Fentongollan Farm, Cornwall, 124
festivals, 24–27
‘Feu de Joie’, 44
field guide, 158
‘Firebrand’, 79
Florence Court, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 209
Florida, 194
Forbes, Leslie, 89
Forestry Commission, 174
‘Fortune’, 83, 154, 203
‘Fortune’s Knight’, 86
‘Founding’, 203
‘Fragrant Rose’, 202
France, 65, 76, 164
‘Frank Miles’, 69
F. Rijnveld & Sons, 125
Fritillaria meleagris, 16, 70
‘Frostkist’, 104
Fry, Barbara, 125
fusarium, 142, 199
Galanthus nivalis, 164
Galen of Pergamon, 19
Garden Club of Virginia, 103
garden ornamental, 62
gardens, 208
‘Gem of Antrim’, 14
geography, 36
George, David Lloyd, 27
Geranium, 187
‘Geranium’, 204
Gerard, John, 16, 19, 164
Gibside Estate, Tyne and Wear, 165, 209
‘Gigantic Star’, 204
‘Glenfarclas’, 202
‘Gloria Mundi’, 139
gloves, 123
‘Glowing Phoenix’, 70
‘Glowing Red’, 44
G. Lubbe & Son, 54
‘Golden Amber’, 40
‘Golden Bear’, 44
‘Golden Echo’, 148
‘Golden Rapture’, 202
‘Golden Spur’, 129
gone feral, 164
gone native, 165
Gore-Booth, Josslyn A. R., 49
‘Gorran’, 42
‘Gossmoor’, 144
‘Grand Soleil d’Or’, 192, 199
‘Grasmere’, 204
grass, 182–186
Gray, Alec, 46, 58, 94–95, 145
Gray, Flomay, 95
Gray, Leslie H., 103
Great Daffodil Appeal, 27
Great Dixter, Sussex, 10, 183
Greek mythology, 16–17
green, 150
Greenback Garden, Glasgow, 209
Grieve, Maud, 19
Guy L. Wilson Daffodil Garden, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 208
Hamilton, Max, 101
Hartland, William Baylor, 98
Havens, Elise, 39, 69, 103, 146–147, 208
Havens, Richard, 39, 146–147, 208
‘Hawera’, 203
‘Heamoor’, 144
Heath, Becky, 148–149, 208
Heath, Brent, 148–149, 208
Heazlewood, K. J., 44
heirloom varieties, 79, 154–155
‘Helios’, 79
herbal medicine use, 16
Herbert, William, 65–66, 69, 77
heritage, 136
history, 13, 62
‘Hoopoe’, 202
‘Horace’, 79, 203
‘Horsfieldii’, 67, 139
Horsfield, John, 67
‘Hospodar’, 93
hotspots, 165
hot-water treatment, 198
Howick Hall, Northumberland, 209
‘Hugh Town’, 125
Hunter, John, 152
Hyacinthoides non-scripta, 164, 169
hybrids, 34–35, 53, 58, 64–66, 75, 150
Iberian peninsula, 35, 57, 64
‘Ice Follies’, 202, 203
‘Ice Wings’, 202
indoor plants, 190, 203
‘Intrigue’, 51, 202
Ireland, 27, 180
‘Irene Copeland’, 67
‘Irish Minstrel’, 202
‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’, 152
‘Itzim’, 104, 204
‘Jack Snipe’, 93, 187, 203
Jackson, Septimus, 129
‘Jack Wood’, 56, 145
Japan, 194
Jefferson-Brown, Michael, 152
Jekyll, Gertrude, 183
‘Jenny’, 49, 57, 202
‘Jetfire’, 193, 203
J. Gerritsen & Son, 56
J. J. Grullemans & Sons, 40
‘Johanna’, 95
‘John’s Delight’, 42
‘Jonquil’, 20, 27, 50–51, 58, 67, 104, 143, 145, 146, 148, 194
judging, 108, 113
‘Jumblie’, 94, 95
‘Katherine Jenkins’, 50, 143
‘Katie Heath’, 148
‘Kaydee’, 49
Kendall, John, 37
Keown, Lachlan, 113
‘Kernow’, 40
Kew Gardens. See Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
‘Killigrew’, 93
Kincaid, Jamaica, 29
‘King Alfred’, 34, 37, 39, 86, 95, 202
‘Kingscourt’, 202
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset, 209
‘Kiwi Magic’, 101
