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Mr. Farr has been a frequent visitor at The New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. He was much interested in all our collections of 

 hardy flowering plants and he gave freely of such plants as the 

 bearded and the Japanese irises to increase the collections and 

 make them more complete. He supplied a complete set of the 

 various day lilies {Hemerocallis) in cultivation for use in the 

 breeding work now under way in our experimental plots. Last 

 summer he inspected the numerous seedlings that were in bloom 

 and arranged to name and distribute some of the best of these. 



Perhaps no better statement of the life work and the ambitions 

 of Mr. Farr can be given than that which he himself wrote in the 

 foreword of the firm's catalogue for the present year. His 

 words are, in part, as follows: — 



"The title, 'Better Plants — by Farr,' that I have adopted as 

 my business slogan, may impress some, at first, as an egotistical 

 assertion. I do not mean it in that sense; rather it presents an 

 ideal toward which all of us are striving, myself and the faithful 

 associates who have grown and developed with the business here, 

 and who, by their conscientious efforts, have helped me to the 

 success so far achieved. We always tried to do our best, but it 

 is not enough. 



" To you, my friends and patrons, I again extend my thanks for 

 allowing me to share with you the joy of gardening. I repeat 

 that, to me, it means life in the fullest sense, and if I can be 

 instrumental in adding ever so little to the beauty and happiness 

 of the world, I feel that life is worth while." 



These closing words of the introduction to the last general 

 catalogue which Mr. Farr issued may well be taken as his last 

 personal message to all lovers of flowers. They may well linger 

 in the memories of his friends as expressing the ambition which 

 ruled the life of Bertrand H. Farr. 



A. B. Stout. 



THE NARCISSUS COLLECTION 



Through the continued interest of the Dutch Bulb Exporters' 

 Association and Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckham, of the Advisory 

 Council, the Garden now possesses a permanent daffodil col- 

 lection. The Association replaced last year's magnificent gift 



