. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE INC0MPAKAJ3LE DAFFODIL. Narcissus incom-. AFFODILS are in the same good luck as lilies, if it be good luck for a flower to be in fashion. They are grown for the flower-markets on a scale that surprises those who are unaccustomed to the statistics of commercial horticulture, and they are also grown for the gardens more extensively than any other class of bulbs. There are good reasons for this, 'y and we are bound to state them as r fully as our space will allow. The two prominent reasons for their popularity are their be
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE INC0MPAKAJ3LE DAFFODIL. Narcissus incom-. AFFODILS are in the same good luck as lilies, if it be good luck for a flower to be in fashion. They are grown for the flower-markets on a scale that surprises those who are unaccustomed to the statistics of commercial horticulture, and they are also grown for the gardens more extensively than any other class of bulbs. There are good reasons for this, 'y and we are bound to state them as r fully as our space will allow. The two prominent reasons for their popularity are their beauty and their early flowering. Those who know only the common double daffodil of the cottage garden can form no proper conception of the variety of character and the purity and splendour of the more distinctive species and varieties. The gigantic Telamonius, the chaste and queenly Empress, the dashing Emperor, and the great golden Maximus may be named as sumptuous forms of "Lent lilies/'.or trumpet daffodils,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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