‘Kokopelli’, 150, 203
Koopowitz, Harold, 102, 113, 145, 151, 152–153
labeling, 181
Lake District
Acorn Bank, Cumbria, 10, 164, 168, 209
Cumbria Tourism, 29
Dymock, Gloucestershire, 169, 172
Farndale Nature Preserve, 171, 172
Golden Triangle, 169–174
Jesus Church, Troutbeck, Windermere, Cumbria, 171
Kempley, Gloucestershire, 169, 172
Lake Windermere, 29
Newent, Gloucestershire, 24, 169, 174
North York Moors National Park, 171
Rievaulx Abbey, 172
Ullswater, 28, 30–31
Langtry, Mrs, 70
Lanyon, John, 137
large-cupped daffodils, 40–43
‘Larkelly’, 93
Latvia, 107
‘Laurens Koster’, 53
Lawry, Andrew, 116
leaves, 182
Leeds, Edward, 68–69, 75, 76
leek, 27
Lefeber, J. W. A., 14
‘Lemon Brook’, 104
‘Lemon Glow’, 202
‘Lemon Silk’, 104
Lesney Abbey, 19
Leucojum aestivum, 189
Leyland cypress. See Cupressus ×leylandii
lifting, 120, 190
lilies, 12, 20
Lima, Manuel, 150
Lincolnshire, 21, 116
‘Little Beauty’, 204
Little Clarendon, Wiltshire, 169
‘Little Jem’, 203
‘Little Jewel’, 101
‘Little Meg’, 51
‘Little Witch’, 70
Lloyd, David, 44
Loch Ewe, 154
‘Loch Maree’, 86
long-term prospects, 190
Low, Keith, 155
‘Lucifer’, 79, 116, 203
‘Madam Speaker’, 144
Maghreb, 35, 57
mapping, 181
‘Marie Curie’, 145
Marie Curie Cancer Care, 27, 29
‘Marie Curie Diamond’, 27
‘Marieke’, 202
market garden industry, decline in, 136
‘Marlborough’, 40
‘Mars’, 79
‘Martinette’, 125
‘Mary Copeland’, 67
Maryland Daffodil Society, 103
‘Matador’, 125
‘Maximus’, 129
‘May Muriel’, 40
McDonald, Sharon, 107
MC Nuts, 29
Medieval Christian art, 24
Mediterranean climate zone, 36, 53
Mendel, Gregor, 95
‘Menehay’, 14
‘Merlin’, 204
‘Mesa Verde’, 151
micropropagation, 199
Middle East, 24
Midland Daffodil Society, 107
Miller, Philip, 64
miniatures, 58, 94–95, 145, 152
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 124
‘Minnow’, 95, 204
Miscellaneous divisi
on, 57–58, 148
‘Misty Glen’, 202
‘Mite’, 49
Mitsch, Grant, 51, 103, 104, 146, 149, 152
‘Mitylene’, 57, 79
modern, 77
‘Monal’, 204
Monet, Claude, 83
Monterey pine. See Pinus radiata
Morocco, 35
Mothering Sunday, 171
‘Mount Hood’, 202, 204
‘Mrs. Langtry’, 70
‘Mrs. R. O. Backhouse’, 43, 74
mutations, 14
‘My Sweetheart’, 42
naming, 16–17
Narcissus bicolor × N. pseudonarcissus, 69
narcissus bulb fly, 198–199
Narcissus bulbocodium, 53, 62, 203
Narcissus calcicola, 24
Narcissus cavanillesii, 58
Narcissus cordubensis, 24
Narcissus cyclamineus, 49, 57, 95, 203
Narcissus fernandesii var. cordubensis, 59
Narcissus hispanicus, 37, 39
Narcissus ×incomparabilis, 62
Narcissus jonquilla, 50, 57, 204
Narcissus ×medioluteus, 62
Narcissus minor, 62
Narcissus obvallaris, 19, 164, 203
Narcissus papyraceus, 24, 53, 204
Narcissus poeticus, 17, 35, 43, 46, 57, 62
Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus, 203
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, 16, 19, 30–31, 35, 37, 57, 62, 69, 164, 168, 171, 174, 190, 194, 203
Narcissus serotinus, 35
Narcissus tazetta, 62, 194
Narcissus triandrus, 46, 76, 203
Narcissus viridiflorus, 150–151
Narcissus willkommii, 59
