SEPTEMBER 7, 1903. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER 
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Monarque, Her Majesty, Jaune Supreme, 
Maestro, Paper White and its varieties, 
Queen of the Netherlands, Soleil d’Or, 
States General, White Pearl. The most 
useful of these for forcing are Paper White 
in two or three varieties, and Double 
Roman, all pure white and extremely flori- 
ferous. : 
Interesting Small-cupped Daffodils—In | 
addition to those to which attention has 
been called, there are several species that 
are extremely interesting, though.they may 
not possess high merit as florist’s flowers. 
Leedsii— Maggie May. 
Biflorus, the Primrose Peerless Daffodil, is 
well known, and much admired, as also are 
Jonquilla and its double form, both of 
which are delightfully fragrant. The Jon- 
quils are more useful for pot culture than 
for outdoors, where, if planted, they must 
have a warm, position, in which they can 
receive winter protection. Schizanthes 
orientalis is bunch flowered, and grows 14 
in. in height; while the rare little Sero- 
- tinus carries its flowers on slender stems in 
autumn. i 
Rare and Expensive Daffodils,—Except 
_in occasional instances, the rarer varieties 
have been excluded from the foregoing 
going selections, as the stock being very 
limited makes them exceedingly expensive 
to procure. Many. of these have been 
raised by the Rev. G. H. Engleheart, Mr. 
J. W. Barr, the Rev. Eugene Bourne, and 
Mr. Backhouse; while a few have come 
to us from Holland. To those who aspire to 
the dignity of being amongst the foremost 
specialists in Daffodil-land some of the 
novelties are essential, but it must be un- 
derstood that the purse should have long 
{From Peter Barr’s Catalogue. | 
strings if half a dozen or a dozen are 
wanted. 
There can. be no question. as to the mag- 
nificence of such as Peter Barr, Weardale 
Perfection, Monarch, Big Ben, Lord 
Roberts, Duke of Bedford, King Alired; 
or of the striking beauty of Albatross, Bor- 
der Maid, Cassandra, Una, Egret, Lucifer, 
Maggie May, Sceptre, Seagull, and White 
Queen, but one bulb of each of the seven- 
teen enumerated would involve an expendi- 
ture of upwards of 150 guineas at the prices 
quoted in Barr’s catalogue, The superb 
white Ajax Peter Barr heads the list with 
50 guineas, which must surely be a record 
for a single Daffodil bulb, in this or any 
other country. 
Abundant and Cheap Daffodils—Just as 
there are Daffodils whose cost is so great 
as to allow of their culture only by the 
favored few, so are there Daffodils which 
are so cheap that they come within the 
scope of any one having a garden. But 
strictly speaking, it is not for the home 
garden, often of severely limited extent, 
that low priced varieties are required, be- 
cause in tnis case the restricted numbers 
necessary do not involve a great outlay, 
except under special circumstances. It is 
those who wish to furnish areas of grass in 
lawns, wild gardens, woodland walks, and 
grassy meadows, demanding thousands of 
bulbs, that look for those which will make 
the best dispiay for the lowest initial cost. 
Scme excellent varieties are: Barii con- 
‘spicuous, Johnstoni Queen of Spain, Palli- 
dus praecox, Horsefieldii, Poeticus, Poeti- 
cus ornatus, Obvallaris, Sir Watkin, Burbi- 
gei, Henry Irving, Odorous, Princeps, Tela- 
monius plenus, John Bain, Emperor, Pal- 
merston, Abscissus, Stella, W. P. Milner. 
Daffodils for Rock Gardens.—Broadly 
speaking, any Daffodil that flourishes in 
the border will thrive in the rock garden, 
but the wise worker invariably cuts his 
coat according to his cloth, and rather 
selects “his varieties according to his 
rockwork. In rock gardens of con- 
siderable extent, such as are found 
in a few -places, situations can be 
found for representatives of the several sec- 
tions of the Narcissus family, but in small 
rockeries only those that make low growth, 
and will, therefore, be in harmony with 
their neighbors, ought to be chosen. It 
will frequently be found that varieties 
which make little or no progress in the 
general border will flourish amazingly in 
the rockery, for the simple reason that here 
a special soil may be: provided if desirable, 
and a position can be chosen that insures 
partial shelter from the sun. Again, in 
rockeries the perfection of drainage is 
readily ensured, and protective material 
can be applied. in winter if necessary. 
Some of the best for rockwork are: Cycla- 
mineus, Cyclamineus major, Juncifolius, 
the Sweet Scent Jonquil, Minor, Minimus, 
Nanus, Bulbocodium (Hoop Petticoat) in 
variety, Triandrus albus (Angel’s Tears), 
Macleaii, Moschatus. : 
Daffodils .-for Pots.—One occasionally 
hears it said that the varieties of Daffo- 
dils required for poti culture must be chosen 
with the greatest care, but as a matter of 
fact any sort one likes to put in pots and 
treat properly will grow and flower satis- 
factorily. Where failure accrues, the 
_cause can almost invariably be traced to an. 
error of management at some stage or the 
other, though, of course, the bulbs will now 
and again fail from no apparent cause. It 
is where forcing tactics are to be adopted 
that care is requisite in selection, judging 
the capabilities of the varieties by the 
simple expedient suggested in an earlier 
paragraph. Having these facts in view, the 
enumeration of varieties for culture in pots 
would merely be a waste of space, — 
