Mrs. Francis King
Classification:
2 W-[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse

b 1857 d 1921

Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1921
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1925.AM Haarlem 1925; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Original RHS color code is 2 (b). According to the American Daffodil Year Book, 1935 published by the American Horticultural Society in Mrs. Francis King’s “Preface” entry: “I singled out a beautiful primrose trumpet of great size and fine texture.”

Origin of Name

Named in honor of the founder of the Garden Club of America and author of Chronicles of the Garden-1925 and eight more garden books, Louisa Yeomans King (1863-1948), more commonly known as Mrs. Francis King. This daffodil was named after she admired it while attending a flower show in Heestede, Haarlem, in Holland.

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Mrs. Francis KingMrs. Francis King, 2 W-, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #42806 de Graaff Catalog Photo, the Netherlands