4 BARR’S HARDY DAFFODILS, THEIR ARRANGEM ENT AND THEIR CULTURE. 
Culture, adaptation^ etc., of the daffodil. 
Daffodils are the most graceful and beautiful of all hardy Spring flowers ; they have for centuries 
adorned our gardens, and withstood uninjured our severest winters better than any other spring flower, 
" Daffodils 
That come before the swallow dares, and take 
The winds of March with beauty.” 
For growing in beds, mixed borders and shrubberies, the Daffodil surpasses all other flowers of 
spring, when naturalized in orchards, woodland walks, sloping banks, meadows, margins of lakes and 
pondsf the effect is splendid. All the strong growing Daflodils may be naturalized, including such sorts 
is Emperor, Empress! Horsfieldii, many of the white trumpet varieties, also all the Incomparabihs, barm, 
Leedsn Backhousei, Nelsoni, Bemardii, Tridymus, Odoms, Burbidgei, Poeticus, etc. In orchards many- 
sorts which do not succeed in gardens will be found to thrive, and we advise that all kinds which do not 
take kindly to garden culture remove to the orchard or hedgerow. In all such places the noble flowers of 
the daffodil are seen to great advantage. The slender and dwarf-growing sorts, Nanus, Minimus, Juncfolius, 
Triandrus Corbularias, Cyclamineus, etc., do well on rockwork, and select places in grass , Minimus 
Juncifolius, and Triandrus are found wild in mountain pastures where the soil is shallow and hrm . Cot bularia 
and Cyclamineus where the soil is soft and wet winter and spring, but dry in summer. For culture under 
glass! 3 to 6 bulbs of the strong growing sorts cultivated in a pot, the effect is splendid; of the dwarf 
growing kinds enumerated 6 to 18 bulbs in a pot give a fine effect, and also make charming edgings. 
8 Daffodil flowers can be had from January to June, FIRSTLY, by planting m pots or boxes, , SECONDLY, 
planting out-of-doors, in September; and, THIRDLY, planting out-doors, in succession, from Sep.ember to 
Christmas. The late plantings give beautiful flowers in May. Those planted in pots or boxes flower 
January or February, the bulbs for early flowering should be potted up as early m the season as possible. 
J Om-of-doors the various kinds of Daffodils form a natural succession. In mild seasons, 
N Pallidus prcecox and N. Obvallaris flower early in February, and are followed by others in succession. 
Amongst the new handsome Daffodils found by Mr. Barr, in Spain, N. Santa Maria, the richest 
oranee-yeUmu known, and Johnstoni, Mrs. George Cammell, Pelayo, and Queer i of Spain, aie beauties. 
In arranging Daffodils for effect in the flower garden, or in potting up for indoor decoration, bear in mind 
they form a natural succession, fully explained under the heading of each group, but noticed here to show 
which groups flower together. First, the earliest are the Trumpet Daffodils, ? arl f 
and Triandrus varieties. SECOND, flowering together— Incomparabihs, Bairn, Leedsn, Odorus, Early 
flowering Poeticus, and Early-flowering Burbidgeis. Third, Nelsoni, Tridymus, Backhousei, Bernard!, 
and Jonquils. Fourth, Biflorus, late-flowering Poeticus, late-flowering Burbidgeis, Schuanthes orientalis 
and Gracilis. In the middle season, representatives from all the groups may be found m bloom a the 
same time, therefore, those wishing to see our collection, and can only make one vis.t, should do so Af - 
The Daffodils enumerated and described in the following pages, comprise all the finest sorts in commerce. 
They for the most part are varieties, we have been introducing annually, having been raised by the late 
Mr. William Backhouse, “ known as the Wcardalc Daffodils ,” and by the late Mr. Edward Leeds, knouju 
as the Longford Bridge Daffodils .” These New Daffodils became the property of Mr. Barr, who arranged 
and named them, the names afterwards were revised by a Committee, after the first Daffodil Conference, 
held 1st April 1884 An account of the conference, with much valuable information, and the authorized 
list of Daffodils, will be found in » Ye Narcissus or Daffodyl,” by F. W. B. & P. B„ price is. 
CULTURE AND ADAPTATION OUT OF DOORS.— The Daffodil may be grown in any soil and situation, but 
thrives best in a fertile well drained loam (avoid manure as much as possible), and, ill the warmer parts of 
Fneland when possible, they should be planted in a situation facing north or north-east, but protected .rom north 
or north-east winds. In planting, the top of the bulb should be about two inches below the surface, according to 
its size • but when grown in permanent beds, &c., where summer flowers arc cultivated over the bulbs plant two 
or three inches deeper, and use only the strongest growing Daffodils for such purposes taking care the drainage, 
natural or artificial, is perfect. For beds, the large-flowering trumpet and Incomparabihs varieties of Daffodils 
arc charming, and for edgings, the dwarf growing kinds, such as Cyclamineus Minor, Nanus, Minimus Nelsoni 
minor, Triandrus albus, J uncifolius, and all the Corbularias. The Corbularias, lift in | uly and replant in October. 
CULTURE AND ADAPTATION INDOORS.— Use three to six bulbs of strong-growing sorts, according to size 
of bulb in a 4 or c-inch pot ; small-growing kinds, such as N. Minimus, Nanus, Minor, Cyclamineus, I riandrus 
funcifoiius and Corbularia, a greater number of bulbs should be used. These dwarf-growing, small-flowered 
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The pots or boxes to remain out of doors till full of roots, and top growth has commenced. Portions may then 
be removed indoors, in succession, and placed in a moist forcing-house, and plentilully supplied with water, 
care being taken that the plants do not get drawn, from an insufficient supply of air. 
A selection of Daffodils should consist of varieties from the three groups. The Trumpet and Corbularia 
Sections of Daffodils, out of doors, flower in succession, one variety following the other from February till May. 
The Nonsuch or Incomparabihs and other sections of hybrid Daffodils, begin flowering out of doors in March, and 
succeed each other till May. The Burbidge’s Daffodils, the Poet's Narcissi, the Tazetta or Bunch- flowered Daffo- 
dils, &c. , out of doors, commence flowering early in April, and furnish a succession of blossoms till June. When 
grown under glass, all the Daffodils /lower much earlier than the periods above named. 
Cut blooms of Daffodils are always acceptable, and are in abundance at a season when other flowers are 
scarce. They supplement and associate admirably with hot-house flowers. For upwards of twenty years, for 
three months in Spring, cut flowers from our collection of Daffodils have been exhibited at the various London 
Flower Shows and Fortnightly Meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, also at the Spnng Hower 
Shows held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Crystal Palace, Royal Aquarium, and other places in town 
and country. 
At the above-named places we have been awarded numerous Gold and Silver Medals, 
Prizes, Certificates, Votes of Thanks, etc. Our Grand Display of Daffodils at the Second Great 
Daffodil Conference, held April 15th to 18th, 1890, was awarded the ONLY GOLD MEDAL. 
\_Barr and Son, 
