Reversed bicolor Daffodils are few up to now 
but there are notable representatives in SPELL- 
BINDER, a trumpet, and BINKIE, a large cupped 
variety, the latter being exceptionally fine this 
year; and while we had used it in a few crosses, 
the resultant seedlings had been somewhat dis- 
appointing until this last year when we bloomed 
some of its progeny resulting from a cross with 
a sulphur-lemon KING OF THE NORTH X CON- 
TENT seedling. Several of these resembled 
BINKIE closely in form, but were somewhat 
larger with deeper greenish-sulphur ground con- 
trasted with the white crown. They were lovely, 
indeed and it is not difficult to envisage their 
value for flower arrangements when stock in- 
creases to the point where cutting is permissible. 
There are four or five excellent reverse trumpets 
from KING OF THE NORTH X CONTENT in va- 
rious shades of lemon to greenish-sulphur with 
white or nearly white trumpets. In addition there 
are a number of sulphur self colors, one of the 
best being LUNA MOTH. 
Other notable flowers of the season include 
several white trumpets from KANCHENJUNGA X 
ZERO, one being a large flower with broad, per- 
fectly flat, pure white, large perianth; and a 
rather narrow, nicely proportioned trumpet—an 
ideal exhibition flower. Several of its sisters were 
almost equally good. KANCHENJUNGA X LUD- 
LOW produced whites of great purity and ex- 
cellent form, and from POLINDRA X LUDLOW 
there were several blooms of high quality. 
Good red cups have not been plentiful among 
the seedlings, perhaps due to the improvements 
that had already been made, making future prog- 
ress more difficult. We did have some nicely 
colored and well formed flowers from BOMBAY 
X CALIFORNIA GOLD and from NARVIK pol- 
lenized by both CALIFORNIA GOLD and PLAY- 
BOY. PARICUTIN holds the honors for vividness 
of coloring and with its wide, almost flat crown 
of quite intense red, it is very striking. Unfortu- 
nately, it is not always as smooth as we would 
desire. As an early flower, SACAJAWEA holds 
considerable promise having excelled previous 
performances this year; and blooming as it does, 
before others of equal size and height, it should 
prove worth while for those in search of red 
cups to prolong their season. A little later one 
can have such splendid flowers for either exhibi- 
tion or cutting as ARMADA or CEYLON. For the 
garden, FIRE CHIEF provides much color early 
with its very large flaring crown of rich orange 
red but the perianth is too poor for showing. 
There is a continual search for better yellow 
Daffodils but progress here is even more difficult 
than with red cups. GALWAY is perhaps the best 
one available and there is need for a yellow of 
equal merit in the trumpet section. Two of the 
best we have grown are MILANION and KINGS- 
COURT. The former has a more attractive trum- 
pet, and the latter the nicest texture and peri- 
anth form except that here it does not usually 
open quite as flat as it should. Our best seedlings 
have come from CAMBERWELL KING X GAL- 
WAY and KINGSCOURT X GALWAY. The former 
cross has given the larger flowers and two or 
three have at least equalled any yellow trumpets 
we have seen but they must be grown in some 
quantity to determine their eventual value. 
Not a great number of new varieties were 
added to our collection in the last two or three 
years, but among them were several that look 
very good. ARBAR was certainly one of the fin- 
est red and white Daffodils that we have seen, 
while SIGNAL LIGHT is one of the most striking 
with its large, quite flat, brilliant orange red 
crown that appears to be very sun-resistant. 
SALMON TROUT is of very good form and sub- 
stance, and while it requires several days to de- 
velop its color, which is a warm salmon-pink, it 
holds well. MRS. O. RONALDS gave its first 
bloom here and looks promising although Aus- 
tralian imports cannot be judged well until after 
being grown here for some time. The whites, 
AVE, PARKMORE, and KIBO were very lovely, 
and so was FRIVOLITY with its beautiful smooth 
white perianth, and yellow rimmed orange-salmon 
cup. Two others of somewhat similar type are 
BALLYCASTLE and GALILEE. BLARNEY’S 
DAUGHTER is a larger cupped version of BLAR- 
NEY and has a wonderfully smooth velvet-like 
texture. Not quite as new, ARTISTS’ MODEL is 
unique in form with its very wide flat reflexed 
cup of salmon orange. Other lovely ones from 
New Zealand include MARIE LOUISE, PAPANUI 
QUEEN, and SATIN QUEEN, and we might add 
FAIRY MOTHER with its large distinctive pinkish 
orange crown. 
We grow only a comparatively few doubles, 
among which, GOLDEN DUCAT is a very good 
full double yellow. Mr. de Graaff of Oregon Bulb 
Farms has introduced several interesting ones of 
which WINDBLOWN is one of the best, and SUN- 
BURST perhaps the largest double we have seen. 
