. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 60 BETTER FRUIT May THE HARDY NARCISSI FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING BY ARTHUR BOWMAN, WITH PORTLAND SEED COMPANY APLANTING PLAN for beautify- ing the home is incomplete with- out "; The purity and beauty of their coloring and their grace- ful elegance of form stamp them as true Since that time much has been accom- plished, and a brief story of their advancement, together with notes on popular types and their culture, may create an interest that will lead to a. classics among flowers—:real master- pieces of nature—aided in their develop- ment by t
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 60 BETTER FRUIT May THE HARDY NARCISSI FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING BY ARTHUR BOWMAN, WITH PORTLAND SEED COMPANY APLANTING PLAN for beautify- ing the home is incomplete with- out "; The purity and beauty of their coloring and their grace- ful elegance of form stamp them as true Since that time much has been accom- plished, and a brief story of their advancement, together with notes on popular types and their culture, may create an interest that will lead to a. classics among flowers—:real master- pieces of nature—aided in their develop- ment by the guiding hand and loving- care of a master mind; for to their pres- ent popularity and perfection the world owes muc to Peter Barr, "the father of the ; As long ago as 1629 Parkinson, a Lon- don apothecary, published his book, "A Garden of Beautiful Flowers," in which he listed ninety-six varieties of daffodils, and expressed regret that no two author- ities agreed as to their classification. closer acquaintance and greater appre- ciation of these most charming of all spring flowers. From the beginning of the seventeenth century until the early part of the nine- teenth no important advancement was recorded. About this time a group of London amateurs collected and grew all the varieties obtainable. Dean Herbert's book on "The Amarylladae" then made its appearance, and it was during his study of the daffodil family, analyzing what had before been considered as species, that he became convinced of the possibility of many of them being hybrids. To demonstrate this he crossed the trumpet with the poeticus types, and the seedlings shov^^ed a composite of both parents. The announcement of these results in the early forties created a profound sensation, many enthusiasts taking up the work of development, among whom the names of two men and the results of their labors stand forth prominently, one of whom was Edward Leeds, a stock broker of Ma
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