New Daffodils Fashions in flowers and plants are sometimes as
unreason- able as in garments ; but in general flowers grow more and more glorious. One of the fashions is the development of red (as in the wild jonquil) in the daffodil. To my eye at least the new " Sunrise" comes very near to the perfect combination of red, yellow and white, and the plate-like shape gives each tint its place in the sun. The flower is increasing in variety every year, and the daffodils grown—and in some created—on English bulb farms are perhaps among the finest in the world. It is a treat to visit the bulb farms, one or two of considerable size, at Holbeach in South Lincoln- shire, which is in truth another Holland. It is the Western end of the shallow valley that just emerges from the sea at the Hague. The daffodil has proved a most useful plant to our small-holders, who within the last few years have become as expert as the Dutch themselves. They do not compete in variety with the farmers of Holland but equal, perhaps even excel, them in quality. Indeed, there is quite a little export to Holland of their bulbs.
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