Show SCARLET DAFFODILS ON MARKET they are made by putting stems in colored water there Is no such thing as a scarlet daffodil tho the u iao called scarlet daffodils are simply the familiar van alons treated artificially they are not dyed as people used to think of the green carnat i once fash Io but after cutting cutt lne tho the steins stems are immersed in water sata saturated rated with a red dye which passes up the vessels of the stems and la is absorbed in the petals where it soon overpowers tho time honored yellow this trick which la Is near akin to vandalism has been played very generally in london this spring especially by the itinerant vendors in sloane street where we have seen apparently lavender narcissi which were bear able and others tinged with the most horrible magenta so far we havo have noticed the trick only in connection with narcissi it remains only to hope that it may cot rot be applicable to roses for if it be it may cause trouble at the shows country life |