He has also offered two nice triandrus hybrids 
in FORTY-NINER, a free-blooming sulphur-yel- 
low, and CATHEDRAL, a large pure white. Yel- 
low triandrus hybrids are not plentiful but we 
have added two of our own, LEMON DROPS and 
YELLOW WARBLER and we have an Australian, 
perhaps a bit larger, in KINGS SUTTON. Mr. de 
Graaff has also offered a number of new pinks, 
of which we thought ROMAN CANDLE one of 
the finest. 
Among the older varieties which stand out in 
our memory are ZERO and COOLIN, the former 
being exceptionally good, and the latter one of 
the most prolific and consistent of the white trum- 
pets although it does not make as nice appearing 
bulbs as some others. LUDLOW and TRUTH con- 
tinue to stand out as superlative whites. Of en- 
tirely different form, CHINESE WHITE continues 
to stand near the top in a mental list of our fa- 
vorite Daffodils. NARVIK, NIGERIA, and RUS- 
TOM PASHA rate high among the red cups, and 
while it is not smooth enough for exhibition, 
RED RIBAND, with its striking orange band is 
among the best for the garden. A smoother 
banded flower, and one that we like very much 
is DIOLITE. It would be beyond the scope of this 
paper to list all of our favorites but we won’t 
refrain from mentioning CONTENT, BODILLY, 
POLINDRA, and RUBRA. 
Fortunately (or otherwise?), as the Daffodil sea- 
son ends, there are other flowers to occupy our 
attention. The Tulip season overlaps that of the 
Daffodils a bit, and while they do not occupy as 
high a place in our affections as the Daffodils, 
we have been sufficiently interested to do a little 
hybridizing and will be introducing two of our 
seedlings. Irises have been a hobby for some 
years, and this year one of our seedlings is being 
introduced by Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, Rt. 2, 
Salem, Oregon, and another offered by Morgan 
and Beatty, Rt. 3, Canby, Oregon. 
As this is written, we are eagerly awaiting an- 
other blooming season, although as already men- 
tioned, some of the little fellows are doing their 
part. Moreover, two new Australian imports have 
been in bloom in the open for some weeks; and 
as an added incentive for one to work outside, 
there is the beckoning of a large flowered seed- 
ling in the open field where it courageously 
braved the elements and bloomed January 1st 
although most of its sister seedlings were still 
sleeping under their blanket of sawdust! A record 
early bloom for here! 
REVISED SYSTEM FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF DAFFODILS 
(i) “Colored” means yellow or some other color than white. 
(ii) “White” means white or whitish. 
(iii) The length of a perianth segment is the extreme length meas- 
ured on the inside from its junction with the corona along 
the midrib to the extreme tip, and the length of the corona is 
the extreme length measured from its junction with the peri- 
In Use Since January 1, 1950 
Division 5—TRIANDRUS NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: Characteristics of Narcissus triandrus 
clearly evident. 
(a) Cup or Corona not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup or Corona less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth to the end of its furthest extension when the edge is 
flattened out. 
Division I—TRUMPET NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: One flower to a stem; Trumpet or 
Corona as long or longer than the Perianth segments. 
(a) Perianth colored; Corona colored, not paler than the 
Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Corona colored. 
(c) Perianth white; Corona white, not paler than the Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into (a), (b), or (c). 
Diy. 2—LARGE-CUPPED NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: One flower to a stem; Cup or Corona 
more than one-third, but less than equal to the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(a) Perianth colored, Corona colored, not paler than the 
Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Corona colored. 
(ce) Perianth white; Corona white, not pale than the Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into (a), (b), or (c). 
Diy. 3—-SMALL-CUPPED NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: One flower to a stem; Cup or Corona 
not more than one-third the length of the Perianth segments. 
(a) Perianth colored; Corona colored, not paler than the 
Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Corona colored. : 
(c) Perianth white; Corona white, not paler than the Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into (a), (b), or (c). 
Division 4—DOUBLE NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing character: Double flowers. 
+ 
anth segments. 
Div. 6—CYCLAMINEUS NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: Characteristics of Narcissus cycla- 
mineus clearly evident. 
(a) Cup or Corona not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup or Corona less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth segments. 
Div. 7—JONQUILLA NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: Characteristics of any of the Nar- 
cissus Jonquilla group clearly evident. 
(a) Cup or Corona not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup or Corona less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth segments. 
Division 8—TAZETTA NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: Characteristics of the Narcissus 
Tazetta group clearly evident. 
Division 9—POETICUS NARCISSI of Garden Origin 
Distinguishing characters: Characteristics of the Narcissus 
poeticus group without admixture of any other. 
Div. 1O—-SPECIES and WILD FORMS and HYBRIDS 
All species and wild, or reputedly wild, forms and hybrids. 
Division 11—MISCELLANEOUS NARCISSI 
All Narcissi not falling into any of the foregoing Divisions. 
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