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yellow crown, a truly splendid flower ; Bernardino, 

 white with salmon crown, of fine quality ; White Queen, 

 ivory, frilled crown, a chaste and lovely flower ; Home- 

 spun, lemon with yellow crown, of beautiful form ; 

 Evangeline, almost like a white Homespun ; Seagull, 

 pale lemon ; and C. J. Backhouse, canary with salmon 

 crown. And always in the running is the great Sir 

 Watkin. 



The poeticus group is a power in itself. Here we find 

 such good things as Cassandra, a neat flower, but none 

 too strong a grower ; Ben Jonson, a flower of the best 

 quality, and a strong, free bloomer ; Sonnet, noteworthy 

 for its long stalk ; Virgil, bright red cup, a smooth re- 

 fined flower; Herrick, flat, well rounded; and Horace, 

 a bloom of the best quality. But there are newer sorts 

 than these. 



For rich garden effect there is nothing to equal the 

 large trumpets. Among the cheap yellows Emperor, 

 Golden Spur and Henry Irving are as good as ever, but 

 specialists feel no interest in them, although they are all 

 agog about King Alfred, a noble flower, but costly. Those 

 who seek fine yellow trumpets of modern interest that 

 are not dear might consider Admiral Togo and Golden 

 Bell. I know of no better garden Daffodil than the 

 latter, for it is strong and free, with a rich colour. Madame 

 de Graaff and Treasure Trove are excellent paler forms, 

 the former nearly white, the latter opening lemon and 

 going off pure white ; it is a slender sort. The little 

 W. P. Milner, which is practically a miniature Madame 

 de Graaff, is useful for small vases. Princess Ida is 

 another charming miniature, with ivory-coloured flowers. 



The two-coloured trumpets (Bicolors), of the type of 

 Empress and Horsefieldi (the latter a little the earlier of 

 the two, but otherwise very like the former), are as be- 



