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PUBLISHED BY The American Daffodil Society Incorporated

Spring Issue April 1, 1959

CAREY E. QUINN, Editor and Chairman, Publications Committee, 1010 Vermont Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. MRS. HOWARD B. BLOOMER, Managing Editor, Bulletin, Rt. 2, Box 131, Lorton, Virginia DR. CHARLES R. PHILLIPS, Managing Editor, The Yearbook, 608 N. Market St., Frederick, Md. WILLARD A. KING, Business and Advertising Manager, 7902 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, 14, Md.

EDITORIAL FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK The shows are over for 1959. With- Our newer members may not have out exception, both the quality and the heard that there is a new book on daffo- size of the shows are much improved. dils by the Editor of our publications, There were many more shows and many Carey Quinn, and that copies are avail- more members of the public attended. able through the Society' at a reduced The improvements noted are to be cred- rate. Orders sent to me at 17 Chichester ited largely to the efforts of the ADS Road, New Canaan, Conn., will be and especially to our Regional Vice Presi- promptly filled as long as the dwindling dents. Our congratulations to all our supply lasts. The price is $3.50 to mem- committees and officers—you are making bers; the retail price $4.50. It is the real progress. only American book on the subject in print and covers the field fully for the THE ADS CONVENTION amateur grower. The ADS convention in Philadelphia April 22-25 will be summarized else- where. We wish to comment here on It has been proposed that the official the almost professional smoothness with color description of daffodils offered for which it ran. Just yesterday we were registration should be in terms of one primarily a group of unknown strangers of the existing color scales or charts. somewhat feeling way. haltingly our But Either the Registration Committee or today we have become an effective insti- the directors might care to consider this. tution in our meetings, in our associa- tions together—even in the way we some- * times argue among ourselves. Congratulations are in order for Dr. Through the courtesy of Pieter de John Wister and his many fine helpers. Jager purchasers of his firm's 1959 cat- alog will receive an ADS membership . Our Managing Editor, Mrs. Howard NOTICE B. (Kitty) Bloomer, is presently in Eu- Symposium Reports overdue. Urgent rope. Her report on the London Daffo- mail Harry I. Tuggle, Box 1108, Martins- dil show will appear elsewhere. ville, Va., at once. KITTY BLOOMER REPORTS THE 1959 ANNUAL CONVENTION THE LONDON SHOW OF THE AMERICAN DAFFODIL Dear Carey: SOCIETY You MUST do this trip at daffodil By CAREY QUINN time! It has been an experience beyond description. My visit to the Richardson's The Fourth Annual Convention of The was wonderful and your letter was in- American Daffodil Society got underway deed an introduction. I planned to stay in historic Philadelphia right after lunch there one day. I was there three. Mr. on Thursday, April 23, when over two and Mrs. R. invited me to the R. H. S. hundred members began registering at ahead of the show to see the people set- the headquarters in the Hotel Sylvania. ting up exhibits. And my luck has been Dr. John Wister, convention chairman, of the Irish kind—did you rub some of and his co-chairman, Larry Mains, were your Irish luck off on me? For I hit the everywhere and everything moved as R's at the height of their bloom. I am smoothly as if such things were an every told that the quality of material in the day occurrence. I want to give Doc and overall show this year is superior. Larry credit, they earned it, but with a Reg Wootton took me in hand when I committee such as they had—even lesser arrived in London and I have met most lights would seem bright. Imagine on one of the outstanding names in the Daffodil committee, Miss Estelle Sharp, world — Dunlop, Coleman, Navarro, H. Martin, Mrs. Pancoast Reath, Miss Backhouse, Gray, Gourlay (son-in-law Gertrude Smith, Mrs. Nathan Sangree, of A. M. Wilson), Jefferson-Brown and C. W. Fenninger, Mrs. Rowland Timms, many others. Furthermore I have seen Miss Mary Green, Mrs. R. H. L. Sexton, daffodils that have been only names Mrs. Joseph Townsend, Jr., Mrs. Merton until now. Yerger, Mrs. Charles Gruber, Mrs. Web- The Richardsons won the Engleheart ster Barnes, Mrs. Grahame Wood, Jr., Cup (for the 18th time), the Banksian and Harry Wood. Then The Pennsyl- for Best in Show, and 24 firsts. Golden vania Horticultural Society contributed Rapture was Best in Show. Guy Wilson Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, Miss Margaret ran 2nd on the Engleheart, but he won Porter and Gwynne Stout. first with his collection of 12 (white) The convention really got under way varieties from Classes lc, 2c, and 3c. at one o'clock with the impressive Daffo- One of his whites (in the Engleheart) was dil Show of the Pennsylvania Horticul- a 2c called Ardbane. It Was gorgeous. tural Society in the oversize lobby of the Tell everyone