THE COVER PICTURE 
Little England plantation was established in 1651 through a grant of the 
British Crown. The clapboard house in the right of the picture on the cover of 
the catalog was built prior to 1680, and the main house with its thick brick walls 
laid in Flemish bond was completed in 1716. 
Twice it has served as an Army hospital — during the Revolutionary and 
the War of 1812 — and in 1781 the Virginia militia used it as an outpost to observe 
the operations of the British Army at Yorktown and Gloucester Point. 
Now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pratt, formerly of Glen Cove, Long 
Island, the fertile soil of Little England is producing daffodil bulbs and blooms of 
such high quality that they have attained nation-wide recognition. 
OUR BULBS BLOOM 
Whether you want flowers to decorate your home or for exhibition purposes, 
you will find daffodil growing a very gratifying and rewarding hobby. They are 
extremely hardy and thrive in any climate except tropical. The bulbs are immune 
to attack by moles or mice. They multiply yearly and need not be taken up oftener 
than every fourth or fifth year. 
Of course, best results are obtained when top quality bulbs are planted, and 
at Little England Daffodil Farm every scientific care and precaution is taken in 
growing and shipping. Bulbs are not taken from the ground until the flowers and 
foliage are dead. After being dug they are cleaned and placed on trays in large 
storage houses where they are allowed to rest under proper atmospheric conditions 
for about ten weeks. When shipping begins early in September they are packaged 
in such a manner as to preclude any possiblity of damage. 
This policy has produced dividends, in that each ensuing year more and 
more of our customers have the pleasure of winning prizes with daffodils produced 
by our bulbs. 
HINTS ON GROWING 
In choosing a site for your garden it should be borne in mind that the land 
must be well drained, for soil that is waterlogged or sour will not grow good bulbs. 
Any loam, from sandy to quite stiff clay will grow good daffodils. A position open 
to sun should be selected, and four to four and one-half feet is a convenient 
width for the beds, with 18-inch paths between. Unless the soil is very poor the 
bulbs will need no feeding, but if fertilizer does seem advisable never, under any 
circumstances, use barnyard manure. Nothing is safer or better than a light 
sprinkling of bone meal; about three ounces per square yard lightly forked into 
the bed. 
When Little England Daffodil Farm bulbs are shipped the flowers have 
already formed in them. Thus, the grower has to wait only a f-w short months 
after planting to be rewarded with beautiful, colorful blooms, as Daffodils are the 
first flowers of Spring. 
FOR EXHIBITORS 
The garden club is an American institution which has captured the interest 
of women in every walk of life. From coast to coast nearly every community, 
whether urban or rural, boasts a thriving garden club whose members take an 
active intercst in various civic projects. 
Exhibitions help provide funds for participation in these projects and many 
of the clubs hold a Daffodil Show each Spring. So many of our customers have 
had the thrilling experience of winning major prizes with flowers grown from our 
bulbs (we have more than 200 prize winners in our collection), it has been suggested 
that we make a separate listing of bulbs which should yield rare and unusual 
blooms for exhibition purposes. 
This listing will be found on pages 22, 23, and 24 of this catalog. 
CLASSIFICATIONS 
Those who have regularly received our catalogs will find a helpful innovation 
in this issue. The number printed immediately after the name of the flower signi- 
fies the approximate blooming time. The six-weeks blooming season has been 
divided into 12 periods, number 1 signifying the earliest bloomers and number 12 
the latest. 
Numbers and letters preceding the name of the flower simplify identification 
when reference is made to the classification table on the opposite page. The asterisk 
(*) means prize winner. 
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