The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
DaffOdils in the
Wild Garden
Continued from Sunday. September 81.

These charming white flowers OF n.
Poeticus Ornatus seem particularly at
home near water and II n pool or "A
brook IL available they should be masscd
| along the margins. y. Poeticus, the
original "pheasants eye is much later
and very useful for q succession. ard
while 1t Is less horiferous than Ornacus
| IL is better example OF the type. The
double form OF Poetlcus bearing a gar
denia like blossom of much fragrance
may succeed under certain com,it;ons
/ out In my garden the buds after snow
ing much promise always wther and
disappear, and never by any chance
open.
Among the rocks where snowdrops
nave doomed In early spring y. Bur
oldgel Falstah should be used Mrs
Langtry. white with primrose cup, is n
goou companion for VI, delicate and
charming, both well adapted to the
rockery. n. Elvira is distinct variety
whose white flowers are borne in clus-
ters on long stems and could he grouped
effectively with the above. While these
smaller lowered narcissi are good for
the rockery, or along the edge OF the
wood they are hardly suitable for
na.uralizlng In the grass.
In one OF my wild gardens many
danodils Of different sorts grow tope,ber
IN delightful harmony: cmpcror. em.
press. stella, conspicuus. Mrs. Ware and
many others. In this group | have found
fourteen or fifteen varieties in bloo,, a,
th' same time. The garden il n,do
more interesting by the uneven nature
OF the ground and by the trees and IN.
terlacing boughs that frame II. linton
SiNing the breathless my stery OF sp-,r d,
tndt quivers on the air. oak. elm t,ni.
per ana dogwood weaving It's r,di,r,
stars through the new born green's Ana
among the rocks and in the prass aro
many Wild flowers. hepatica. anenoro
spring beauty and countless thousands
or purple viOlets
ihere are many. many darrodrs bu.
'h"Se ! nave mentioned are particuIorI,.
suitable Tor naturalizing and will nrovo
Su'l'Ieht Tor beginning. The coI,oc.
ti"h IN the wild garden NAV be on
N'u IRON year to year from the in
crease Of bulbs that have been tesrod
IN the border and found valuable Tho
season IS long one. but it NAV he !
'Ip'''ia''E lengthened by judlcious |
SeI'cuon. When daffod.ls are grown |
Iu 'n're are SO many blooms that |
'heN may b. literally cut without de. |
SroylhE the general effect Of the plant |
iilt' ana there Is nothing so spectacular
,oF table decoration. II little study
pe given 10 the subject the most start.
ling combinations may be eyoIved %
any one with gift for the arranrenen,
of flowers the possibilities are uIini,s
able.
household included a little Irish ,,ata
who had evidently been born amonr Tho
darodils and who reflected many ~
their characteristics She welcomed III.
hrst blooms Of the wild garden as com
panlons or her youth and forsaking her
household duties lived with them and
played with them for the better mart
OF every afternoon. She sought them
"hen the shadows heightened IN The
wood and the slantlng, mellow sun
iEht sparked In a million facets on
their Furnished crowns She gathered
them 10y the armful and arranged them
in the most beautiful table decorations
that were ever seen. She huddled them
together in great clusters in a bowl
and they dropped from her svnpathc,ir
touch into fascinating shapes and forms
with their own leaves woven through
them in the most natural way. II
seemed such n simple matter that |
csSayed TO initiate her methods but tho
result was commonplace chaos Her
genius was so unmistakable that abe
was encouraged to give il rein and FOR
n month our dining room was the show
place Of the ne!ghborhoOd and bank
ruptcy threatened the family through
my efforts TO do justice to her talent
with a dinner party every evening To
a New York florist she would have been
worth her weight in gold.