cultural Society of England in a recent report says 

 " Many varieties of daffodils can not survive very 

 long when grown in grass." That is why we are 

 compelled to replace them so often. Of course 

 there are varieties that will survive a reasonable 

 length of time, and the Emperor and Empress are 

 among the " survival of the fitted", but even the 

 ^urdie^ ones are far lovelier when growing among 

 flowers than through grass. Ju^ imagine how a 

 gloomy bank, or a bare shrubbery border, is 

 beautified in Springtime by the abundant green 

 foliage of the white or blue (or both) forget-me- 

 nots and their countless lovable flowers, with the 

 slender green spears of the daffodils and their eredt 

 golden trumpets! They will enchant you, and I'm 

 sorry to see this planting so rarely, which is 

 surprising, when you realize it has to be planted 

 only once to be enjoyed forever after. 

 ^ I know I say a great deal about forget-me-nots 

 and I hope you don't find it boring, but I am 

 going to continue exploiting these darling flowers 

 until I convince every Amateur of their beauty and 

 value. 1 hope to induce every Amateur to grow not 

 only the blue but also the white and the pink. 

 ^ I do wish you would order several hundred bulbs 



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