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Scilly Isles, Guernsey, and the South of France, 

 while no insignificant number came from the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of London. It is pleasing to 

 note that these locally grown flowers are looked 

 upon as being the pick of the market, as the im- 

 ported ones are often some days old before they 

 reach the consumer. Although there are a very 

 large number of old standard kinds, such as Golden 

 Spur, Emperor, Barrii conspicuus and ornatus, 

 which seem to leave little to be desired from a 

 decorative standpoint, it is an undoubted fact that 

 there are a great many newer ones, which will in time 

 eclipse these old favourites : such are Torch, Queen 

 oj the West, Cassandra, Lucifer, Southern Star, 

 and Fire Dome. These, at present, are too expen- 

 sive to become real market flowers, but their cost 

 is insignificant when compared with some of the 

 newest varieties, for which 20 and even 30 a 

 bulb is the price. 



If I were a young man investing in the Daffodil 

 industry, I should devote a considerable portion 

 of my capital to a carefully selected few of these 

 high-priced novelties, as there is no doubt that 

 among them will be found the future Daffodils of 

 commerce. 



As this chapter is going to press a scurrilous 



