The Gardening World. 
EDITORIAL. 
“The Latest Hobby.” 
The well-known and enthusiastic florists, Mr. R. 0. Cartwright and Mr. 
A. 11. Goodwin, have lately gone into partnership, as bulb growers at Kid- 
derminster, Worcestershire, and have signalised their commencement by the 
issue of a pamphlet on how to raise Daffodils from seed, with a list of the 
finest varieties. Much has been written about Daffodils from one point of 
view or another, but least of all, perhaps, about seedlings and how to raise 
them. Anyway, they have got together a considerable amount of informa- 
tion, giving the history of the subject from various notable writers on gar- 
dening from the earliest times down to the present. 
The authors, after dealing with the general history of the Daffodil in 
this way, proceed to give the history of each section and sub-section, men- 
tioning the most suitable varieties that have been user! or should be used in 
the raising of new varieties. For instance, under the heading of self yellow 
trumpet Daffodils, mention is made of the Tenby Daffodil. Golden Bell, Gold 
Cup, Felicity. Golden Spur, Henry Irving, Manta Maria, King Alfred, Maxi- 
mus, Emperor, Monarch, and various others of the most handsome Daffodils 
to grow, or which can be used with the object of procuring something better 
than we already have. 
We have frequently seen the exhibits of these enthusiastic amateur 
growers, and now that they have commenced trading on their own account, 
they have left the role of amateurs, and we have no doubt they will prove 
equally successful growers as hitherto. 
The Gardener, May 9th, 1908. 
A New Interest. 
Up to now the raising of new varieties from seed has been in the hands 
of the few. The knowledge of how to do it successfully has been so carefully 
guarded, and the best varieties for the purpose have been so expensive, that 
the inevitable result has followed, and the pleasure of seedling raising has 
remained a term incognita to the ordinary Daffodil lover. This spring, how- 
ever, a notable event has happened. The new firm of Messrs. Cartwright 
and Goodwin, with a sort of prophetic prescience, have issued a little green 
covered book called “The Latest Hobby.” but which is really a pamphlet 
which might well be dubbed “ Seedling liaising Explained and Made Easy 
for Ordinary Folk.” What to do and what not to do is made clear. The 
best seed bearers and pollen parents are indicated, and full cultural details 
are given, from the time of sowing the seed till, after the lapse of from live 
to seven years, the sower is rewarded by a flower. In olden days men in 
humble spheres of life took a deep and often a successful interest in this cult. 
John Horsfield, a Lancashire weaver, it must never be forgotten, raised 
Horsfieldi (and this is still one of our best bicolors) in the ’fifties of last, 
century with but slender resources. What he accomplished then can be 
done to-day in the smallest of gardens, provided, of course, the necessary 
requisites of knowledge and patience arc among the owner’s stock in trade. 
Joseph Jacob. 
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