Crown Golden Polyanthus grow at their feet, and in front stand 
Imperials clumps of cream Daffodils, repeating the colour of the showy 
and anthers in the Lily-like flowers above. This border leads to 
Daffodils formal Box edged beds, full of orange and yellow Tulips and 
lemon and golden Wallflowers. The pure yellow Crown 
Imperials would be very beautiful also grouped with pale 
Daffodils, which blend, indeed, with almost any colour, though 
I prefer to keep them apart from the bright rose colour of 
early Tulips. Preferably they should be planted with the 
blue Anemones Blanda and <Apennina, with the mauve 
A. pulsatilla, and with white and yellow Fumitory, or in the 
rockery with dwarf Phloxes such as Wilsoni, or Laphami, whose 
mauve heads stand a foot high. The very early kinds look 
well amongst scz//a Sibirica, or near some of the dwarf early 
Irises. The soft beauty of Iris pumila celestes would be much 
increased by a patch of cream near its pale blue flowers. 
One cannot be too grateful for the new Daffodil hybrids, 
which have not only varied form and tone, but have extended the 
flowering time so much. In a friend’s garden near Harrow all 
the following cream kinds were in perfection as late as the first 
week in May, while many other sorts were still good— 
Mrs Camm 
Cymbeline all three with large trumpets. 
Bennet Poe 
Diana—with white frilled open cups. 
Undine 
Minnie Hume with short cups. 
Luciole 
Snow-gleam— with short yellow cup. 
The clumps of the latter were still thick with buds. In 
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