CHOICE NAMED HYACINTHS, AND DAFFODIL OR NARCISSUS. 9 
each — j. d. 
458 f Nightingale, large fine truss, ex 2 o 
459 ^Pavilion Blanc, large truss, ex o 9 
460 +Prince of Waterloo, compact truss, ex. ... o 10 
461 *Prlncess Frederick William, large fine 
truss, ex 1 o 
462 *Queen Victoria, handsome truss, ex o 8 
467 + Anna Maria, blush, neat bells with violet 
centre, good truss o 
468 *Anna Paulowna, white, shaded rose, com- 
pact large truss, ex o 
469 *Cleopatra, blush white, large bells, thick 
fine truss, ex o 
470 *Dolly Varden, white, shaded rose , large 
bells, thick truss, ex 1 
471 *Elfrida, waxy white, large bells, bold hand- 
some truss, ex o 
472 ^Grandeur A Merveille, white, shaded rose, 
immense compact truss, ex o 
473 *Lord Grey, white, tinged rose, fine truss, ex. o 
WHITE SHADED ROSE, Etc. 
each- 
463 *Queen of the Netherlands, large bells , 
very fine truss, ex 
464 *Snowball, fine truss, bells beautifully sym- 
metrical, and of great substance, ex 
465 +Vainqueur,yfw<? truss, ex 
466 fVan Hooboken, very large, ex 
481 *Anna Carolina, beautiful primrose o 8 
482 *Bird of Paradise, beautiful rich yellow , 
fine compact truss, ex 3 o 
483 *Duc de MalakofF, salmon, striped rose- 
lake, novel colour, large truss, ex o 10 
484 *Heroine, primrose, large truss, ex o 8 
485 ^Herman, apricot-salmon, fine truss, ex. ... o 9 
486 *Ida, rich primrose, large truss, ex 1 6 
487 fJaune Supreme, rich yellow, good truss... 1 o 
YELLOW, CITRON, PRIMROSE, SALMON, Etc. 
474 t^a Virginity, blush white, very large bells, 
fine truss 
475 *Mammoth, white, tinged rose, very large 
bells, large truss 
476 ^Princess Marie, white , rose shaded, large 
compact truss, ex 
477 *Seraphin, white, shaded rose, large bells, 
very large truss, ex 
478 fTriumph Blandina, white, beautifully 
tinged rose, pink centre, fine it uss, ex. ... 
479 *Tubaeflorus, blush rose, large bells , large 
handsome truss, ex 
480 * Voltaire, white, shaded rose, large bells... 
488 *John Stuart Mill, primrose, fine truss, ex. 
489 *King of Holland, apricot colour 
490 *La Citronni^re, citron-yellow, fine truss, ex. 
491 *L’Or d'AviBtr&Ue, fine yellow, large truss, ex. 
492 ^Rowland Hill, fine yellow, fine truss (new), 
493 *Sonora, salmon, fine truss, ex 
494 fine yellow, fine truss, ex. 
495 * Victory, fine yellow, large truss, ex. . 
For New Hyacinth Glasses, with Art-Cameo Figures , etc., see p. 48. 
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DAFFODIL OR NARCISSUS. 
Twice the Royal Horticultural Society awarded to us the Gold Banksian Medal, and once the large Gold 
gilt Silver Floral Medals, etc., also other Awards and Certificates, for our Exhibits of Daffodil /louvers 
When Her Majesty opened the Royal Horticultural Society's Show on the 2nd May, 1877 . we received a 
Commemorative Gold Medal for our exhibit of more than a hundred different sorts of Daffodils. 
The Daffodil is the most beautiful of Spring flowers, and is the hardiest and most enduring. Its blossoms 
are uninjured by frost, snow, rain, and wind, and continue a long time decorative. A selection made from the 
three groups will give a succession of flowers from February till June. The Trumpet Section of Daffodils com- 
mence flowering in February, succeeding each other till the end of April. The Peerless Section of Daffodils 
commence flowering in March, and follow each other in succession till May. The third group of Daffodils 
embraces the Poet’s Narcissus, and the Tazettaor Bunch-flowered Daffodils, which begin flowering early in April, 
and follow one after the other till Tune. 
As cut flowers for vases, all the Daffodils are most elegant, and can be had in abundance at a season when 
flowers are scarce. They form a pleasing contrast, and associate admirably with hot-house flowers. During 
three months in Spring cut Daffodil flowers from our collection are exhibited at the various Spring Shows 
and Fortnightly Meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, also at the Spring Flower Shows held at the Royal 
Botanic Gardens. The exhibition of these beautiful hardy flowers attracts more notice from the visitors, and elicits 
more admiration than the expensive exotics which have been grown under glass. 
(63gr NEW DAFFODILS. — The Weardale and Longford Bridge Collections of New Daffodils have received 
considerable publicity through the press and our exhibits for the last few years, but more especially during the 
Spring of 1880 and 1881, as we were enabled to stage them, classed and named ; these we now offer for sale. 
In doing so, we think it may not be uninteresting to notice that the Daffodil has been a favourite flower 
in this country for hundreds of years ; and were its literature collated, bulky volumes would be the result. 
Parkinson, in the early part of the seventeenth century, catalogued the Daffodils then in cultivation. Two 
hundred years later Salisbury gave them considerable attention, and somewhat later Haworth and Dean Herbert 
contributed many papers on the subject of Daffodils, and separately prepared monographs of them from their 
respective points of view. A few years since Mr. Baker prepared his celebrated monograph of the Narcissi ; 
but at that time he was not aware of the existence of the Weardale and Longford Bridge Collections, so that 
there is now a necessity for a revised monograph, owing to the number of forms in these two collections which 
Mr. Baker had not before him at the time he was preparing his monograph. ( Those who are desirous of acquaint- 
ing themselves more fully with the literature of the Daffodil, should purchase Burbidgc’s admirable work, which 
is beautifully illustrated, and written in a most charming style, price 31 s. 6 d.) There exists no absolute data as 
to how the new varieties of Daffodils were produced, but doubtless the keynote was furnished in Dean Herbert’s 
paper on the Hybridization of Narcissus. 
In the Longford Bridge Collection there are hybrids and varieties of exceeding beauty ; but in the Weardale 
Collection the work has been done so admirably that there is no difficulty in tracing in the flowers themselves 
the gradual steps taken in each cross. Indeed, the Weardale Collection might fairly be termed a Practical 
Treatise on Hybridization, by William Backhouse, Esq., of Weardale, where the reader is led by easy stages to 
the unfolding of a great work, which must have been produced by the most indefatigable labour combined with 
the most consummate skill. The work has been carried to the very pinnacle of excellence in gradation of size, 
diversity of form, and originality in shape and colouration. Indeed, the genius of this man is as conspicuous in 
his Daffodils as is that of the great masters in their sculpture and painting. 
Two Coloured Plates of our New Daffodils can be had on application by intending purchasers, who are desirous 
of blowing more of these fine hardy flowers. For a history of the new Daffodils see “The Garden," 23rd August, 1879. 
Culture and Adaptation.— The Daffodil may be planted in almost any soil and situation, but thrives 
best in a fertile loam ; the top of the bulb should be two to three inches below the surface. In beds the larger 
flowering Daffodils are charming, and for edgings the dwarf growing kinds are most beautiful. In flower and 
shrubbery borders, when grown in masses of distinct varieties, the effect produced by the Daffodil is unequalled. 
For naturalization in woodland walks, semi-wild places, on the margins of plantations, and amongst grass, few 
hardy flowers look so natural and pleasing. 
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