8A DAFFODILS NARCISSUS 



upper and lower strata of soil, rendering tHe 

 bulbs less susceptible to the tearing of alter- 

 nate freezing and thawing, and the winter 

 mulch or protection of dead grass is better 

 than what we can supply under artificial con- 

 ditions; therefore it is not to be wondered at 

 that many delicate varieties often thrive for 

 years under these conditions but die out after 

 a season or two in the garden. 



At the same time, if a variety of soils and 

 situations are available, choice should be 

 made to suit variety to soil. Thus, on the 

 heavy, moist, lowland, plant the poeticus and 

 odorus families and on the high land, with 

 lighter soil, the white trumpets which revel in 

 checkered sun and shade. Almost any situa- 

 tion will answer for the other classes; viz: 

 the all-yellow and bi-colour trumpets, and va- 

 rieties of the incomparabilis, Barii, Burbidgei 

 and Leedsii groups. In moist, heavy soils 

 daffodils increase by offsets and then grow in 

 clumps. In harder ground the increase is 

 mostly from seed and the plants grow singly. 



ART IN GROUPING 

 If group planting is followed, never mix 



