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IRISH GARDENING 



answer is always emphatic, tliat the varieties on a long stem, broad white petals and brilliant 



are very distinct in every way. The flowers are dead-scarlet eye, which quickly scorches in the 



so distinct that an experienced person can easily sun, therefore to get this beautiful flower in 



pick an Empress from a Horsfieldii bed, and perfection it should be cut as the flower expands 



vicc-vcrsii. The perianth of Horsfieldii, is purer and opened in water. This, like most other 



in colour and fuller than Empress, although I highly coloured flowers, looses much of its 



once heard one o\' the largest growers in colour when forced. 

 Ireland d e - 



s c r i b e tlic 

 two \arieties 

 as " having 

 flowers iden- 

 tical. but 

 tl i a e r e n t 

 plants," ani.1 

 certainly in 

 the plants 

 the d i ffer- 

 ence is very 

 pronounced . 

 The foliage 

 of {impress 

 is longer and 

 stronger, the 

 bulb larger 

 a n d of a 

 different col- 

 our, Empress 

 being of that 

 b r o w n i s 1 1 

 colour, that 

 pleases the 

 eye of the 

 Daffodil ex 

 pert, while 

 Horsfi e 1 d i i 

 has a pale al- 

 most straw- 

 c o I o u r e tl 

 bulb, but the 

 most impor- 

 tant differ- 

 ence of all is 



rholo by) 



Mrs. R. Svdenha.m. 



A be.iiitiful White 'IVumpct OafTodil 



large 

 orant 



Dolly (see 

 photo) is one 

 of the most 

 perfect flow- 

 ers of its 

 type. The 

 llower has a 

 large, fl a t 

 cup, suffused 

 orange red 

 and beauti- 

 liilly flmbri- 

 ated, mm! a 

 large, f u 1 1 

 white peri- 

 anth, w 1 t h 

 r o u n d e il 

 segment s. 

 This tine var- 

 iety is still 

 exp e n s i V e, 

 but is a very 

 good grow- 

 er, and in- 

 creases free- 

 ly, so shoulil 

 s o ii n b e 

 offered at .i 

 reaso n a b I e 

 pi ice. 



i ncogiiita, 

 ,1 I t li o u g h 

 not by .any 

 means now a 

 novelty, is 

 still one o'i 

 the best, 

 white perianth, .niul flat 

 .apricot coKiur aiul bufl 



ILtsstiiitll 



.\llred, .inotlicr \ariety that lias been 



that Empress 



forces splendidly, while 1 lorslieldiicomesso weak It ha-^ 



when grown in heat as to be practically worth- cup ol 



less. With the introduction of so many new margin 



varieties it is getting more diflicult every year to '"^ing 



make a selection of what might be called, w ith in commerce for some time, but '-till w illioul a 



any degree of confidence, the best, but in the ri\al as a yellow trumpet, and is almost too 



following list only those are included that have w-ell-known to call for description. In some 



been thoroughly tested and have proved to be ' parts of England it is said to be a bad doer, but 



good, vigorous plants as well as beautiful I have never heard of .anyone having trouble 



flowers: — .'Vcme is still an unique flower borne with it in Ireland. 



