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be added spurius and Edward Leeds. The latter, though not a 

 fine form, gives flowers when those already mentioned are over. 



Class 3. — Bicolors. 



The varieties in this class, with a few exceptions, may be all- 

 considered good, yet to my thinking Empress must take the lead — 

 Horsfieldii, grandis, Dean Herbert, and J. B. M. Camm. I am 

 aware that some growers would place Horsfieldii before Empress, 

 but after a number of years of careful observation, I consider 

 Empress to be by far the better plant. It multiplies faster, and 

 nearly every offset will flower ; and should a grower have a 

 bad market, and have to keep his flowers over till next market, 

 the blooms of Empress will be in a far better condition than those 

 of Horsfieldii. 



Class 4. — White or Pale Sulphur. 



The flowers of this class, up to the present, have always been 

 a drug in market. The cause may be that they are soft and do 

 not stand well ; yet a few may be grown to advantage, such as 

 Mrs. F. W.Burbidge, cernuus, and cernuus pulcher. 



With me Mme. de Graaff has not yet flowered, and I cannot 

 speak of the substance this flower possesses, but it is certainly 

 the finest white. 



Class 5. — Incomparabilis, Barrii, and Leedsii. 



This is a very large family, and though possessing a goodly 

 number of fine varieties, yet it requires a good deal of sifting. If 

 there is any class which possesses a variety which towers far above 

 all its fellows it is that of the incomparabilis, and that variety 

 is Sir Watkin. Indeed, I question if there is another Daffodil that 

 possesses such a robust constitution, and perhaps no better com- 

 panion could be found for this variety than Lady Watkin. 

 Though not quite the size of Sir Watkin, yet it possesses more 

 beauty by having a deep- stained orange cup, and though there 

 was only one bulb of this variety in existence in 1884, I have had 

 no less than nineteen flowers this year. The next two that might 

 attempt to hold up their heads here would be Gloria Mundi and 

 Princess Mary. 



Barrii. — With the exception of conspicuus, it would not be 

 safe for a market grower to cultivate a large quantity of this sec- 



