COMMERCIAL DUTCH-BULB CULTURE. 37 
wealth of decorative material in these groups. In the preparation 
of any list availability must be one of the first requisites. Here, 
again, one is very likely to encounter great differences of opinion 
and conditions while we continue to be dependent, as we are, upon 
foreign importations. The importing florist and seedsman have to 
depend upon the foreign grower. The purchaser of bulbs in this 
country depends upon his florist. The varieties which can be found 
on the markets are often limited and vary from year to year. 
There are, however, certain standard varieties in the three groups 
which are nearly always obtainable, such as the now widely used 
and easily propagated Marie, Roi des Beiges, Grand Maitre, and 
L'Innocence in hyacinths ; Emperor, Empress, Golden Spur, and 
Sir Watkin in narcissi; and Chrysolora, Keizerskroon, Couleur 
Cardinal, Cottage Maid, Clara Butt, Faust, and Pride of Haarlem 
in tulips. These are all produced by the hundreds of thousands 
each year and the private individual will always find satisfaction 
in using them. The commercial grower, of course, will give his lists 
the most careful study and consider the demands of the trade which 
he intends to supply. It is more than likely that American pro- 
duction will for a long-time limit itself to varieties for which there 
is a very great demand and will grow much fewer varieties than are 
now offered for sale in Dutch and British catalogues. 
Already this specialization is evident. Although the largest pro- 
ducer of Dutch bulbs at the present time is handling a very long 
list in each group, this is confessedly experimental, the avowed in- 
tention being finally to sift out the less desirable and concentrate 
upon the standard varieties. Another large firm grows 60 to 80 
varieties of narcissi, but their production in large quantity is con- 
fined to not more than a dozen. Another firm grows mainly two 
forcing varieties of narcissi and a few other forcing bulbous stocks, 
specializing as it were upon forcing bulbs. 
VARIETIES OF NARCISSI. 
Most' of the lists of narcissus of any pretension are now compiled in 
accordance with the recommendations of the committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society of England, 1 which arranged a classification 
into 11 divisions, the last of which is a catchall, made up mainly of 
botanical species. The following list, arranged according to this 
catalogue, is made up of varieties which stand a good chance of doing- 
well under varying conditions. Another useful grouping not recog- 
nized- by the committee of the Royal Horticultural Society but com- 
monly found in catalogues is the Poetaz section, made up of hybrids 
1 Royal Horticultural Society. Classified List of Daffodil Names, 1914. 73 p. [Lou- 
don, 1914.] 
