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on their sides, but it does not seem to make 

 any difference for the growth comes up 

 straight above the surface. 



VARIETIES FOR NATURALISING 



For naturalising in lawns which have to be 

 cut in May the following extra early flower- 

 ing miniature daffodils may be utilised : trum- 

 pet minimus, cyclamineus, moschatus (Span- 

 ish), trumpet minor and capax plenus. They 

 make a beautiful picture when in flower 

 against the green grass carpet, and will be suf- 

 ficiently matured not to be injured for the 

 next season's blooming if the grass is not 

 mown before May. 



TRUMPETS IN NEW ENGLAND 



There is an impression in some quarters 

 that the trumpet daffodils cannot be natura- 

 lised as far north as New England, but Mr. 

 John Parkinson, of Boston, is said to have 

 large groups of Emperor and Empress plan- 

 ted twenty years ago on his country estate, 

 at Bourne, Mass. At the Ames Estate, North 



