Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-08
Newer and Better DuffodiIs
Tests Since 1925 Develop Some Large
Beautiful, FuII-FIowering Varieties

)WCl ~ VII lCtICS
Whitley Gem for first early
Fortune was introduced in 1928
at $3.50 bulb and can now be
purchased for Csc.
i Brunswick is about the first OF
the bicolors to open. 1t sa beau
tiful flower and has extraordinary
lasting qualities. Other choice
ones are Bodily, Coverack Per-
lection, Daisy Schaffer, Hades,
John Evelyn and its seedlings,
Polindra and Red Abbott unsur-
passed as a red and white flower.
/ The white class, formerly known
as LeedsiiS, might include Carn-
Tough. Hera, Niphetos and Tunis
to name only a few.
Some Smaller Flowers.
There is a scarcity of all-yel-
lows both the old and newer kinds
in the small-cupped varieties. for
merly known as Barriis. Prob
ably the best half dozen would in
clude Alight, Aranjuez, CULVER,
Market Merry, Seraglio, and Ire
dore. There is a much larger lot
Of bicolors to choose from. Forfar
might well head the list. Nelly
is very large and almost pure
white. Lady Kesteven, Carolina,
ELY Ney, Kansas, Lady Diana
Manners. and Therapia would add
interest to any garden.
A few doubles are best planted
in grass or have a mulch to pro-
tect them from being spattered by
mud in hard rains. Cheerfulness
and Daphne are small. Moulin
Rouge, Mary Copeland and Texas
are snowy and Hollands Glory
is one of the best all-yellows.
The Triandrus hybrids are liked
Especially by the ladies because
they are so charming for arrange
ments. Thalia is the most widely
grown; others are Moonshine,
Niveth. Shot Silk and Silver
Chimes.
The true jonquils and jonquil
hybrids are mostly all yellow and
have very pleasing fragrance. The
single and double Jonquillas and
Campernelles as we'll as Orange
Queen bear several small flowers
on a stem. Larger flowers are
produced by Gen. Pershing,
Golden Goblet, Golden Perfec-
ton and Lanarth.
| Poets as a class are the latest
to bloom. They are fragrant, very
hardy, good to naturalize, and
fine to cut. Actaea and Snow
King are the largest and Minuet
the most beautiful. Other good
ones are Cantabile, Dactyl, King
of Diamonds with an ALFRED eye,
Red Rim and Smyrna.
Newest Daffodils Expensive.
| Few breeders are ever reim-
bursed for the time and money
they have spent in developing new
varieties Of any plants and as ii
takes many years to bring a plant
from seed to flower and generally
much longer to work up a saleable
stock it is no wonder that new
introductions are expensive. IT
is disappointing to rely entirely on
catalog descriptions of new varie-
ties only to find that they are no
better than many of the older
ones offered at much lower prices.
! There is a good list of yellow
trumpets from one to several
dollars each including Anna
Roosevelt, Darnaway, Frontier,
Golden Goddess, Hunters Moon
and Moonstruck. Content, Fore
sight, Preamble and Trousseau
make good quartet of bicolo,
trumpets. Some really immense,
beautiful. and expensive white
trumpets have come on the mar
ket recently including Brough-
shane, Cantatrice, Kanchenjunga
Nilkanta, st. Mary, Scapa and
White Triumphator.
The large -cupped class contains
many varieties that have been out
long enough to be well tested
Backhouse's Giant is said to be
the nearest approach to a red
trumpet. Among the all-yellows
or those with colored crowns are
Alamein, Bahram, California Gold
Galway Krakatoa. Rouge. Royal
Mail and Saltash.
Pinks Are Uncertain.
The bicolor class, in which those
with pink crowns are included, is
a large one. Many pinks are un-
certain or short lived in the Wash.
ington area. A choice lot of the
newer ones includes Coralie, Greer
Island. Kilworth. Mabel Taylor
Magic Fire, Red Hackle, Rose Of
Tralee and Wild Rose. There are
fewer among the all-whites tt
select from. so let's name Ave
Gentility, Ludlow, Morning Wings
Parkman. st. Brendan and Zero
Only Chunking and Russet com.
prise the, newer small -cupped vel.
lows. Bicolors are Barney, Bra.
vura, Carpatica, Clockface, Corn
crake, Matapan and Ortona. Chi.
L neSe White has created a seoSa
ton in the all-white class because
of it's immense size and outstand-
ing quality. Older ones art
Cushendall, Foggy Dew and Frigid
/ Three new doubles are biddine
/ for favor. Falaise is unique ir
that it has Poeticus- white petal.
and odor and an orange-red cen.
ter. Romagna is a cream and darl
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