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stage, they heralded their advent by an exceedingly cleverly conceived 
pamphlet and list, inasmuch as it gave just the information about 
seedling raising that everyone wanted to know. Now, when everyone 
wants to see their favourite Daffodils once again, and when everyone 
has pretty well made up their minds that they will have to wait 
longer than usual for their wish to be gratified, they again anticipate 
our wants, and on March 9th, and again on March 23rd staged two 
very charming collections of good varieties. For the former they 
received a silver-gilt Flora medal. It was well worthy of the award 
and attracted a great deal of attention. The flowers were arranged 
in a shallow semi-circle, and the staging was draped with little pots 
of the hanging Grass, Isolepis gracilis. Circlet, which is quite a 
new variety with an lingleheartii yellow eye and a wide, overlapping 
perianth of pure white, received, we noticed, an award as a good variety 
for pots. But as the exhibit demonstrated, there are others of the 
newer varieties equally good, viz., Lucifer, Mine, de Graaff, White 
Lady, Blackwell (excellent), Artemis, Citron, Mrs. W. T. Ware and 
Duke of Bedford. We visited the Royal Horticultural Society on the 
23rd ult., and again had the pleasure of seeing another similar col- 
lection. This time they were awarded a silver-gilt Banksian medal. 
A fortnight makes a considerable difference in March, and this was 
reflected in the greater variety that we saw on the stand. Just to 
mention one or two: Evangeline, the beautiful bicolor Homespun; 
Salamander, a lovely shade of citrony yellow with an almost l’.ngle- 
heartii cup, relieved by a wide edge of red ; Coreen, a small, perfectly 
formed Engleheartii ; Castile, with its unique colouring, all the more 
refined for being pot grown ; the floriferous Seagull ; and the ex- 
quisite Mrs. H. J. Veitch, which may be described as a deep yellow 
Emperor, were among those that contributed to this refreshing 
exhibition. 
“THE GARDEN,” April 10th, 1909. 
At Vincent Square, on March 23rd, the backwardness of the 
season was very much in evidence. There was not a single Daffodil 
exhibited that had been grown in the open. 1‘erhaps it is as well 
that we should have late seasons everv now and again ; they serve to 
remind us that we must be prepared to meet the fickleness of our 
climate. As far as Daffodils are concerned, only a few years ago our 
choice of varieties for pots was exceedingly limited, or possibly I 
should say we severely limited ourselves in our choice. For very 
early work it is not very different to-day, but for later work — that is, 
for flowering under glass immediately before the outdoor ones come 
in — we have a very large choice. Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin had 
a similar collection to that which they put up on the 9th ult. Anyone 
who wished to make a selection of what to buy for pot work in March 
had a splendid opportunity for making notes, because the flowers then 
exhibited had been grown under the exact conditions for which they 
would be wanted. 
Salamander and Coreen are two quite new Engleheartii cupped 
varieties. The former has a sort of Castile coloured perianth, with 
a deeper shade of the same in the eye. which has a wide orange red 
edge. It is a large, striking flower. The latter is much smaller and 
has an ivory white perianth, with a rather crinkled cup faintly tinted 
