CHAPTER VI 



Naturalising in the Grass 



The lesson from nature — Where to plant — How to colonise 

 in meadows — Where delicate kinds flourish — Methods 

 of planting — Hardy varieties naturalised in New Eng- 

 land — The Tazetta in Bermuda — ^What to Plant. 



"Naturalising" is a most effective 

 method of planting daffodils. By this term I 

 mean planted broadcast in quantity in field, 

 meadow, open woodland or the wilder por- 

 tions of the estate, and left alone to flourish 

 and spread along natural lines. All the hardy 

 daffodils may be naturalised, the wild types 

 doing the best while the larger flowering 

 modern hybrids are likely to "run out"; that 

 is to say, they may lose their size, and dete- 

 riorate toward the parental types. 



The effect of the daffodil blooms mingling 

 among the grass is one that cannot well be 

 described In words. The army of graceful 

 flowers nodding and waving with the breeze 

 is entranclngly beautiful. The greater the 

 quantity used, the more the pleasure derived, 

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