ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



I, A Century-old Field of Daffodils 



(C M. Whitney). Frontispiece. 



FACING PAGE 



II. An Ideal Planting (7. H. Mc- 



Farland). . . . .10 



III. The Importance of Massing 



{H. G. Taylor). . . .11 



IV. Types of Flowers {J. M. Kirby). 14 

 V. Planting in the Herbaceous Border 



{Henry Troth). ... 28 

 VI. The Poet's Narcissus Naturalised 



{N. R. Graves). . . .29 



VII. A Few Good Bulbs {J. M. Kirby). 44 

 VIII. Daffodils for the Window Garden 



{A. M. Kirby). , . . 45 

 IX. Paper-white Narcissus as a Parlour 



Plant {Van Wagner). . . 76 

 X. Commercial Cultivation in Flats 



{H. E. Angell). _ . . .77 

 XL Commercial Production of Cut 



Flowers {H. E. Angell). . 92 



XII. A Flat of Flowers Ready for Cut- 

 ting {H. E. Angell). . . 93 



XIII. The Poet's Narcissus in Landscape 



Effect (7. H. McFarland) . . 108 



XIV. Poet's Narcissus Naturalised in a 



Lawn (A. R. Dugmore). . 109 



XV. Trumpet Daffodils Naturalised 



{Henry Troth). . . .124 

 XVL All -yellow Trumpet Daffodil 



{A. M. Kirby). . . .125 

 XVII. All white Trumpet Daffodil 



{A. M. Kirby). . . .156 



