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from the R.H.S. in March, and has a wide, overlapping, white perianth 
and spreading, yellow cup, was present in numbers. Of trumpets, 
Mrs. H. |. Veitch is one of the best yellows; Cornelia, of the same 
colour, is fine in quality and large ; and Cleopatra, another golden 
trumpet, is a striking flower, while Ailsa, the whitest of the white 
trumpets, is a beautiful flower. Musidorus is a good late variety 
raised by Mr. Kngleheart from N poeticus of Linnaeus. Others of 
Mr. Engleheart's raising were Commodore, a very healthy grower of 
good habit ; Resolute, a hybrid from Grandee ; Sceptre, and the 
double Argent. One of the best of the parvi-coronati section was 
Ethelbert, raised by Mrs. Backhouse, of Hereford, and shown at 
Birmingham. There was a lovely collection of Minnie Hume and 
triandrus seedlings with scarcely a bad flower amongst them, mostly 
with two blossoms on the stem ; and some pretty seedlings between 
Mine, de Graaff and Minnie Hume. A cross between King Alfred 
and N. triandrus was flowering in its third year and bearing pale 
yellow trumpet flowers of exquisite shape. Elvira, a poetaz, was 
being fertilised with the pollen of brightly-coloured varieties of 
N. poeticus, and Perfectus, an incomparabilis, with very flat, broad 
perianth, was being used as a seed-bearer. An unnamed seedling, 
with pure white, overlapping perianth 4^ inches across and deep yellow 
cup edged with orange scarlet, should make a sensation when dis- 
tributed. Other notable flowers were Giraffe, a hybrid between 
Princess Mary and Mine, de Graaff ; Evangeline, with white, broad- 
petalled perianth and rich yellow cup; Alton Locke; husilier, very 
bright ; Ariadne, white spreading perianth, lemon cup ; Fairy Queen, 
a lovely, pure white, one of the most beautiful of all Daffodils; 
Beacon ; Ceres, a cross between Grandee and N. poeticus ; the popular 
Citron, Arnold Rogers (a flower of high merit) ; Homespun, Incognita, 
Seagull, Albatross, Blackwell, Katherine Spurrell and J. B. M. Camm. 
“THE GARDEN,” March 20th, 1909. 
Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin, Kidderminster, staged a delightful 
lot of Narcissi, such as Blackwell, Victoria, Felicity (a clear yellow), 
Duke of Bedford, White Lady, Scarlet Eye, King Alfred, Mme. de 
Graaff, Ariadne, Citron, Monarch and Flinperor being extra \yell 
shown. Circlet is a very handsome variety. Some beautiful Poeticus 
varieties were also shown. 
“THE GARDEN,” April 3rd, 1909. 
A New F'eature in the Early Spring Shows 
at Vincent Square. 
We are accustomed in April and May to see orthodox exhibits of 
Daffodils ; in fact, we have no hesitation in saying that we believe 
we are voicing the feelings of a great many people when we sav that 
we look forward to them very much from year to year. Whether 
Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin are endowed with a sort of second 
sight it is impossible to say, but it looks almost as if they were. Last 
year, when they made their first appearance on the Daffodil dealer s 
