borders. Lifting is really best deferred until 

 the middle of June, but few amateurs can 

 wait so long, hence it is usual carefully to lift 

 the bulbs in May, retaining all possible roots 



Narcissus Bianca, a variety of the Leedsi section. 



and foliage, and lay them in soil on a vacant 

 piece of ground. This may be safely done 

 from the 15th May to the end of the month. 

 Here they remain until the leaves have died 

 down, when the bulbs should be transferred 

 to an airy shed or cellar. Though it is 

 usual to lift many Daffodil bulbs annually, 

 better results are obtained when the plants 



are left in the borders undisturbed for four 

 or five years. If in this time the clumps 

 have become large and crowded, lift and 

 divide them. 



For planting in grass choose the beautiful 

 Trumpet Daffodils Emperor, Empress, Maxi- 

 mus, Horsefieldii, and the Tenby Daffodil ; 

 the old double yellow, 

 Telamonius pleiius ; of the 

 small-cupped varieties, 

 Stella, Stella superba, Mrs. 

 Langtry, Sir Watkin, 

 Waterwitch, and the Poet's 

 Narcissus and its variety 

 ornatus. 



There are several methods 

 of planting Daffodils in 

 grass ; a large piece of 

 turf may be lifted, the 

 bulbs planted, and the turf 

 replaced. Holes sufficiently 

 deep may be made with 

 a small iron bar, the bulbs 

 being dropped in and 

 covered with fine soil. The 

 simplest method is to use 

 a special bulb planter, 

 which lifts out a circular 

 piece of turf and soil and 

 as easily replaces it with- 

 out spoiling the surface. 

 Care should be taken to 

 avoid arranging the bulbs 

 in any formal design ; a 

 good plan is to scatter them 

 on the ground, planting 

 them where they fall. 



VARIETIES FOR THE 

 GARDEN 



It is only possible here 

 to give short lists of the 

 best sorts for general gar- 

 den cultivation and cut- 

 flower decoration in each 

 section. Except in the exhibitor's selection 

 the names of varieties obtainable at a 

 reasonable price alone are given. 



Trumpet Daffodils. These are distin- 

 guished by having the trumpet as long as, 

 or longer than, the perianth. Bicolor : 

 Duke of Bedford, Empress, Glory of Noord- 

 wijk, Grandis (late flowering), Horsefieldii, 



