M. VAN WAVEREN & SONS, INC. 101 West 31st Street, New York City 
THE DOUBLE VARIETIES 
(Continued ) 
Per 100 
PRIMROSE PHOENIX. Primrose yellow, 
large rose-shaped flower, long stems. We 
recommend this variety as a more satisfactory 
double form than Double von Sion, which, 
under American conditions, sometimes acquires 
an ugly green color. Per 1,000 $60.00_ 7.00 
Round bulbs, per 1,000 $50.00___ 6.00 
SILVER ROSE. A lovely double Leedsii pre¬ 
senting a primrose rosette, interspersed with 
almond shaped broad white petals. Medium 
height, about 17 inches, late blooming. Rare. 
Each $0.30 ......... 
SULPHUR PHOENIX. Identical with Orange 
Phoenix except that the interlacing is pale yel¬ 
low passing to white. When full blown this 
makes a scintillating snow white flower of 
splendid form and size. On that account it is 
often called SILVER PHOENIX, per 1,000 
$50.00 _____ 6.00 
Round bulbs, per 1,000 $40.00_ 5.00 
THE PEARL. A dwarf little mite with much 
character. The silvery perianth protects a 
neatly formed center of prettily curved wavy 
petals of campernel color. About 10 inches 
high. One has to bend down in the nursery to 
appreciate its value, but placed in a rockery 
pocket at eye level or a little lower “it speaks 
its piece with eloquence.”____ 8.00 
TWINK. White flushed pale primrose, center 
brilliant orange. Quite early. This recent in¬ 
troduction is making rapid strides towards 
general recognition as a first class variety for 
all purposes. Each $2.00...____ 
VON SION (Telemonius plenus). Short stemmed, 
double yellow forcing variety. In great favor 
for Easter pans. If double varieties are used 
for forcing they must be kept cooler at first 
than single Narcissi. When the fat buds are 
well out of the necks, more heat can be applied, 
and more water by all means. Doubles must 
be given much more moisture than single kinds, 
otherwise blasted buds will surely result. This 
goes for Von Sion as well as for the magnificent 
Primrose Phoenix. 
Dcuble-nosed bulbs, per 1,000 $60.00___ 7.00 
Round bulbs, per 1,000 $40.00_ 5.00 
THE BALANCE OF NATURE 
On some of the oldest copper engravings of Nar¬ 
cissus plants one can find fairly accurate pictures 
of the large and of the small Narcissus fly. Already 
early in the seventeenth century these flies must 
have been recognized as insect companions of these 
bulbs. They are relatively harmless and easily 
controlled by the alert grower. 
The much discussed Tylenchus Dipsacii is a 
nematode now found to be widely prevalent in 
the United States on many host plants, as well as 
on Narcissi. In fact, there is much evidence that 
this particular Tylenchus has existed here a long 
time, but has only acquired its taste for cultivated 
Narcissi in the last thirty years. It does not ap¬ 
pear to be active on established clumps or on 
Narcissi grown without fertilizer in grassy plots 
and meadows. Yet these same bulbs taken up and 
planted in nursery rows under clean cultivation on 
well fertilized land, may promptly show a heavy 
infestation in its most malignant aspect. 
Practically all Narcissus growers in the United 
States now realize that infiltration of Tylenchus 
into their cultivated Narcissus stocks is inevitable. 
Infection may occur at any time in very many 
ways, including burrowing rodents and quail, 
pheasants and rabbits that run from place to place. 
Neither the severest inspection service, nor che 
most careful grower can give an absolute guaran¬ 
tee today that any given stock of Narcissus is 
100% free from Tylenchus. In this light it may 
be recalled that in 1923 at a hearing in Washington, 
D. C., the Holland growers were asked for such 
a guarantee and that, although facing the loss of 
an important market for their product, they 
courageously declined. They knew that this de^ 
mand could not be met and the Dutch growers, 
in that instance, acted in accordance with the best 
traditions of their nation. 
PROGRESS =- —=3=-. _ ■= 
1 he new white Daffodils are especially suitable for American conditions. Our gardens are usuallv blessed 
with much sunshine in the Spring, in which these white varieties seem to revel, and which undoubtedly in¬ 
creases their purity and their substance. They have a mystic luminosity, a spiritual loveliness, which becomes 
all the more evident when the light of day slowly fades. The living purity of their perianths, the entrancing 
variations of palest primrose, ivory and cool white in their cups and trumpets, the outline of their youthful 
delicate grace, appeals to our highest emotions. 
Those favored persons who decide to secure bulbs of these magnificent new creations, will find that they 
have made an astonishingly profitable investment, for at small cost they will have acquired the inspired master¬ 
pieces from the greatest hybridizers’ workshops. 
Mrs. E. H. Krelage Beersheba Mitylene 
Tenedos Triandrus Thalia Southern Gem 
Her Grace Cheerfulness Silver Rose 
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