to get it. Philadelphia National Bank. The bank Guy Wilson looks well now—you know did not give away any samples, but our he has been ill. own first vice-president, Wells Knierim He has a seedling under number that took the best exhibit in a very ex- is a Super Chinese white. His stock is tensive and well run show with a mag- terribly small tho, it will take a while nificent Coolin, a fine white trumpet to multiply it. when it is right and it was right that day. Richardson has a gorgeous 3b red Mrs. Nicholas Biddle was show chairman. and white called Rockall which won an A. M. He also has a beautiful 2b red At 8 o'clock on Thursday evening and white sister of it called Avenger. Arthur P. Trimble of the Eastman Kodak The cross was Kilworth X Arbar. An- Company gave a unique lecture on color other good 3b is Kingfisher (not yet in photography—unique in the sense that commerce) and when I admired it I was your editor could understand it. We are told I would receive one as a gift! Careys- going to run this lecture in full in the ville is a Richardson 2b . of great beauty. next Year Book. Its cup is (in Ireland) exactly the color Friday the 24th opened fair and clear of an apricot. with the usual business meeting. The tra- ditional George R. Clark, President of Royal. The great Illinois plant breeder the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, said Golden Rapture—a superb golden bid us a graceful welcome and our own yellow trumpet—was the best flower in Regional VP, Mrs. Louise Wharton of the show. Baltimore spoke up very hostess-like for Saturday the 25th we boarded busses the Atlantic Region. President George for the Swarthmore College Test Garden, Lee then took the reigns and summarized and saw the professional experimental the year with a neat prognosis for the program for some 700 daffodils that future. A panel of daffodil experts in- Doctor Wister supervises. Quite a pres- cluding Mrs. George Watrous and Messrs. entation—row after row, new varieties, Fay, Mueller, and Wheeler finished out old varieties, some thriving, some indif- the morning answering questions from the ferent. Every gardener should see this floor on growing daffodils. The only ex- test garden. citement was a drunk who wandered into the room and wouldn't believe what he Then came the magnificent garden of was told about what the meeting was Mr. and Mrs. Grahame Wood, Jr., with about. its view through the mountain peaks and its neat group of nicely grown daffodils. After we finished our fish at lunch we A barbecue lunch at the Tyler Arboretum piled on busses and saw the very well came next with one of the most up-to- planned gardens of Miss Margaret R. date daffodil plantings I saw. We finished Gest and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. the afternoon at the restful Drexel Lodge, Gruber. There were some fine daffodils where I saw some 400 varieties of care- but I forgot to get that cookie recipe fully selected and well grown daffodils from Mrs. Gruber because Charlie Phil- with some nice seedlings thrown in. lips started reading historical tid-bits from the booklet on Valley Forge we received. The cocktail hour followed early Sat- urday evening and flowed into dinner Friday evening with Doctor John Wis- with George Lee presiding and Jan de ter presiding like the queen at a state Graaff. Jan is still opposed to English ball we had our own Grant Mitch after show table varieties and urged in his dinner. Grant pleaded guilty to being a usual charming but convincing style that hobbyist at heart and with customary we should hybridize and grow daffodils modesty he showed us colored slides of acclimated to our own varying climates many of his latest breeding efforts with and soils. We expect to present in full daffodils. There was Cibola, Fairy the de Graaff text in the next Year Book. Dream, Mona Loa, and Festivity, prob- ably the best Mitch product to date, a President George Lee awarded a formal very fine white and yellow 2b. Cara commendation to Mrs. Ben Robertson for Noma, Rima, Rose Ribbon, Flamingo the best seedlings picked by the member- as they came on the screen, fully sup- ship from among a large group of seed- ported the oft repeated claim that Grant lings set up on a table in the banquet has the best pinks in the world. Nampa, MOM. Entrancement, Lunar Sea, Lunar Moth, Sunday, April the 26th, the Society Lemon Meringue, and Coloratura re- under the sponsorship of Mrs. Lawrence vealed new heights in pale yellows, while Wharton and directed by Mrs. Merton Paricutin and its children gets my vote Yerger presented Daffodil Study and for the brightest colored yellow and red. Show School Course Number 2 to a Orville Fay of Iris fame, just back class of some 75 members. from a tour of England, including the It was a great convention and I'll see great London Daffodil Show, regaled us you in Dallas, Texas, next year. They with how the English do it. Orville was have no Liberty Bell down there, but impressed with British pinks Debutante, these Texas people really do things— Roseworthy, Rose Caprice, and Rose so don't miss it.

AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY 'Statement of Income and Expenses For the Period January 1, 1958 to December 31, 1958 Income: Dues - 1958. $3,973.08 Sale of Bulletins and Year Books_ 254.35 Gifts and Donations 55.75 Sale of Royal Horticultural Society Publications Income $53 5.48 Cost of Items Sold 502.82 32.66 Rental of Slides 20.00 Interest Income 22.81 Sale of Ads. in Year Book 325.00 Registrations 40.00 $4,723.65

Expenses: Office Supplies and Stationery $ 123.89 Postage 376.68 Addressograph Plates 98.06 Bulletins 828.78 Dues to Other Societies 5.00 Year Books 2,649.47 Printing 730.09 Meeting Expenses 59.14 Miscellaneous Expense 34.61 Audit Fee 75.00 Telephone 48.13 Symposium 34.56 New York Flower Show $100.00 Less Prize Awarded 35.00 65.00 Awards 55.04 Fidelity Bond 12.50 Library Books 35.85 5,231.80

Net Deficit for the Period.. $ 508.15 Balance Sheet December 31, 1958 Assets Current: Checking Funds-Towson National Bank $1,256.43 Savings Funds-First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Towson 722.81 Accounts Receivable-Due on Year Book Ads. 130.00 Inventory of American Daffodil Society Publications 468.74 Inventory of Royal Horticultural Society Publications _ 21.00 $2,598.98

Other Assets: Inventory of Medal Dies $ 104.00 Inventory of Color Slides 129.68 233.68 $2,832.66 Liabilities Current: Reserve for 1959 Dues $ 209.75 Net Worth: Balance-December 31, 1957 $3,131.06 Less: Net Deficit for Period January 1, 1958 to December 31, 1958 508.15 -Balance-December 31, 1958 2,622.91 $2,832.66 THE DAFFODIL SHOWS ACROSS Beryl, grown by Mrs. Bilbo, winning THE COUNTRY best in show and Eelanor Hill Win- We are reporting more shows and ning the Carey E. Quinn medal with a better shows across the country. And we very fine exhibit. Mrs. Ralph Henry have so many reports we must digest from Siloam Springs, Arkansas, was a them. heavy ribbon winner. My best, California Hill. The Third Annual California Daffodil South Carolina Show on March 28-29 in Whittier, Cali- On March 24-25 the Flower Study fornia, featured 113 entries most of whom Club of Spartansburg had 410 entries in were by first time exhibitors and included their 14th Annual Daffodil Show, ac- a fire department captain, a big game credited by the ADS. Best in show went hunter, a lumberman, an engineer and to Saltash. Good luck, Florence Walker. many more from every walk of life. North Carolina Joe Littlefield, a famous Garden Con- It seems that the French Broad River sultant, put on a happy Saturday one- Garden Club sponsored the big daffodil man daffodil institute. Frances Combs show in their area this year. The show was the inspirational organizer of the was accredited by ADS and had among show. its judges Mrs. Ben Robertson, and Alabama Messrs. George Lee and Charles Mee- The Third Region of the Federated han. With 484 entries Ulster Prince Garden Clubs put on its 13th Annual was the best single specimen and Lud- Daffodil Show in March low the best group of three. Fine, Ger- 7-8 with 415 horticultural entries. Chula, trude Bartelme! grown by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomp- son, was the best specimen in the show Virginia and three Fortunes grown by Mrs. James The Garden Club of Virginia staged of Decatur was the best group of its 25th Annual Daffodil Show at Char- three. lottesville April 8-9 with over 5000 com- Arkansas petitive blooms in 1,346 entries. Ceylon The El Dorado Council of Garden was the best flower in the show with Clubs on March 19 featured a large hor- Bithynia runner-up. ticultural display of daffodils presented The coveted Harris Cup went to Mrs. by the well known Mr. Carl Amason. Robert Wheat. A feature of this—the The Dahlia Garden Club of Camden largest amateur daffodil show in the staged on March 20 an approved ADS country—was the Annual Test Garden Daffodil Show with 201 entries. Beer- Exhibit staged by Mrs. Edith Walker sheba was best three in show and Golden and including every touted novelty. A Harvest the best single specimen. Laura final feature was a Public Ballot which Lee Cox set up an unusually fine educa- found Tresamble, a triandrus, first, and tional exihibit that attracted great at- others—, Bethany, Flamingo, Vul- tention. Bless the Thompsons and can, and Golden Rapture rated next in Laura Lee Cox. the order named. Texas In 1958 the Public voted for Ave, in The Daffodil Society of Texas staged 1957 for Chinese White, and in 1956 for at the Dallas Garden Center