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It is a matter of great satisfaction to us that the rapid 
extension of our business has necessitated the acquisition of a 
second nursery, and the building of more commodious premises. 
Our aim has been to set the Daffodil before the Public in 
the most attractive way possible, both by exhibiting the many 
beautiful new seedlings, and also by explaining how easily they 
may be produced by the simple method of hybridisation. 
A complete list of our successes appears on another page, 
and affords striking testimony to the great care and attention 
that we bestow upon .the culture of all our bulbs, and no words 
of ours are needed to endorse this fact. 
SPECIAL NOTE. 
The advance in Yellow Trumpets is mainly due to the 
influence of King Alfred, which has proved its immense value 
both as a seed and pollen parent. In nearly every case the seedlings 
possess more vigour than their parent and, unlike it, seem at 
home in any climate. Golden Mist, which we offered for the 
first time last season, found many admirers, and we are now glad 
to be able to offer bulbs of three other novelties that we have care- 
fully tested. Pride of place must go to Ben Avon, a flower 
of commanding beauty, opening mid-season. Much earlier are 
Golden Casquet and Golden Sand, both of which are plants 
of fine vigour, most distinct, and far ahead of the old early 
varieties. Golden King is also of King Alfred origin, but its 
constitution is stronger and more vigorous. Petticoat has 
already made many friends, and is a pleasingly distinct flower. 
The Doctor is a promising late variety, which, like its congener 
Sol, proved most useful in the extraordinarily early season of 
1912. As a pot plant we should like to recommend Olympia, 
whose merits we have proved under glass. It is also a garden 
plant of considerable excellence. 
