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cyclamen-like flowers three inches long. Bulbocodium, hoop 

 petticoat-shaped flowers of white or yellow. Pretty in pots, or 

 in rock work. Humei, Hume's (Dog-eared daffodils), small 

 trumpet, with overhanging perianth like dog's ears. The 

 tridymus group, a series of few hardy cluster flowered daffodils. 



INCOMPARABILIS VARIETIES. Early: Sir Watkin, large and hand- 

 some, very free, full yellow. Midseason: Autocrat, every 

 flower as perfectly formed as if cut with a die; full yellow; 

 Stella Superba, white perianth and yellow cup; handsome as 

 cut flower. Late: Beauty, large, handsome, yellow star-like 

 flowers, crown edged orange-red; Gloria Mundi, large flower, 

 cup heavily margined with red; the Barrii group, having 

 trumpet edged with scarlet as: Conspicuus, large yellow flower, 

 red edged crown; Flora Wilson, white perianth, yellow crown 

 edged white; Sensation, white perianth, canary crown edged red. 

 Especially suitable for naturalising and cutting are the varieties 

 of the Leedsii group, all having white petals, etc. : Duchess of 

 Westminster, large and beautiful; Katherine Spurrel, hooded, 

 white perianth, cup canary yellow; Mary Magdalen De Graaff, 

 broad, spreading, white perianth, cream crown, suffused terra 

 cotta; Mrs. Langtry, pale creamy yellow, remarkably free flow- 

 ering, and excellent for cutting. 



SHORT-CROWNED OR SAUCER DAFFODILS. Midseason: Burbidgei 

 Baroness Heath, yellow, orange-red cup; Crown Princess, cream- 

 white, light yellow cup edged orange. Late: Sequin, glistening 

 white, flat golden cup; Ornatus (midseason) and King 

 Edward VII. are the two best varieties of fragrant, white poet's 

 narcissus. 



DOUBLE DAFFODILS. Most important is Telamonius plenus, popu- 

 larly known as Van Sion. Others are: Cernuus plenus, double 

 form of white Swan's Neck; Capax plenus, "Queen Ann's 

 double daffodil"; Sulphur Phoenix, popularly known as "cod- 

 lins and cream," rose-like flowers, interspersed petals of pale 

 and golden yellow; Double Campernelle, grows 2 feet high, two 

 to six flowers to stem, strong bulb throwing up two to six stems. 

 Deep golden yellow, fragrant. 

 PEONY, EARLY (P&onia officinalis). May, June; 3 feet. Crimson. 



Best planted in September. (See OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS, p. 62.) 



