10 DAFFODILS NARCISSUS 



this close club is that at the demise of any 

 member, his or her bulbs are to be distributed 

 among the remaining members of the monop- 

 olistic band. 



In practical America, the daffodil fever 

 has not, as yet, reached so acute a stage. Old, 

 standard varieties, costing from a dollar and 

 fifty cents to ten dollars per hundred bulbs, 

 generally satisfy the aesthetic tastes of our 

 flower lovers. It is noticed, however, that 

 some of the more progressive bulb importers 

 are cataloguing a few of the newer and bet- 

 ter kinds, and their answers to our inquiries 

 indicate that there is a growing demand for 

 choicer varieties, costing from fifty cents to 

 one dollar per bulb. 



At such prices, and even for much less, 

 hundreds of beautiful varieties, creditable rep- 

 resentatives from all type sections, are pro- 

 curable, so that worthy collections may eco- 

 nomically be made. Indeed, it is advisable to 

 begin with moderate-priced varieties, for the 

 higher points of the improved and more ex- 

 pensive sorts may not be fully appreciated at 

 first by the uninitiated. But in a year or 

 two tKe beginner is educated to note the 



