September 12, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
777 
which may be reckoned of moderate height even for a Daffodil 
of this size and vigour. It is also well adapted for cultivation 
in beds. 
The most sensational Daffodil of the past season was un¬ 
doubtedly Peter Ban-, which, like its namesake, might be de¬ 
scribed as the king of the Daffodils. The flower might be 
described as of the same type as Mme. de Graaff, but is much 
larger and finer, as may be seen by comparing the two in our 
illustration. The flower is in every way finely formed, symmet¬ 
rical, of great substance and furnished with pure white 
perianth segments. Tire trumpet itself is of great length, 
widely expanded at the mouth and frilled, thousrh very shal¬ 
lowly-divided. When the flower first, expands this trumpet is 
of the palest. lemon, but after a time it passes off almost to 
pure white. The plant is of vigorous constitution, furnished 
with dark glaucous green foliage of great substance and tex¬ 
ture, while the bulbs flower verv freely and regularly. We hone 
it multiplies itself freely by offsets, so that it will soon find its 
way in cultivation. It made its debut in public last year, 
when it was honoured with a First-class'Certificate by the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and a similar award from the Royal 
Botanic Society last April. 
The next variety to which we shall refer is Lord Roberts, 
which was first brought before the public in 1901 as a new 
trumpet Daffodil. It was raised by Messrs. Ban- at their 
nurseries, and had no difficulty in receiving first-class certifi¬ 
cates when presented at the shows of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, the Midland Daffodil Society, and the Cornwall 
Daffodil Society in the above-mentioned year. The flowers are 
of great size, with broad and massive perianth segments of a 
fine golden yellow. The trumpet is also of the same hue, and 
of great length and substance. The stems are taller than in 
the case of Mme. Plemp, as it reaches a height of close upon 
2 ft, when the spring is favourable to its best development, 
.and flowers freely and regularly every year when placed under 
favourable conditions to vigorous growth and planted with 
room for increase. 
Mme. de Graaff cannot be regarded as entirely new, but we 
reproduce it on account of its beautiful form, and for the sake 
of contrast with the new claimant to distinction above men¬ 
tioned—namely, Peter Barr. For some time past Mme. de 
Graaff has maintained the position of queen of the white 
trumpet Daffodils, and though already of some years’ standing, 
we feel sure that it will for many years to come hold its claim 
upon the public as a Daffodil worthy of the first place for atten¬ 
tion in gardens. The perianth segments are pure white, but 
the beautiful trumpet is a pale primrose tint at first expan¬ 
sion, but it soon fades away almost to white, so that the variety 
lays good claim to be spoken of as a. white Daffodil. The 
trumpet is of great length, notwithstanding the fact that it 
is also widely expanded at the mouth, forming a beautiful rim 
that is very shallowly cut. For some years past we have ob¬ 
served this variety as grown in the open ground, and we can 
testify to its being of vigorous growth, but. then we also re¬ 
member that it has had every opportunity by being lifted 
annually, so that when replanted every bulb should have its 
full complement of space. 
The lovely variety Cygnet also takes first, rank amongst new 
Daffodils on account of its chaste and beautiful colours, as well 
as the large and finely-formed flowers. The perianth segments 
are broad, pure white, and slightly twisted, which we consider 
serves to take off the formality of the large massive flowers. 
The trumpet itself is of great length, soft canary-yellow, and 
beautifully revolute at the margins, which adds to its elegant 
appearance. It was honoured with an Award of Merit when 
brought before the Royal Horticultural Society last year, and 
received a similar honour when presented a.t the exhibition of 
the Midland Daffodil Society at Birmingham in April last. 
The variety Monarch, which is No. 6 in our plate, is a 
trumpet Daffodil belonging to quite a different strain, being 
related, in fact, to Emperor, rather than to the Mme. de 
raaff type. Both perianth and segments are of large size, 
good substance, well formed, and of a rich deep yellow. The 
variety is a strong grower, reaching a height of 20in., while 
the foliage is also characteristic of great vigour and strong- 
growing habit. All of the above trumpet Daffodils are of the 
easiest cultivation, and we hope they will very soon find their 
way into every private collection. 
A Note on Autumn Crocuses. 
I have just been making (August 1st) some small plantings 
of the charming autumn-flowering Crocus species. In the light 
soil of my garden they thrive well, and throughout, the late 
autumn light up the edges of my herbaceous borders at a 
time when there is not. much beyond Starworts and Torch 
Lilies to be seen. 
One of my greatest favourites is the pure white C. hadria- 
ticus, a dainty little gem of great beauty. I am also very 
Lilium/Hansoni • Flowers orange yellow, and spotted. 
(See p. 773.) 
fond of the bright purple C. iridiflorus ; C. pulchellus, lavender 
blue, with a yellow throat and white anthers, a rather un¬ 
common species, which came to me from a Dutch nursery ; and 
C. asturicus azureus, and the several varieties, atropurpureus 
and pallidus. If only one kind were grown, C. speciosus is the 
one I should choose, as. it is showy and very hardy. C. longi- 
florus, a pretty shade of rosy-lilac, C. Salzmanni, dull lilac, and 
C. zonatus, reddish-lilac, with a golden base, are all free flower¬ 
ing and easy to grow. Their flowers are apt to be sadly 
damaged by heavy rains, and it is, therefore, best to carpet 
the bulbs with some small-growing rock plant. The two plants 
which I find most suitable for this purpose are Hutchinsia 
alpina. and the small Liverwort-lea.ved Toadflax, Linaria hepa- 
ticaefolia. Both are free carpeters, and are not much harmed 
with being overtopped by the Crocus leaves for a time. The 
Linaria barely grows l- in. in height, and is. most profuse flower¬ 
ing. It forms an exquisite groundwork to the Crocus flowers, 
as also does the cool green of the neat Hutchinsia foliage. 
Worcestershire. Arthur R. Goodwin. 
