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trumpets may be enjoyed as twilight brings them 
out, they are delightful. T. he same is true of the 
starry flowers of another nocturnal bloomer, 
Nicotiana afflnis or Ornamental Tobacco; but it is 
well adapted for use near the house as well as in 
other parts of the grounds. 
It is neither possible nor necessary to mention 
CANDIDU:m LILIES. 
all of the good things that may be advantageously 
used in the home grounds, and in calling attention 
to the various classes of flowering plants to be con- 
sidered for this purpose, the few mentioned have 
been alluded to as features of the landscape rather 
than as material for supplying cut-flowers. For, 
while all fading flowers should be cut from every 
plant, the main supply for cutting, where many are 
required, should be grown apart from the plants 
used in making the pleasant picture of home and 
comfort that every dwelling with its grounds may 
and should present. F.C.S. 
DAFFODILS AND JONQUILS. 
For park planting these are the gayest of all 
bulbs, e.Kcepting the tulips of dazzling colors. The 
advantage they have over tulips is that they are 
more hardy. Tulips and hyacinths when imported 
from Holland are 
at a maximum, 
and when grown 
and bloomed de- 
generate the sec- 
ond season, by 
reason of the fully 
matured bulb hav- 
ing performed its 
mission and com- 
menced the work of reproducing its kind. The 
large bulb loses its vitality to great extent and the 
young bulbs or offsets multiply around the base. 
Time will develop these offshoots into fine bloom- 
ing bulbs, but two or three years will be required. 
An annual importation and planting of Holland 
tulips and hyacinths is necessary to keep up a dis- 
play of these bulbous flowers at their superb best. 
Not so with the Narcissus type. The class is di- 
vided into many sections, but arbitrarily four will 
answer all descriptions. The 
kinds under discussion here are 
yellow. The white narcissi, in 
variety, are not excelled in the 
floral world for free and hardy 
blooming, characterized also by 
fragrance and beauty. 
Daffodils are marked by their 
large, prominent trumpets of a 
deeper gold color than the peri- 
anth, which is spreading, thin 
and silky in texture and from a 
clear primrose to creamy yellow. 
The trumpets are waved and 
fluted around the edges, and of 
velvety texture. Daffodils bloom 
second early to crocus, Roman 
hyacinths and some white nar- 
cissi, but March will encompass 
first and second ear’}’ bulb blooming. Time was 
that daffodils w'ere called “Easter lilies” in England. 
Invariably a component of English flower gardens. 
JONOUIL. 
the daffodills bloom, naturall}q there just at Easter- 
tide. Chaucer, Shakspeare and Wordsworth pay 
tribute to the daffodil, as one of the most pleasing 
of early spring flowers. 
“Beside the lake, beneath the trees. 
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” 
Daffodils and jonquils in England are lavishly 
planted, bordering walks and drives through the 
parks. Similar disposition of the bulbs is also the 
