Daffodil Types, Historics

daff history question

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I reading local newspaper for history of daffodil industry in Gloucester…  noted five cultivars were mentioned being shipped…
King Alfred, Emperor, Helios…. and 2 others…. Suydenhamn and Olympia…. these last two are not listed on daff seek…. Has anyone heard of them?

The first daffodil show in Gloucester was March 31 and April 1 with 18 classes and six arrangement classes… now we have 225 horticulture, 4 photography and 11 arrangement classes

5 comments for “daff history question”

  2. Suydenhamn might be a mis-spelling of Sydenham.  There are 4 entries in DaffSeek with Sydenham in the name, though the one from 1965 is probably not it.  There’s an ‘Olympia’ in DaffSeek–a 1 Y-Y.
    Mary Lou

  3. I neglected to hit ‘reply all’ when i emailed Ceci

    ‘Robert Syndenham’ pre1908 Van Waveren and Son introduction

    It and Olympia were very common in American catalogs into the 1920 Both were large two-tone trumpets, or petals paler than coronas A number of catalogs have images of them in black and white, but they’re not usually great quality interesting that Van Waveren set up an American operation in Va and that two of their big trumpets became widely carried…

    -s

  4. Ceci, Try ‘Sydenham’ or maybe ‘Robert Sydenham’. I suspect incomplete name or wrong spelling. Brian

  5. Just for information
    Robert Sydenham was a nurseryman from Birmingham (UK) well known for his daffodils. He is still commemorated by the award of a prize in his name for vegetables at the Shrewsbury show.
    James Akers

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