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Gardening for Amateurs 



Admiral Togo, Alice Knights, Cygnet, Duke 

 of Bedford, Glory of Noordwijk, King Alfred, 

 Lady Audrey, Lord Roberts, Mrs. G. H. Barr, 

 P. R. Barr, Weardale Perfection, and Van 

 Waveren's Giant. Incomparabilis : Autocrat, 

 Beauty, Gloria Mundi, Lady Margaret Bos- 

 cawen, Lucifer, Lulworth, Princess Mary, Sir 

 Watkin, Will Scarlett, Homespun, The Rival, 

 and Strongbow. Barrii : Albatross, Bran- 

 ston, Circlet, Cceur de Lion, Concord, Dorothy 

 E. Wemyss, Firebrand, Incognita, Mrs. R. C. 

 Notcutt, Red Chief, Royal Star, and Seagull. 

 Leedsii : Ariadne, Bridesmaid, Duchess of 



White Trumpet Daffodil Madame de Graaff. 



Westminster, Evangeline, Fairy Queen, Janet 

 Image, Katherine Spurrell, Lucia, Maggie 

 May, Mrs. Langtry, Peach, and White Lady. 

 Poeticus : Cassandra, Chaucer, Dante, Epic, 

 Herrick, Homer, Horace, Lycidas, Minerva, 

 The Bride, Virgil, and White Standard. In all 

 the sections numerous new exhibition sorts 

 have been raised during quite recent years 

 which surpass some of those named, but 

 their present price places them within the 

 reach of only a comparatively few Daffodil 

 lovers. 



Ornithogalum (Star of Bethlehem). 

 This is a very easily 

 grown class of hardy 

 bulbs. The three species 

 0. pyramidale, O.nutans, 

 and O. umbellatum are 

 useful for naturalising in 

 shrubberies, among hardy 

 ferns, beneath deciduous 

 trees and by shady paths 

 where few flowers thrive. 

 Plant from September to 

 November, 2 to 3 inches 

 deep, and 3 inches apart. 

 They are increased by 

 offsets and seeds. If 

 seeds are allowed to 

 fall, self-sown seedlings 

 come up freely in 

 favourable surroundings. 

 0. nutans has silvery- 

 white flowers, shaded 

 with green, in elegant 

 spikes during April and 

 May, resembling a Hya- 

 cinth, but not so closely 

 packed with flowers, 1 

 foot high. O. umbella- 

 tum Star of Bethlehem 

 bears flat bunches of 

 starry white flowers in 

 May, 9 to 12 inches. 

 O. pyramidale has 

 snowy-white spikes in 

 June, 2 feet high ; this 

 is the best Ornithogalum 

 for flower borders. 0. 

 arabicum should be put 

 at the foot of a sunny 

 south wall or fence in 

 sandy soil. It bears 



