of the bulb); if your soil is heavy clay the lesser depth will be better. The 
distance between bulbs may be anywhere, from 6 inches, up. 
If the soil is rich, no fertilizer is necessary; if just average, bone-meal and /or 
pulverized cow manure, compost, and the like, are good. These should be 
thoroughly mixed in the soil below the bulbs, at planting time. A light top- 
dressing of the same, with wood ashes, or some other source of potash, ground 
rock phosphate, etc., applied early in the Spring, the second blooming season, 
and thereafter, will also be beneficial. A mulch of straw, peat moss, or other 
good material, applied after the ground is frozen hard, or, in regions having 
light winters, shortly before the tops begin poking thru the ground, will be help- 
ful in many ways, not the least of which is preventing heavy rains from splash- 
ing and spoiling the flowers. 
Daffodils should not be planted in lawns, or any place where the foliage 
will be cut off before it ripens, as the foliage is needed to mature the bulbs. 
One of the nice things about Daffodils is that they need not be dug and re- 
planted every year,—every 3 or 4 years is sufficient, or when they have increased 
to the point that they are too thick to bloom well,—while ‘‘naturalized” plant- 
ings, if planted deeply so they wiil increase very slowly, may be left undisturbed 
for 10 to 15 years, or more. 
Digging may be done when the leaves have turned mostly yellow, 6 weeks or 
so after the end of the blooming season; it is not necessary to wait until they 
have died down entirely, in fact it is better not to do so, as it is then harder 
to find the bulbs, and some may have already started root growth for the fol- 
lowing year,—if the season is rainy. The bulbs should not be left in the hot 
sunshine any longer than absolutely necessary, but placed immediately in a cool 
airy shed, in flat boxes or mesh bags. (If you have no good storage place, and 
only a few bulbs, they may be separated, and replanted at once, or in a few 
days.) The tops may be left on to dry up, or broken off, whichever you prefer. 
After curing a month or 6 weeks, the roots and outer skins will be dry enough 
to be removed; this may be done by hand, or by shaking gently in a mesh, or 
burlap, bag. Bulbs which pull apart easily should be separated,—otherwise, not. 
Replanting may be done in September, or even late August in the North, and in 
September or October in the South. This completes the cycle, and brings us back 
to right where we started. 
CHOICE DAFFODILS 
In the following list, the number and letter preceeding the 
variety name denotes the type, or the form of the flower of that 
variety,—ssee “Classification of Daffodils”, on page 16, if you do not 
know the classes. 
Varieties marked with an asterick (*) are especially recom- 
mended for cutting and landscaping. They are strong-growing, 
free-flowering, and priced so they may be used in quantity. 
The names of the originators of most of the more recent intro- 
ductions, and some older ones, are given in parentheses following 
the variety name. (Back) is Mrs. R. O. Bachhouse, (Brodie) Brodie 
of Brodie Castle; (Mitsch) Grant Mitsch, of Canby, Oregon. (Rich) 
J. Lionel Richardson, of Waterford, Ireland; ( Will.) P. D. Williams, 
of Cornwall, England; (G. L. Wil.) Guy L. Wilson, of Broughshane 
N. Ireland. 
The capital letters following the name designate the approxi- 
mate relative blooming seasons. — E—early, EM—early midseason, 
M-—Midseason, LM—late midseason, L—late. 
2a ABELARD (LM) Primrose, with orange banded crown___-........-.... $ 86.18 
®  *ACTAEA. (LM). one of the: best Poet's... 18 
Ic ADA FINCH (E) all white; large and early__--_______ .35 
2b ADLER (M) white, with blood-orange edged crown ____-...--...._..-....- .35 
2a *ADVENTURE (M) all yellow; large crown___ WW... .25 
38a *AFTERGLOW (LM) yellow with flat orange edged cup... = 18 
2b *AGRA (LM) creamy white, with orange-scarlet crown... .30 
2a ALAMEIN (Rich.) (M) rich yellow and intense solid deep orange 1.60 
la ALASKA (M) golden yellow throughout... 25 
la *“ALASNAM (E) deep yellow; wide trumpet... 18 
3b ALBERNI BEAUTY (L) very small lemon cup; green in center.._.... .50 
3a ALIGHT (M) rich yellow, with vivid orange-scarlet cup... 25 
8c ALTYRE (Brodie)(LM) pure white throughout; fine substance........ 2.65 
Ic ALYCIDON (Rich.) beautiful smooth white Trumpet... ~=—7.70 
2b ANN ABBOTT (G.H.Johnstone) (LM) white with good pink cup._.. 1.00 
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