Dafois, 
Many lovers of the pretty and graceful 
Daffodils of spring are disappointed. this 
season that the Show that was held last 
year in Adelaide did not give suffi- 
cient encouragement to repeat the 
effort this season. A big Show cer- 
tainly entails a deal of time and 
trouble, but it would have been some 
‘couragement to repeat the effort season.* A 
satisfaction. if the enthusiasts had com- 
bined and held a Show on a small scale. 
It was not at all necessary to engage the 
Town Hall.: A small room in the city . 
could have been obtained, and without go- 
ing to a lot of trouble, the staging of a 
few tables, gracefully set’ out, would have 
‘been a sight that many lovers of flowers 
would have been glad to gee. The ex- 
pense could be made of a nominal charac 
ter, and as to the prize list, it might have 
been cut down 'to a few classes. Ten or 
a dozen for champion blooms and collec 
tions’ would have served the purpose, if, 
indeed, prizes are needed at all. We 
would much prefer to see exhibitors enter- 
ing their blooms for love, with a neatly 
printed certificate of merit to give an im- 
petus to the element of competition. - 
That Daffodils are popular flowers in 
Australia ig abundantly proved by the fact 
‘that scarcely a ° garden exists anywhere 
without them in some form. This popular- 
ity has grown wonderfully, too, within the 
last few years. It is only a very short 
while since the better strains of this lovely 
flower were introduced, and where the 
common garden variety of Jonquil was the 
only representative of the family year in 
and year out, we now find the latest in- 
troductions and novelties. True, we lack 
many enthusiasts to spend money in fancy 
priced introductions, or to attempt -any- 
thing in the science of cross-fertilization for 
new strains, but there are nevertheless a 
number of growers whose collections do 
them infinite credit, and quite enough to 
make an: exceedingly good show. We sin- 
cerely hope thai not another season will 
-be allowed to jpass without some effort to 
make.a Show, if even only om a moderate 
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_-Our illustrations give a general idea of 
Daffodils that are easily grown and exceed- 
ingly ornamental.. An exhaustive article 
upon their classification and culture ap- 
peared in. the “Australian Gardener” in_ 
last September. number, and we now quote 
from the “Gardener” a selection of beauties 
that can be obtained for next season. 
- Selection of Tazetta.—From a garden 
-aspect the Tazetta section—or, as it is al- 
amost invariably termed, the Polyanthus 
-section—owes its popularity: to Dutch 
raised varieties, whose value lies in their 
adaptability to pot eulture. The following 
_are, however, thoroughly worthy of inclu- 
- sion: Hermione citrina, Hermione Medi- 
-terranea, Intermedius major, Intermedius — 
Sunset. ~ Se: eae 
wf Dutch Varieties.—Bathurst, Bazelman 
Major, Double Roman, Gloriosa, Grand 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. | 
Narcissus Tazetta, 
SEPTEMBER 7, 1903. 
