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PICTORIAL PBAGTIGAL BULB GIIOWIXG. 



Bathurst. 

 Bazelmau Major. 

 Double Bcman. 

 Gloriosa. 



Grand MoDarque. 

 Her Majesty. 

 Jaune Sui^reme. 



Dutch Varieties. 



Maestro. 



Paper White and its 



varieties. 

 Queen of tlie Netherlands. 

 Soleii d'Or. 

 States General 

 White Pearl. 



The most useful of these for forcing are Paper White, in two 

 or three varieties, and Double Roman, all pure white and 

 extremely fioriferous. 



Interesting Small- cupped Daffodils. —In addition to those 

 to which attention has been called, there are several species 

 that are extremely interesting, though they may not possess 

 high merit as florist's flowers. Biflorus, the Primrose Peerless 

 Daffodil, is well know^n and much admired, as also are Jon- 

 quilla and its double form, both of which are delightfully 

 fragrant. The Jonquils are more useful for pot culture than 

 for outdoors, wdiere, if planted, they must have a warm posi- 

 tion, in which they can receive winter protection. Schizanthes 

 orientalis is bunch fiow^ered, and growls 14 inches in height ; 

 wdiile the rare little serotinus carries its flowers on slender 

 stems in autumn. 



Except in occasional instances, the rarer varieties have 

 been excluded from the foregoing selections, as the stock being 

 very limited makes them exceedingly expensive to procure. 

 Many of these have been raised by the Rev. G. H. Engieheart, 

 Mr. J. W. Barr, the Rev. Eugene Bourne, and Mr. Backhouse ; 

 wdiile a few^ have come to us from Holland. To those who 

 aspire to the dignity of being amongst the foremost specialists 

 in Daffodil land some of the novelties are essential, but it 

 must be understood that the purse should have long strings 

 if half a dozen or a dozen are w^anted. 



There can be no question as to the magnificence of such as 

 Peter Barr, Weardale Perfection, Monarch, Big Ben, Lord 

 Roberts, Duke of Bedford, and King Alfred ; or of the striking 

 beauty of Albatross, Border Maid, Cassandra, Una, Egret, 

 Lucifer, Maggie May, Sceptre, Seagull, and White Queen, but 

 one bulb of each of the seventeen enumerated would involve 

 an expenditure of upwards of 150 guineas at the prices quoted 

 in Barr's catalogue. The superb white Ajax Peter Barr heads 

 the list w-ith 50 guineas, wdiich must surely be a record for a 

 single Daffodil bulb, in this or any other country. 



Just as there are Daffodils wdiose cost is so great as to 

 allow of their culture only by the favoured few, so are there 



Hare and Expensive Daffodils. 



Abundant and Cheap Daffodils. 