its first Blarney's Daughter. Thank you, Edith show March 21-22. Mrs. Frances Har- Walker. mon reports that the place was swamped Missouri with entries. Good luck, Frances Har- The St. Louis Horticultural Society mon. presented on April 11-12 its Third Daf- Oklahoma fodil Show at the Missouri Botanical The Southwest Regional Daffodil Show Garden with 750 exhibits. Mr. and Mrs. was held at Tulsa on March 28 with George T. Pettus were the Sweepstakes Ribbon winners with Mrs. Grover F. Mrs. George Watrous for a collection of Roennfeldt the winner of the Belt Me- Jonquilla hybrids. A bow to Rita But- morial Trophy with Dunkeld, and Mrs. terworth. Arnot L. Sheppard the `Winner of the and Ohio Revere Bowl with Luna Moth. Good The principal April shows in Ohio work Laura Roennfeldt. were held in Sullivan, Toledo, Dayton, The Daffodil Society of Greater Kan- Akron, Granville, and Montpelier. In sas City held its show and garden tour Indiana, shows of note were held at April 18 with 425 entries. The show New Castle, Darlington, and Indian- attracted great public interest. Mrs. apolis. Robert F. Johnson is a prime mover Hubert Fischer and his protesting run- among the daffodil hobbyists. Mr. and ning mate, Frank Winter, staged a fine Mrs. Powelson came up from St. Joseph. show with Grant Mitch's flowers at the Statue grown by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chicago World Flower Show March 14- Street was best flower in show. The 22. More power, Helen Link. Traveling Trophy went to Mrs. Ellis Short Pennsylvania and Mrs. Marie McLeod won the Tri- The Garden Club of Springfield, ADS color. Mr. George Pettus came up from accredited, put on its annual show April St. Louis to win the Sweepstakes again. 22 with 251 entries. Mrs. Earl Trout Fine, Mary Becker. won the Timms Cup. Mrs. Roland Maryland Timms won the Silver Ribbon for her The Maryland Daffodil Society staged exhibit of 56 named varieties of daffo- its annual show at the Museum of Art dils. The ADS White Ribbon went to April 15 with over 800 entries. Mrs. Leo Hubbuch for the best collec- Prominent among the ribbon winners tion of three flowers. Good luck, Mrs. were Mrs. Donnell Smith, Mrs. Serena Ray Switzer. Bridges, and Mrs. George Furman. The big Pennsylvania Horticultural The arrangement section among the Society Show in Philadelphia is covered statuary makes this one of the most at- in the write up about the ADS Conven- tractive of the older shows in the coun- tion. try. Fine show, the Donnell Smiths. Connecticut The Federated Garden Clubs of Mary- The Fourth Annual Connecticut Daf- land Show at Hagerstown on April 28 fodil Show was held April 28-29 at the was rated by one prominent judge as Eckman Center in Old Greenwich. Mrs. one of the most beautiful shows he had Basil Matthews and Mrs. Frederick Jack- ever seen. Best flower in this show was son staged a very fine nicely run show. Silver Wedding, with Blarney as runner- There were 317 entries. up. Good work, Mrs. "Hat" Harris. Mrs. W. B. Weaver, Jr., was the The Howard County Daffodil Show at winner of the ADS Purple Ribbon for Ellicott City April 17 was a very well collection of five different stems. run affair with a fine overall finish. A feature of the show was a public District of Columbia ballot for the best liked varieties and The Tenth Annual Daffodil Show of Apricot Distinction was the winner with the Washington Daffodil Society was Roxane, Texas, and Kidling rating next staged on April 18-19 in the Woodward in the order named. & Lothrop Auditorium. Some 1,100 en- A glance at the trophy awards indi- tries were exhibited. Slieveboy was the cates that Mrs. Charles Zoubek, Mrs. L. best flower in the show. Other sectional Stanley, and Mrs. Wm. B. Weaver were blue ribbons went to Ulster Prince, Pre- the big winners. And your editor would amble, Spellbinder, Galway, Virtue, Nar- like to pay a special compliment to Mrs. vik,i Festivity, Salmon Trout, Ludlow, Walter G. Koontz for the best publicity Chinese White and Empress of Ireland. handling he has seen recently. Good The Purple ribbon was awarded to luck, Alita Weaver. STUDY AND SHOW SCHOOLS I am undertaking herewith to pick twen- Schools were conducted in 1959 as ty-five novelties from the mass of intro- follows: Course I, Norman, Oklahoma; ductions since 1950 which I believe you Course II, Decatur, Georgia; Course II, as gardeners will accept and eventually Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Course III, grow. Pohick, Virginia