Narzissenfest, 24–25
National Daffodil Society of New Zealand, 207
National Grid, 174
national symbol, 27
National Trust, 136–137, 154, 165, 168
National Trust for Scotland, 89, 154
naturalising, 182, 203
natural species, 58
Nawroz, 24
Nelson, George Gudgeon, 75
Netherlands, 101–102, 107, 116, 136, 164
‘Nevis’, 86
‘Newcastle’, 152
New Generation Daffodils, 79
New Zealand, 99–101, 107, 113, 123, 125, 152, 163
nineteenth century, 97–113
‘Niveth’, 70
North Africa, 151
Northern Ireland, 14, 89
‘Notre Dame’, 204
nursery catalogues, 155
Oklahoma, 165
Olearia traversii, 123
O’More, Kim, 101
‘Orange Phoenix’, 46
Oregon, 103, 146–147
‘Oregon Pioneer’, 147
origins, 64
‘Ormeau’, 14
‘Ornatus’, 54, 129
‘Oryx’, 104
Ottoman Empire, 61
Pacific Northwest, 102
Pannill, William G., 51, 57
paperwhites. See Narcissus papyraceus
Paphiopedilum, 152
Parkinson, John, 62, 64, 75
‘Passionale’, 202
patenting, 107
‘Peeping Tom’, 93
‘Pencrebar’, 203
perennialise, 182
perennials, 187
‘Perpetuation’, 147
pests, 198
Peter Barr Memorial Cup, 74, 108
(Peter’s) [St.] Peter’s leek, 27
picking, 122–123, 182
Pickstone, W., 62
‘Pineapple Prince’, 202
Pinus radiata, 123
‘Pinza’, 99, 204
‘Pipit’, 147, 202, 204
Pittosporum crassifolium, 123
Plant Breeders’ Rights, 107
planting, 180–181
Plant Quarantine Act, 102
‘Plover’, 104
‘Poetaz’, 53, 194
‘Poeticus’, 53, 58, 79, 80, 129, 164, 194
poisoning, 19
polyanthus, 13
Portugal, 35, 59, 76, 94–95
‘Precocious’, 104
‘Princeps’, 183, 203
‘Princess Mary’, 57
prizes, 108
propagation, 142–144, 190
‘Puppy Love’, 152
Quality Daffodils, 141
‘Quasar’, 204
‘Queen of Spain’, 76
‘Quince’, 94
‘Rainbow’, 99
rainbow mix, 145
Ramsbottom, James Kirkham, 198
Ramses II, Pharaoh of Egypt, 61
ranunculus, 13
rash, 123
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una, 168
Rea, John, 62
‘Rebekah’, 143
Reed, John, 42
regulations, 126
reproduction, 34–37
‘Resolute’, 79
reverse bicolours, 101, 202
Richardson, Lionel, 89, 99
‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’, 125, 204
rimmed, 43
‘Rippling Waters’, 202
‘Rip van Winkle’, 62
Robinson, William, 76, 182
Rogers, Fred, 198
Romans, 19
Romantic emblem, 28–29
Romanticism, 28
‘Rosedown’, 46
‘Rosemoor Gold’, 203
Rosewarne Experimental Horticultural Station, 53, 124–125
Ross Cemetery, 168
Ross, John, 168
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 98, 107
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Daffodil Committee, 37, 82
International Daffodil Register and Classified List, 107, 108, 139, 207
Kate Donald and, 80, 154
largest division of daffodils registered by, 40
Lindley Library, 155
Narcissus Committee, 75–76
Ralph B. White Memorial Medal, 108, 152
RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey, 197, 198, 209
Scientific Committee, 76
shows, 108
Victoria Medal, 76, 89
‘Rugulosus’, 202
Rydal Mount, Cumbria, 209
‘Sagitta’, 204
‘Sailboat’, 51
‘Saint Day’, 143
‘Saint Keverne’, 202
‘Sarchedon’, 54
Scamp, Ron, 14, 40, 42, 51, 56, 137, 141–145, 154, 155, 159, 198–199, 208
scent, 20
