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We now come to the Poet section, which many consider to be 
the most charming of all. Mr. Engleheart has made a speciality 
of them, and could anyone see the varieties which Leeds and 
Backhouse worked with and then compare them with the newer 
forms they would be amazed at the change that has taken place, 
although one is bound to acknowledge that the old recurvus has 
never been surpassed for beauty of colour and outline. ' Alpha ' 
is a beautiful rim-eyed variety ; ' Martial ' is an example of an 
all-red eye ; ' Bridget ' of one with a good deal of green in the centre 
of the eye ; ' Pinkie ■ is one of the new pink-edged varieties, which are 
exceedingly dainty and always attract attention. 
We now turn to the modern doubles. The change has not been so 
marked in this section as in others : still new colouring has been 
introduced in some of the later hybrids. ' Argent ' is an example, 
which is quite Ai for the garden and equally useful for pots. 
Lastly we may note a flower which shows something of what 
the future may have in store, for there is a most decided red tinge 
in the perianth. Who knows what surprises may be in store for us ? 
Miss Silberrad, in her most interesting novel of Dutch life in the bulb- 
field regions, hypothecated a blue Daffodil. We in England formulate a 
red trumpet. Just imagine not only a red trumpet but a red perianth 
as well, and the butter-yellow Sweet Pea and the blue Rose sink into 
insignificance as future wonders in the vegetable world. However, 
without going so far as to wish or expect such a break from tha 
ordinary, perhaps enough of the beautiful creations of our present-day 
seedling raisers have been mentioned to show the prizes which fall 
to the patient and methodical hybridizer and the many beauties, some 
of which in time are bound to find their way to the gardens of the 
world, 
