1 20 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



the name of "Trumpet Major," most of them for forcing. 

 To the best knowledge of the writer the majority of these 

 are the following: 



Major Spurius. (A. §t$3.S0 hu.), also known as 

 Early Flowering Major, Early Trumpet Major, and 

 Spurius Major, is in reality a type of Single Van 

 Sion. A splendid winter forcer, and valuable for cut 

 flowers. Similar in form to the true Trumpet Major, but 

 somewhat smaller and lighter in colour. Spurius Major is 

 two to three weeks — some claim four weeks — earlier. 



Maximus, or Trumpet Maximus (B. 18 in. § tf * 7Sc. doz.) 

 is the recognised peer in colouring among yellow daffodils, 

 being intense golden-orange throughout. The leputation 

 of any daffodil approaching "maximus colour" is establish- 

 ed. Unfortunately, perfection in everything is never centred 

 in any one individual, animal or plant, and N. Maximus is 

 no exception. While the flower is of grand size, form and 

 colour, with an immense, beautifully formed, well-opened 

 recurve-brimmed trumpet and large, gracefully twisted 

 petals, it has one fault — shy blooming, or not blooming at 

 all, excepting under congenial conditions. Those who supply 

 these conditions will glory in the result. The bulbs of N. 

 Maximus require to be planted not less than five inches 

 deep in well-drained (and if possible, trenched) strong 

 rich loam, with some very old rotted manure below — not 

 in contact with — the bulbs. The prong-like roots start 

 early in the fall down deep in the soil. If the bulbs can 

 be planted in August — and the roots find their desired food 

 — magnificent flowers may be expected, on stems two to 

 three feet high. 



Maximus superbus longivirens. Syn: Maximus of the 

 Pyrenees. (B. 18 in. §f*$2 doz.) The characteristics 

 of this variety so closely resemble those of the variety just 

 described that the writer has been unable to appreciate any 

 distinguishing differences in comparative tests covering 

 several years. It may be that under other conditions of 



