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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 26, 1908. 
A I'lew Type of Daffodil. 
Namssus Hco^aUa. 
size, then we should advise readers to have 
a reserve part of the garden set apart for 
bulbs of this character, where they could 
be planted out and allowed to make 
growth for a year without being disturbed. 
This will bring the bulbs, leaves and 
flowers up to the fullest size of which 
this variety is capable. 
It is not averse to well-decayed manure 
in the soil, so that such could be used in 
the reserve garden where bulbs of this 
character are planted out to recuperate 
in alternate years or once now and again 
in order to restore their pristine vigour. 
This grand Daffodil is now plentiful, 
there being probably millions of bulbs in 
the country, and can therefore be had at 
a reasonable price. The accompanying 
illustration admirably represents it, and 
we are indebted to Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons, Reading, for this opportunity of 
showing a typical flower of this yellow 
trumpet Daffodil. 
For some time past it was becoming 
apparent that a new title would be neces¬ 
sary to indicate a certain group of Nar¬ 
cissi. About five years ago this type was 
named Engleheartii, to indicate those hy¬ 
brids and varieties of N. poeticus and its 
allies which have a large corona, neither 
in the shape of a trumpet nor a cup, but 
spread out flat almost like a coin on the 
face of a white flower. Since then a 
large number of varieties have been added 
to the group having this same form of 
corona, and while all of them are remark¬ 
ably distinct, most of them are also strik¬ 
ingly beautiful. While the varieties are 
now getting numerous, however, the stock 
has not increased very much in the case o 
the more recent acquisitions. 
Readers will see that the perianth con 
sists of broad, rounded, overlapping whit' 
segments. The flat cup, as the crown i 
sometimes termed, is plaited from th< 
centre outwards, more or less crisped am 
toothed at the margin and of a beautifu 
orange-apricot edged with cinnamon-buff 
It is of recent introduction, and was s< 
charming when first brought out that i 
received an Award of Merit from th< 
R.H.S. 
All the varieties of this Englehearti 
type are characterised by the flat cu] 
as above-stated, but they vary a good dea 
in the size of the cup and its colour. Thi 
is due largely to various ways in which f h 
scarlet-edged cup of the old Poeticus typ 
blends and mixes in the progeny. Owin; 
to the small quantity of bulbs yet in com 
erce, all the better varieties of this tvpi 
are rather hig'h priced, but as years pas 
by the earlier ones get more plentiful am 
within the reach of every cultivator. The' 
are as hardy as the ordinary Incompara- 
bilis and Leedsii types, and in the cours' 
of a few years we expect to see them mucl 
more largely represented in gardens. W« 
are indebted to Mr. J. A. Cooper, Lissa 
dell, Sligo, Ireland, for the accompanyin; 
illustration, which shows this beautifu 
variety in all its beauty. Mr. Cooper i 
the manager of the bulb farm, when 
Daffodils arre so extensively cultivated ii 
Ireland, on the property of Sir Josslyi 
Gore-Booth, Bart., and is another in 
stance of how well bulbs may be growi 
in Ireland, especially in certain parts 
where the cultivators select the ground 
most suitable. 
Photo by\ 
Narcissus Incognita. 
[/. A. Cooler, Li seidell. 
Dobbie’s Mammoth 
Crocuses. 
(See illustration on page big.) 
Most people are familiar with the larg< 
number of flowers that the bulbs of Col 
chicums or Meadow Saffron are capabh 
of producing, especially in the case o 
large bulbs recently imported from th 
Dutch growers, where thev have been sub 
jected to good cultivation. The true Cro 
cuses, or at least some of them, are cap 
able of producing a considerable numbe 
of flowers from each corm, and natural! 
the improved garden forms, with larg' 
corms, are capable of producing a greate 
number of flowers than the wild or un 
improved species of Crocus. 
Some varieties are more capable of pro 
during large numbers of flowers thai 
others, and at least four of these hav> 
been singled out and are offered b 
Messrs. Dobbie find Co., Rothesay. Th 
accompanying illustration will give an 
idea of what we mean by a large numbe 
of flowers from one corm, and this illus 
tration has been placed at our disposa 
by Messrs. Dobbie. The four varietie 
to which we refer are Dobbie’s Mammotl 
