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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
April 25, 1908. 
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Bdifopial. 
“ latest, Kobbi*.” 
The well-known and enthusiastic flor¬ 
ists, Mr. R. C. Cartwright and Mr. A. R. 
Goodwin, have lately gone into partner¬ 
ship as bulb growers at Blakebrook, Kid¬ 
derminster, Worcestershire, and have sig¬ 
nalised their commencement by the issue 
of a'pamphlet on how to raise Daffodils 
from seed, with a list of the finest varie¬ 
ties. Much has been written about Daffo¬ 
dils from one point of view or another, 
but least of all, perhaps, about seedlings 
and how to raise them. Anyway, they 
have got together a considerable amount 
of information, giving the history of the. 
subject from various notable writers on 
gardening from the earliest times down 
to the present. 
The Daffodil appears to have been first 
described by Theophrastus several hun¬ 
dred years before the birth of Christ. 
Our own writers, John Gerard and John 
Parkinson, had much to say about Daffo¬ 
dils in their London suburban gardens. 
It would appear that John Parkinson-was 
the first to raise and bloom a seedling. 
This flowered in 1618, and he named it 
the Great Double Yellow Spanish Bastard 
Daffodil, giving also a Latin name. The 
testimony of various other early writers 
on gardening is also recorded in con¬ 
nection with Daffodils, including Miller, 
Dean Herbert, Edward Leeds, John Hors- 
field, William Backhouse, and the Rev. 
George Herbert Engleheart, which brings 
us down to a living raiser. The known 
history of several fine varieties also leads 
the authors to . make mention of work that 
has been done on the Continent by raisers 
of Daffodils. . * • 
The authors, after dealing with the 
general history of the Daffodil in this 
way, proceed to give the history of each 
section and sub-section, mentioning the 
most suitable varieties that have been 
used or should be used in the raising of 
new varieties. For instance, under the 
heading of self yellow trumpet Daffodils, 
mention is made of the Tenby Daffodil, 
Golden Bell, Gold Cup, Felicity, Golden 
Spur, Henry Irving, Santa Maria, King 
Alfred, Maximus, Emperor, Monarch, 
and various others of the most handsome 
Daffodils to grow, or which can be used 
with the object of procuring something 
better than we already have. 
We have frequently seen the exhibits 
of these enthusiastic amateur growers, 
and now that they have commenced trad¬ 
ing on their own account, they have left 
the role of amateurs, and we have no 
doubt they will prove equally successful 
growers as hitherto. 
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VARIATION UPON 
Oblong Beds. 
HINTS ON PLANTING. 
Oblong beds, like circles and squares, 
when too frequently employed in a gar¬ 
den become monotonous. The desire may 
be to obtain beds of fair size to hold a 
good many flowers. Such beds, however, 
need not be rectangular, as-the accom¬ 
panying plan will show. We have made 
two oblong beds, having different ends 
merely to show the possibilities, but those 
who like to lay out any similar plan in 
their garden can adopt the type of bed 
which they like best. The middle bed on 
the left-hand side is concave at the ends. 
That on the fight has convex ends. These 
curves are, indeed, the segments of a 
circle, and the small beds at the ends 
correspond to the curve of the middle bed. 
Either of these beds may be used sepa¬ 
rately if desired in the garden. 
The oblong bed on the left may be 
planted with Pentstemons and that on the 
right with late-flowering Phloxes. Both 
of these beds may be edged with Sedum 
spectabile, and if a light edging rather 
than a heavy one is desired each plant 
may consist of a single crown. Indeed, 
when the summer is half over and the 
Sedum has made some growth, the tops 
can be taken off and inserted as cuttings 
round the edges of these two beds. The\ 
will not only take root but will bloom at 
the usual season. 
Two of the small beds may be filled 
with scarlet tuberous Begonias, the single 
varieties being best for bedding. These, 
two may be edged with white Lobelia! 
The other two small beds could be filled 
with Verbena venosa edged with dwarl 
blue Ageratum. The pairs of beds might 
be selected diagonally across me plan foi 
the Begonias. Those who have plenty 01 
tubers could even plant two of these small 
beds with a single scarlet variety, and th; 
other two with a rose variety. 
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Stag’s-horn 
Rockfoil 
(Saxifraga trifurcata ceratophylla). 
(See illustration f. 283.) 
The ordinary form of S. trifurcata i; 
a free-growing and vigorous plant of sub- 
shrubby habit in the eyes of the botanist 
—in other words, the stems are persistent 
and wiry. This makes them somewhat 
more difficult to root than those with 
softer stems, but after it has once been 
established it grows rapidly and soon 
covers a considerable extent of ground. 
The variety under notice is of much 
more dense and compact habit, with more 
decidedly woody twigs. The leaves are 
also more divided, rigid, and as their 
segments diverge to the right and left, 
they bear some resemblance to the tine; 
of a stag’s horn ; hence the popular name. 
When once established in the open 
ground this makes a fair amount ol 
growth in a season, and in the course ot 
a year forms a good-sized, compact patch 
from which the flowers are produced in 
June rather later than the type. 
It is, therefore, valuable for forming 
a succession. Both of them are perfectly 
hardy, and whichever might be preferred 
would depend upon how they succeed in 
the garden of the cultivator. They are 
perfectly hardy, but delight in plenty ol 
light and air with a good supply of mois¬ 
ture during the summer season. 
Most mountain plants enjoy plenty ot 
moisture, though they should be freely 
exposed to light and air and to be kept 
cool rather than planted in dry and sunny 
situations. Even during the last season 
many of these mountain plants felt the 
effects of being planted in a dry situa¬ 
tion. In their native homes they keep 
fresh all through the summer. Judging 
from these facts the grower should always 
select a cool situation which will re¬ 
main fairly moist during the summer or 
hold the water which may r be applied 
artificially. The flowers are produced in 
good-sized trusses well above the foliage, 
are pure white, and ver\ r effective when 
large patches are grown. Propagation 
is effected by means of cuttings during 
the early part of summer. They may be 
put in a cold frame or under a handlight 
until rooted, but after that they should 
be fully exposed to light and air. 
