NARCISSI OR DAFFODILS. 
R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. 
A Natural Plantation of Narcissus Poeticus. 
LARGE TRUMPET NARCISSUS. 
For Natural Plantations. This 
is the day of the natural garden and the 
Daffodils are among its most charming 
subjects. Once planted there is no 
limit to their existence and they im- 
prove and multiply each year, provided 
they are replanted when after several 
years they become too crowded. There 
is not a single sort in the entire list that 
may not be advantageously used. The 
accompanying illustration shows a 
natural border of Poeticus, one of the 
cheapest, yet most fascinating Daffo- 
dils. Other inexpensive forms suitable 
for such massing are Barri Conspicuus 
and many of the Leedsi and Incom- 
parabilis sections, while the large 
trumpet varieties, many of which are 
likewise inexpensive, may be planted 
in comparatively small clumps with 
good effect. Each clump or mass 
should be of one variety—they should 
not be mixed—but the effect of 
planting a number of kinds each in a 
separate clump is most pleasing and ex- 
tremely interesting. 
For Formal Beds. The Daffodils 
are charming, too, planted in beds, 
especially when combined with an 
undergrowth of the blue Scilla Siberica, 
Forget-me-not, or other dwarf spring 
flowers. They should be planted in 
October or early in November. The 
bulbs should be set from four to five 
inches deep; the larger sorts five or 
six inches apart and the small varieties 
three to four inches. They should 
never be planted in very windy situa- 
tons. 
For Clumps in Hardy Plant . 
Borders. Groups of Daffodils in 
borders of hardy herbaceous plants and 
along the edges of shrubbery beds are 
exceedingly effective and delicately 
beautiful. 
For Greenhouse Culture. The 
commercial florists have been foremost 
to give the Daffodils the attention due 
them. They have learned how easily 
and successfully these lovely fiowers 
may be forced into bloom during winter 
(even as early as Christmas), and how 
fascinating and lasting are the blossoms. 
They may be planted in pots or bulb 
pans six inches or more in diameter, 
several bulbs in each, according to size, 
and treated in the same manner as 
Hyacinths. 
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Ard Righ or Irish King. Magnificent golden 
yellow trumpet, splendid for forcing, very early, 
Emperor. Immense flower; trumpet, clear, 
golden yellow; perianth, deep primrose, often 
three anda half inches across; fine forcing sort, 
Empress. Rich yellow trumpet with broad white 
perianth; a flower of great size and substance; 
one of the finest Daffodils; forces well . 3 
Glory of Leiden. Clear yellow; one of the 
largest of the Giant Trumpet varieties. A fine 
exhibition sort. Awarded first-class certificate, 
Re ES glzondony sesese cee 
Golden Spur. Very large and fine flower, im- 
mense golden trumpet, reflexed at the lip; 
perianth, very broad. 
Grandee 
trumpet; 
imbricated; 
Maximus. 
the lip; 
Large golden-yellow 
perianth, white, broad, and finely 
one of the best of the Bicolor 
type; alittle later than Horsfieldii . . . . 30 
Henry Irving. A noble flower of rich golden 
yellow; trumpet, large and wide, recurved at 
petals of the perianth, broad and : 
overlapping; very handsome acnae a 
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