Scilla sibirica, 189
Scilly Isles, 116, 123, 125, 126, 199
‘Scilly White’, 127
Scotland, 154
Scotland’s Garden Scheme, 155
seeds, 24
‘Segovia’, 203
‘Seraglio’, 86
shade, 180
‘Sheviok’, 40
shows, 108–113
‘Silver Chimes’, 203
Sion, Vincent, 46
‘Sir Watkin’, 62, 203
skin irritation, 19–20
slipper orchids, 152
slug damage, 198
small-cupped daffodils, 43
‘Small Talk’, 104
‘Smyrna’, 86
snakehead fritillary. See Fritillaria meleagris
‘Snipe’, 203
snowdrops, 35, 164
social factors, 13
societies, 107, 207
soil, 180
‘Soleil d’Or’, 95
Sophocles, 16
Spain, 24, 35, 49, 58, 59, 76, 95, 151, 169
Spanish meadow, 168
species, 35
Speke Hall, Liverpool, 209
‘Spellbinder’, 202
‘Spencer Tracy’, 14
‘Spider Woman’, 151
Split-coronas, 57, 141, 145
‘Spofforthiae Spurius’, 69
Spotts, Robert, 150–151
Spring Festival, 24
St. David’s Day, 27
‘St. Keverne’, 91
‘Sulphur Phoenix’, 62, 203
summer temperatures, 194
‘Sun Disc’, 95
sun-resistant, 203
‘Sunrise’, 137
suppliers, 208
‘Surfside’, 104, 203
Sutton Court, Herefordshire, 70
‘Sweetness’, 67
sweet peas, 13
symbolism, 24–27
Tait, Arthur, 94–95
‘Tamar Double White’, 133
Tamar Valley, Cornwall, 16, 17, 128–137, 195, 198
Tasmanian Daffodil Council, 207
‘Tazetta’, 20, 44, 50–53, 58, 95, 125, 126, 127, 192, 194
teas, 172
‘Telamonius’, 165
‘Telamonius Plenus’, 46, 129, 165, 168, 203
Tenby, Wales, 164
‘Tenedos’, 80
‘Tête-à-Tête’, 58, 94, 95, 145, 193, 203, 204
‘Thalia’, 203, 204
Thatcher, Margaret, 125
‘Therapia’, 86
Thomas, Graham Stuart, 154
Threave Garden, Castle Douglas, 155, 209
‘Tiny Bubbles’, 148
Toc H, 171
‘Topolino’, 204
‘Toto’, 57
Transport of Flowers Act, 136
‘Trecara’, 143
‘Tresamble’, 203
Tresco Abbey Gardens, 154
‘Trevithian’, 90, 203
Triandrus, 46, 47, 58, 143, 148
‘Trigonometry’, 104
Trumpets, 37–40, 58, 129
‘Tuesday’s Child’, 202
Tuggle, Harry, 125
tulips, 12, 13, 36, 61, 62, 83
Turkey, 164
twin-scaling, 190
‘Undeb Rygbi Cymru/Welsh Rugby Union’, 145
United States, 101–103, 107
USDA hardiness zones, 194
‘Valdrome’, 56
van Dijk, J. M., 44
Van Graven Bros., 14
‘Van Sion’, 129
Varfell Farm, 116
variants, 58
‘Victoria’, 82
Victorian Daffodil Society, 207
Virginia, 148–149
Virgin Mary, 24
viruses, 199
Vis, Albert, 53
von Gemmingen, Johann Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, 61
‘Vulcan’, 99
Wales, 27
Walker, James, 54
Ware, Walter T., 83–89
‘Wave’, 44
(Weir) The Weir, Herefordshire, 209
Wellington Horticultural Society, 99
Westbury Court, Gloucestershire, 209
W. F. Leenen & Sons, 102
‘Whipcord’, 204
‘White Emperor’, 79
‘White Lady’, 79, 80
‘White Lion’, 44
Whitworth, Jo, 132
wild, 164
wild bulbs, 76
Wild Daffodil Project, 174
Wilde, Oscar, 69
wild garlic. See Allium ursinum
Wilks, W., 139
Williams, John Charles, 90–93
Williams, Michael, 91, 93
Williams, P. D., 90–93, 198
Willmott, Ellen, 83–89
‘Will Scarlett’, 79, 91
‘Wilmer’s Double Golden Daffodil’, 168
Wilson, A. M., 116
Wilson, Guy, 89, 98–99
wind, 123
‘Winifred van Graven’, 14
Wolfhagen, W., 101
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