COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



for shade; the poeticus group enjoys a heavier soil and are 

 happiest with some moisture; the dwarfs, like N. nanus 

 and the Hoop Petticoats, should have the sharp drainage 

 and sandy loam of the rock garden. But while these 

 rules generally hold, it is best to experiment a little to 

 find out which Daffodils our garden will entertain most 

 successfully. 



For naturalizing along the banks of streams none is 

 better than the various forms of Narcissus poeticus. The 

 old Pheasant's Eye is so inexpensive that it may be put in 

 by the thousand and looks lovely gleaming among the 

 young fern fronds in the short grass. The variety ornatus is 

 also very inexpensive and blooms quite a little earlier than 

 the Pheasant's Eye. 



Daffodils belong to the radiant yellows and run the 

 gamut from the pale, creamy N. albicans to the pure sunshine 

 of such as Golden Spur. Their personal colour scheme is of 

 a loveliness to be noted quite apart from their possibilities in 

 combination with other flowers. More than any other flower 

 they express supreme and exquisite freshness. The leaves 

 are of that cool blue-green shade strongly suggestive of 

 water, and the flowers themselves, radiant, crisp, vital as 

 are no other blossoms of the year, seem their perfect ac- 

 companiment. 



Daffodils are in bloom with many flowering trees and 

 shrubs and more use should be made of these in association. 

 Narcissus Golden Spur and N. obvallaris come early enough 

 to bloom in the wraith shadow of the Shad Bush, or in the 

 rosy glow of the Double-flowered Peach-trees. In my gar- 

 den is a gay picture where a Peach-tree spreads its pink- 



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