1910. 
Ruralisms 
DAFFODILS FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. 
The article on “Daffodil Growing in 
Virginia,” page 310, brought to my mind 
some pleasant experiences of my own. 
More than 20 years ago I became very 
much interested in this flower, and that 
interest has never waned. Sixteen years 
since, when my little granddaughter, 
Margaret Crawford, then an infant, was 
about to be baptized, I wanted to give 
her some little present. After thinking 
it over, I purchased for her one Em¬ 
peror and one Empress bulb for each 
letter in her name—32 bulbs in all. My 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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forms and the Parvi-Coronati or Poeti- 
cus varieties. The jonquils are derived 
from Narcissus jonquilla and its hy¬ 
brids. Eds.] 
The daffodil is the most popular 
flower in England except the rose. The 
late Peter Barr, of London, collected 
over 500 varieties, and new ones are 
being produced in great numbers. Choice 
varieties are worth as high as $250 per 
bulb when first offered. It takes five 
years or more to reach blooming con¬ 
dition from the seed. I had some to 
bloom last year for the first time, and 
will have quite a number this year. The 
daffodil needs potash and phosphoric 
acid, but little nitrogen. While it is 
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THE EMPEROR DAFFODIL. Fig. 218 . 
plan was to grow these for her. and 
give her what might be received for the 
flowers and bulbs, with the thought that 
when she should be old enough to go 
to college the bulbs might pay her way. 
Some years later I sold the Empress, 
because the variety was so much like 
the Horsfieldii that I did not want 
both. During these 1G years I have 
grown the Emperor with more pleasure 
than I can tell. While it was not neces¬ 
sary to take them up annually, I have 
done so every year but two. It is such 
a pleasure to see the increase that I 
am more than repaid for the work. Not 
only this, but I always have sale for 
some bulbs to people who see the flowers 
in the Spring. Last Spring the receipts 
for flowers sold in our county seat were 
$15.70. Without any special effort I 
have sold quite a number of bulbs each 
Fall. I now have 2,000 feet of row, and 
they were not taken up last Summer. 
During these years they have grown on 
both light and heavy soil, and have 
never been affected with any disease or 
insect enemy. There is one way only 
that they have been injured. If very 
cold, windy weather comes just after 
they come up, it seems to check their 
growth for that season. So, for years, 
I have given them a little covering to 
keep them from coming up too soon. 
V\ ith a fair chance they will double 
every year. They may remain in the 
ground year after year, even in a tough 
sod. Unlike the tulip and hyacinth, 
they are never eaten by mice. 
Last Spring 1,000 tons of Narcissus 
blooms were sold in the London mar¬ 
ket. This included jonquils and daffo¬ 
dils. 1 here is a little confusion in the 
minds of some people in regard to these 
flowers. A daffodil has a trumpet¬ 
shaped flower and a flat leaf. A jon¬ 
quil must have rush leaves, a yellow 
color and a sweet fragrance. A Nar¬ 
cissus has no trumpet, but a shallow 
cup instead. 
[It must be borne in mind that these 
three classes are all Narcissi botanical- 
ly- 1 he English growers class them 
as Magni-Coronati, the trumpet forms, 
Medio - Coronati or chalice - cupped 
not safe to turn under manure, I have 
seen no harm come from a heavy top¬ 
dressing. I have every reason to be¬ 
lieve that the daffodil may be grown 
with profit from the Atlantic to the 
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