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to a hint he had received from Dr. Masters, to see if he could 

 discover the real cause of the disease, but without any result. 

 The bulbs, as a rule, got well above the ground in a quite 

 healthy condition, but after that they became affected. 



The Rev. C. Wolley-Dod said, in reference to the " Hoop- 

 petticoat " Narcissus (Corbularia conspicua), that this was a 

 difficult species to grow, although he had a certain variety of 

 it which grew freely in his own garden. This pretty plant 

 belonged to a section requiring somewhat different treatment 

 from other Daffodils. In their native country they enjoy a dry 

 atmosphere, and, if this condition could be imitated in England, 

 Mr. Wolley-Dod believed we should succeed better with them. 

 He had seen it growing in a rockery in Aberdeen, where its roots 

 were kept dry, so that it was in no way a delicate plant. 



In reference to the Tenby Daffodil, he said there seemed to 

 be some difficulty in recognising what the Tenby Daffodil really 

 was. It had been stated that it was N. obvallaris — a variety 

 or form of N. pseudo-narcissus, but Babington mentions it as 

 lobular is. It is one of the earliest- flowering kinds, coming 

 into bloom in March, and sometimes in February. Some 

 said that N. pallidus prcecox was better, but probably Mr. 

 Walker would disagree with this, as it was not so robust as the 

 Tenby Daffodil, and could not be so well established for market 

 purposes. 



As to Daffodils grown for market, Mr. Feaser said the 

 market people were the ones to show us what could be done 

 with Daffodils, and what they had done had been seen at the 

 various meetings of the E.H.S., where it was shown that those 

 who grew for the market could produce much better flowers 

 than amateur growers could. 



Replying, Mr. Walker referred to the going blind of double 

 poeticus, and said ten years ago his Daffodils suffered very 

 much from blindness, but after careful observation he came to the 

 conclusion that the cause of this disease was weakness, for if the 

 double poeticus was allowed to remain more than two years in 

 the same situation it would be found that the number of blind 

 flowers would increase, but in the first and second year hardly 

 10 per cent, ever went blind. This could be cured by good 

 cultivation and annual lifting. 



In regard to the planting of p. ornatus first, Mr. Walker 



