Chief and any formality in the shape of the plantings should be 
Divisions 
of Daffodils 
carefully avoided. 
In gardens Daffodils, except Narc. Corbularia and 
Triandrus, may be planted in beds, borders, and among shrubs. 
A point often raised in Daffodil growing is the drawback of 
having to let the foliage die away naturally, a process not 
complete till the end of June. A good plan is to sow here and 
there between the Daffodil plants, or round the clumps, seeds at 
proper intervals of the beautiful dwarf Nasturtiums. These 
grow up quite well among the Daffodils, and when the foliage 
of the latter passes, fill the gaps and supply colour. Here again 
it must be insisted upon that all Narcissi are seriously injured if 
the foliage is tampered with before the end of June. Gardeners 
are often great offenders in this matter, and in a misplaced zeal 
for neatness clear away the leaves which are the sole channels 
whereby nourishment is supplied to the bulbs, without which 
they cannot mature or produce their flowers the next season. 
In the large family of Narcissi, the chief divisions are the 
Trumpet Daffodils, including the self-yellows, the bi-colours, 
the beautiful self-whites, and the flowers with white petals and 
pale sulphur trumpets——The Narcissus Incomparabilis and 
Incomp. Barrit and Leeds class, with white or yellow petals 
and large or medium cups, many of these yellow, stained with 
orange and scarlet, and some with bright all-scarlet cups.—The 
Nelson Narcisst, with goblet-shaped cups.—The hybrids of the 
Burbidgei section, with small cups, including some of the new 
varieties, which are the most highly coloured of all the red- 
cupped Daffodils. —'The Eng/eheartiz, a beautiful new class, 
with large saucer-shaped, disc-like cups, of very beautiful 
colours.—The Poeticus Narcisst, now reinforced by many fine 
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