IRISH GARDENING 



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Lady Maryaret Hoscawen is a inaj^iiiliceiil lrimipi.-t, will be very hard lo heat. Il has a 

 (lower of the Incomparaliilis section, with pure lar^'e Primrose trumpet and jjood flat, while 

 while perianth and lart,'e i^-olden cup. This is perianlh, makinjj a very symmetrical flower, 

 a most vii^orous plant, aiul makes a line show Wliile (Jiiei'ii is one of the older ^iant Leedsii 



either in the ^^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^_^__^__^^^^_^^^^^^_^__^ varieties, hut 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HJ^^^V^^^^^HFIHH one 



pots. 



Lord .Mun- 

 casler is .i 

 V e r y ti n o 

 lunellv witli 

 very lary;e, 

 pale si'olden- 

 vellow trum- 

 pet anil full, 

 overlapp ing 

 perianth of a 

 p.iier shade, 

 of good form, 

 i^reat size 

 a n d s u h - 

 stance. I t 

 is a v e I' y 

 vigorous and 

 Horif e r o u s 

 plant. 



Matt how 

 Arnold is .i 

 good a n il 

 distinct 

 poeticus, not 

 large, h u I 

 very full and 

 round. The 

 eye has a red 

 rim. 



.Mrs Percy 

 Fester is an 

 e X t| u i s i I e 

 llower with 

 pure white 

 perianth o t 

 great s u b - 

 stance a n d 

 e X p a n d e tl 

 golden c u p 

 margined 

 orange. 



the b e .s t . 

 The large 

 cup is of a 

 citron colour 

 when newly 

 opened, but 

 soon turns 

 pure white. 

 The perianth 

 is full a n d 

 pure, the 

 whole flower 

 remi n d i n g 

 one of a Hu- 

 charis. 



VV. B. 

 II art land, 

 named after 

 the veteran 

 raiser, i.s a 

 bold, early- 

 flowering, bi- 

 color trum- 

 pet of Hors- 

 lieldii colour, 

 b u t m u c h 

 larger in all 

 its parts. 



The above 

 dozen are 

 about the 

 best of the 

 newer var- 

 ieties, some 

 of which are 

 still very ex- 

 pensive how- 

 ever. I ap- 

 pend her e- 

 with another 

 dozen first- 

 class varie- 

 Mrs. Robert Sydenham (see photo) I would ties that can be purchased in most cases for 

 place not only as the best white-trumpet Daffo- less than the modest shilling : — 

 dil in commerce, but as one of the best of all .Albatross, .\rgent, Cassandra, Golden Bell, 



naffodils. It is not vary large but very refined, Gloria >[undi. Glory of Leiden, Homer. Horace, 

 a strong grower and very floriferous. Lucifer, >L-»dame de Graaff, Oriflamme, and 



Selina Malone, as a soft-coloured, hicolor White L.idy. 



I'llOlo by] 



A good .ind new 



' DOLLV." 



ricly of N.ircissus Englehcarlii. 



