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bloom was feeble, small, and hardly worth noting 

 for this first season; next year they should be 

 subjects for observation. It was a disappoint- 

 ment that Baroness Schroeder refused to show a 

 single flower this spring. For lo, these many 

 years have I looked at prices and longed to pos- 

 sess this glorious peony; and, now that she is 

 within my gates, to find her refusing to speak to 

 me must be set down as one of the sorrows of this 

 trial garden. 



But the daffodils! Early in the spring those 

 wonderful varieties suggested by Reverend Joseph 

 Jacob in the columns of "The Garden" as repre- 

 sentative of the various classes — those far ex- 

 ceeded and outshone all anticipation. Mr. Jacob's 

 list will be interesting to lovers of the narcissus 

 in this country. I subjoin it: 



Yellow Trumpets: Emperor, Glory of Leiden, 

 Maximus, Golden Bell, P. R. Barr, Queen of 

 Spain {Johnstoni). 



White Trumpets: Madame de Graaflf. 



Bicolor Trumpets: Apricot, Empress, J. B. M. 

 Camm, Victoria, Mrs. W. T. Ware. 



Cups with Yellow Perianths: Albatross, Lucifer, 

 Citron, Duchess of Westminster, White Lady, 

 Ariadne, Lulworth, Dorothy Wemyss, M. M. de 



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