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wildering as the yellows. I am disposed to assess Victoria 

 as tlie best of the cheap Bicolors, for it blooms more 

 freely, and has a larger flower, than either Empress or 

 Horsefieldii. Its extreme vigour finds somewhat un- 

 desirable expression in rich soil, where it produces an 

 enormous number of little sprayey offsets, and takes five 

 years to make a good bulb ; it should be planted quite 

 six inches deep. It is a case of rather poor soil being 

 best. Of the medium price varieties Madame Plemp 

 and J. B. M. Camm are good ; and of the dearer ones 

 Weardale Perfection and Duke of Bedford claim notice. 



The Leedsi and Barri varieties, hybrids of the medium 

 crown section, give us some lovely Daffodils. I may 

 instance White Lady, a sweet and delicate tone of colour, 

 Waterwitch, white, drooping, a hybrid of Leedsi and 

 triandrus, the weeping flowers pure as snow ; Duchess 

 of Westminster, one of the oldest of the section, and still 

 one of the best, white with canary cup ; Gem, a pure 

 white ; Alabaster, a hybrid of Leedsi and triandrus, 

 pure white ; Barri conspicuus, about the cheapest 

 Daffodil grown, and one of the finest, a lovely flower 

 with yellow petals and orange crown, a tall, strong 

 grower and abundant bloomer ; Barri Albatross, the 

 cup of which is edged with red ; Barri Dorothy Wemyss, 

 salmon crown, a long-stemmed, late-blooming variety ; 

 and Barri Flora Wilson, a dwarf white variety with 

 salmon cup. 



The list is still incomplete, for there are the lovely 

 Burbidgei variety Rosalind, with orange eye ; the 

 brilliant Engleheartii Chough, with rich orange crown ; 

 the exquisite Incognita, primrose with apricot crown, a 

 sort of the first quality ; Firebrand, cream petals and 

 deep red cup ; and Will Scarlett, cream petals and deep 

 red cup. 



