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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 18, 1907. 



of the golden trumpet daffodils. Of 

 these, Henry Irving and Golden Spur 

 are splendid for massing outdoors. Gold- 

 en Spur, which is a native of the Neth- 

 erlands, is probably the best of all the 

 moderate-priced yellow trumpets. Em- 

 peror, with its deep primrose parianth 

 and golden yellow trumpet, makes a no- 

 ble flower and is of robust habit. Abscis- 



buy a few bulbs, even though it is some- 

 what dearer than the everyday sorts. In' 

 a few years it will become one of the 

 most popular of forcing varieties and 

 its flowers should prove of great value 

 commercially. Peter Barr, now reduced 

 to $1.25 per bulb, will some day be 

 the leader in this class. It will remain 

 as a fitting memorial to a man whose 



Narcissus Glory of Lei(Un. 



BUS, a native of the French Pyrenees, 

 does specially well naturalized in grass 

 land with a little shade. Glory of 

 Leiden is rather high in price as yet, but 

 I consider it the finest of this section. 

 It is not so tall a grower as Emperor, 

 but has larger flowers, in which the 

 trumpets stand more erect. Some bulbs 

 this season carried five flowers each, 

 which were four and a half to five 

 inches in diameter. 



In the white winged bicolor varieties. 

 Empress is excellent. Its white perianth 

 and rich yellow trumpet are of great 

 substance. Horsfieldii, which is com- 

 monly substituted for Empress, is a 

 cheaper and inferior variety, a very un- 

 satisfactory one to buy. Mrs. Walter 

 Ware is inexpensive and good, as is also 

 J. B. M. Camm. Grandis, or Grandee, 

 has a finely imbricated, pure white, mas- 

 sive perianth and is well worth grow- 

 ing. Victoria, introduced by Barr's, of 

 London, in 1897, is now quite cheap. The 

 creamy white perianth is of remarkable 

 breadth and the rich golden trumpet is 

 of splendid substance. It forces more 

 readily than any other bicolor variety. 

 Some complaints are made of its only 

 throwing a single bloom per bulb, but 

 many of ours produced three this season. 

 Princeps I consider of little value, 

 except, it may be, for naturalizing. The 

 flower is altogether lacking in substance. 



The White Trumpet Section. 



The beautiful white trumpet section 

 contains some gems. Moschatus, the 

 "snowy white daffodil of Spain," is of 

 rather dwarf habit, but does extremely 

 well either in the border or in grass 

 land. William Goldring, the "swan's 

 neck daffodil," is a cheap and graceful 

 variety. Mme. de Graaff has been given 

 the title of "queen of white trumpets," 

 and royally deserves it. Its chaste beau- 

 ty and the graceful outline of the flow- 

 ers, added to the fact that it increases 

 rapidly outdoors, should tempt many to 



life has been spent in developing and 

 popularizing the daffodil, but, of course, 

 its price is prohibitive at present. 



The locomparftbilis Sorts. 



The incompara bills, or star narcissi, are 

 all of much beauty, even better than the 

 trumpet section for bedding and mass- 

 ing, and in nearly every case increase 

 rapidly under cultivation. A few good 

 sorts are: Beauty, a bold and hand- 



good for massing and spreading rapidly; 

 Stella superba, over double the size of 

 the older type, and Queen Bess, with a 

 pure white perianth and much expanded 

 light yellow cup. One or two of the 

 double incomparabilis are "worthy of cul- 

 ture, although double daffodils look 

 coarse compared with single ones. The 

 Orange Phoenix, "eggs and bacon," and 

 Sulphur Phoenix, "codlins and cream," 

 are both good for bouquets or vases. 



' Lredsii and Barri. 



The Leedsii, or eucharis-flowered nar- 

 cissi, are extremely chaste and beautiful. 

 They are charming in flower beds and 

 borders and are splendid for cutting. 

 They naturalize finely in grass land, in 

 which they may be likened to multitudes 

 of silvery stars. These are not half 

 enough grown. Their exquisite beauty 

 far exceeds that of the trumpet section, 

 while they increase rapidly under cul- 

 tivation. Some of the best varieties are: 

 Duchess de Brabant, Minnie Hume, 

 Duchess of Westminster and Mrs. Lang- 

 try. The last named, with its broad 

 white perianth and its large cup, which 

 opens primrose and passes off white, is 

 in my estimation one of the most beauti- 

 ful of the whole daffodil family. 



Narcissus Barri, while not a large 

 class, contains one or two of the most 

 popular daffodils grown. Conspicuus 

 has a flower of great beauty and re- 

 finement. Its large, broad yellow peri- 

 anth and broad, short cup, edged with 

 bright orange-scarlet, added to its ro- 

 bust habit and extreme floriferousness, 

 make it popular with everybody and a 

 leader in the chalice cupped daffodils. 

 Barri Flora Wilson also has a striking 

 and beautiful flower. 



Poet's Narcissi. 

 Narcissus Burbidgei, commonly known 

 as the hybrid poet's narcissus, or dolly 

 cup daffodil, differs from N. poeticus in 

 the cup of the flower being generally a 

 trifle longer and not so flat, and flowers 



Narcissus Barri Conspicuus. 



some flower; Princess Mary, with large 

 and much expanded cup, suffused with 

 orange; Guyther, with a large, broad 

 yellow perianth and orange cup; Sir 

 Watkin, "the giant Welsh daffodil," 

 still one of the finest daffodils for all 

 purposes, splendid for cutting; Stella, 



as a rule before N. poeticus ornatus. 

 John Bain is one of the best of this 

 class, effective for massing in borders. 

 Falstaff and Agnes Barr are other good 

 and inexpensive forms of this narcissus. 

 Narcissus biflorus, the primrose peerless 

 daffodil, is the latest of the whole fam- 



