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daffodil, is good for massing but rather capricious 
as to blooming. It exceeds in beauty the four other 
double ones, Van Sion, “Butter and Eggs” and 
the remaining two incomparabilis variants, Orange 
Phoenix (“Eggs and Bacon’’) and Silver Phoenix 
(“‘Codlins and Cream”). 
The clustered nosegay daffodil (N. polyanthus) 
has beautiful forms for the garden, but they are 
tender and require protection. Their poetaz hy- 
brids are less tender. The Chinese sacred lily 
(N. orientalis) is not grown in the open in cold 
climates. The true jonquils are hardy and it is 
unfortunate that they have not come to the front 
more. Both the campernelle jonquil (N. odorus) 
and the smaller kind (N. Jonquilla) are exceed- 
ingly graceful yellow flowers. Of the small spe- 
cies called daffodils the hoop petticoat (Bulboco- 
dium citrinus) and the rushleaved B. gracilis, last 
of all to bloom, are deserving of close acquaintance. 
The angel’s tear daffodil (Triandrus albus) is not 
very hardy. 
The crocus is as much of a surprise as the tulip 
and daffodil to those who find that it is no longer 
merely a crocus. So many crocus species have 
come into cultivation that they are the subject of 
a very remarkable monograph. Nor do they con- 
tinue to suggest only spring; there are autumn- 
blooming and winter-blooming ones, so that in some 
English gardens it is possible to have crocus color 
from August to March without any interruption. 
That is work for the collector; the thing for 