and Indianapolis Indi- Air Marshall-2a—(Rich) Carbineer X ana. Malta—(Late Midseason) The first judges to become accredited Aldergrove-2b—Dunlop--- ( Midseason ) through the schools will receive their white and yellow certificates as soon as grades and records Arbar-2b—(Rich) Monaco X Forfar are completed. If you are one of these (Midseason) individuals, please send all judging cards, application blank properly filled out, and Bethany-2d—(Mitsch) Binkie X K of a check for $2 to Mrs. Paul Garrett, 1710 N X Content (Midseason) Normal Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Castle of Mey-2c—(Wilson) Slemish X Mrs. Garrett who is Chairman of Judges Broughshane (Midseason) will issue the certificate only when all Ceylon-2a—(Rich) Marksman X Dio- work has been completed. Please do not lite (Early Midseason) send judging material to the Study School Charity May-6a—(Coleman) Mitylene Chairman as such material will have to X Cyclam (Early Midseason) be forwarded and will only cause delay Empress of Ireland — 1 c — (Wilson) in processing the records. Guardian X Kanchenjunga (Early Regions where there is a need for Midseason) more judges should start plans for a Festivity-2b--(Mitch) white and yellow series of schools as soon as possible. (Midseason) Schools must be held when the daffodils Lady Luck-2a—(Warnaar) Late Mid- are in bloom. season) MRS. GOETHE LINK, Chairman Lunar Sea—ld—(Mitch) K. of N. X Martinsville, Indiana Content (Early Midseason) THE NARCISSUS BULB FLY Paricutin-2a---(Mitch) Klingo X Ar- dour (Midseason) At the Philadelphia meeting in April Personality-2b—(Wilson) Zero X Greet- I promised to let the membership know ing (Early Midseason) about a new bulletin on the above named pest. The leaflet, No. 444 of the U. S. Revelry-2a—(Rich) Carbineer X Bah- Department of Agriculture, is titled "The ram (Midseason) Narcissus Bulb Fly," and was published Rima—lb—Pink (Mitch) (Midseason) in March, 1959. It is by C. F. Dou- Rockall-3b--(Rich) (Late Midseason) cette, the Department's specialist of many Rose Caprice-2b—Pink (Rich) (Late years on insect pests of bulbs and an Midseason) acquaintance of mine for many years. Royal Charger-2a—(Rich) Royal Mail Anyone who has any bulb fly trouble X (Late Midseason) should secure the leaflet. Write the Snow Dream-2c—(Dunlop) Early Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Snow Gem-3b—(Clupepper) (Midsea- Government Printing Office, Washington son) 25, D. C., and send 5 cents per copy. -2a----(Rich) Porthilly X —WiLus H. WHEELER Rustom Pasha (Early Midseason) Tittle-Tattle-7b---(Wootton) (Late) TWENTY-FIVE DAFFODIL Ulster Prince—la--(Wilson) (Early NOVELTIES Midseason) By CAREY E. QUINN Vigil—lc—(Wilson) (Midseason) Each year the big hybridists of the White Prospect—lc—(Rich) Cameron- world introduce about fifty new daffodils. ian X Broughshane (Midseason) palsanball LOSE uuod

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ON GROWING DAFFODILS Sometimes such a one can be overlooked IN FLORIDA entirely, and even if the judged award a By CHRISTINE F. TWEIT blue ribbon they often feel they should re-stage the exhibit so the public can In the April issue of "Tropical Living" appears an article on "Northern Bulbs in understand. Perhaps we could underscore the mat- Southei-n Gardens" by Norma Michaux ter by changing the item of "Condition" Heck in which the author explains her success in growing daffodils in Florida. rated at 20% to "Condition and Stag- ing" 20%. This would permit some It seems that the lady refrigerates her daffodil bulbs some seven or eight months valuation of this important item. each year. This descendant of the famed NEW BULB PLANTER French botanist Andre Michaux reports By WILLARD KING success that might well be worth testing I have a bulb planter that everyone by members in the long summer belt. asks about. It is called "Don's Dandy Digger" and I have learned that it is dis- SUGGESTED CHANGE IN POINT tributed by McHutchison & Company of SCORING OF DAFFODILS Ridgefield, New Jersey. By EDITH WALKER This gadget is easy because your weight I believe some point allowance should does most of the work. You just bear be made for staging daffodils in a show down a bit and rotate the digger—the exhibit. So often the best flower in a saw teeth will dig into the ground. When class is so poorly staged that it does not you get to the depth you want you just appear best until after close scrutiny. remove it with the core of earth.