October 1, 1904. 
THE QARDEMNQ WORLD 
781 
Daffodil Mrs. H. D. Betteridge. 
Within, recent years a number of new white Trumpet Daffo¬ 
dils ha.ve been added to the list, thus greatly elevating the 
standard of the varieties 1 which we may expect to see in general 
cultivation a few years hence. In the meantime, only a few 
people can possess them until time lias enabled the bulbs to 
increase sufficiently by offsets to meet the wants of all. 
The variety to which we allude here is Mrs. H. D. Better- 
idge, a Trumpet Daffodil with fkiwers of a uniform clear ivory- 
white. The great distinction between this variety and another 
which we illustrate in this issue is the great breadth of the 
base of the segments. The latter are, in fact, 
ovate, showing that the variety belongs to the 
Narcissus bicolor section from a botanical point of 
view in reference to the structure of the flower. 
The colour, as we have just indicated, would place 
it in another section from a garden point of view 
—namely, amongst the white Trumpet Daffodils. 
The trumpet* is long, well expanded, or even lobed 
and revolute at the mouth, as in N. ma-ximus, but 
the colour is the same as the segments. 
As we have already mentioned, the variety 
under notice might be placed' in either of two dif¬ 
ferent. sections, according to the point of view 
which is entertained. The wild N. bicolor has 
broadly ovate 1 , white segments, more or less tinted 
with green. The variety under notice has this 
structure, and would therefore be classed under 
N. bicolor by the botanist who might condescend 
to notice varieties. On thei other hand, those 
Daffodils which have oblong segments, but the 
same, or nearly the same, width at both ends, 
would, we presume, derive their parentage from 
N. Pseudo-narcissusi, or some of the other forms 
which, evidently from their structure, belong to 
the same affinity. On the other hand, gardeners 
and some growers would pay more attention, to 
colour and describe it a® a white Trumpet Daffodil 
without stating toi which botanical section it might 
belong. In any case, Mm H. D. Betteridge is a, 
beautiful Daffodil which will prove a, great acquisi¬ 
tion to. the spring garden when sufficiently numer¬ 
ous to be grown in quantity. The illustration of it 
has been placed at our disposal by Messrs. Hogg 
and Robertson, 22, Mary Street, Dublin. 
destroy them in the following maimer :—Get an ordinary wine 
bottle and pour a little turpentine into it, about 1 in. deep 
■being sufficient; the next, thing to do. is to tuck the trousers 
inside the socks, or you may get a reminder up. the leg if 
there are any crawling about the ground. Then go quietly to 
the nest and push the neck of the bottle well into the hole or 
entrance to the nest. If the neck of the bottle does not fill 
up the hole, fill it round with soil. The fumes from the tur¬ 
pentine will kill all the wasps, when the nest may be dug out 
the following morning without any fear, and the grubs burnt. 
Should there be any difficulty in applying the above’, taka 
equal parts of sulphur and saltpetre, with a little powdered 
c Daffodil Mrs. H. D. Betteridge. 
charcoal added; roll some of this up in a piece of stiff paper, 
making it like a squib. Light one end and thrust it well into 
the entrance of the nest, and cover up with a turf. They may 
be dug out in two or three minutes after applying the squib. 
There need be no. fear of bolding one. end of the squib in the 
hand when applying match, as it goes off slowly, much the 
same as an ordinary squib, giving plenty of time to apply to 
the nest after lighting. Destruction. 
A Gardener’s Golden Wedding.— On August 29th Mr. Edwin 
Scott, gardener, and his wife, of Harden, near Bingley, cele¬ 
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, which took 
place on 29th August, 1854, at the Bingley Parish Church. 
Wasps. 
Wliat can be more annoying to us gardeners 
than wasps? No matter where we look, the deh 
st ruction of the fruit- is appalling. We watch our 
choice finite with interest until their ripening 
stage, when to our dismay we find we have to share 
them with the wasps. 
I have- heard some say that to hang bottles of 
sugar and beer in, the fruit trees only helps to 
attract their attention to the fruit. But, if such 
bottles be put there in good time, it, is really sur¬ 
prising what a large number they capture before much damage 
is' done to the fruit. 
Them, again, when we find a, few of our fruits attacked, do 
not remove them for the sake of the little they have left, 
but leave them where they are- for the wasps to finish, which 
they will clean out to the skin, and while being occupied with 
tlio-se some of the others may be spared. 
It is impossible to cover our wall trees over in all cases-, as 
some may suggest, because in most old places the walls are not 
in very good order, which would leave ample space for the 
wasps- to crawl beneath the covering. The best way I know of 
dealing with these pests is to destroy their nes-te at night, and 
so- make sure of capturing the lot of them. 
I always make a practice of hunting up their nests, and 
