The “Gardeners’ Chronicle,” May 8th, 1909. 
WORCESTERSHIRE DAFFODILS. 
A few days after the Birmingham Daffodil show, I was afforded an 
opportunity of inspecting Mr. Arthur Goodwin’s Narcissi, which are grown 
in a garden on the high ground near Kidderminster, commanding an extensive 
view over the Severn Valley, and situated at an altitude ot 500 feet above sea- 
level. The soil, which is of fertile loam interspersed with small nodules of 
sandstone, is excellently adapted to Daffodil culture, as the plants were all 
in the most perfect health and bore flowers of very large size. Messrs. 
Cartwright and Goodwin were very successful at Birmingham, winning the 
Champion prize for the greatest number of points and exhibiting several 
remarkable flowers, among which were Giraffe, Scarlet Gem, a new seedling 
between Horace and Jaune k Merveille, and the double Red and Gold, all of 
which received Awards of Merit, as well as Cbloe, Lemon Star, Inga and 
Evangeline. Mr. Goodwin must, at the present moment, have fully 50,000 
seedlings raised from the best varieties, that have not yet flowered. M. J. 
Berkeley, a variety that sometimes proves difficult to grow, was in the best 
of health with deep blue-green foliage, and was bearing seed ; Golden Spur, 
fertilised with special pollen, had the seed-pods well formed. A batch of 
Lucifer seedlings were flowering for the first time, some being very brilliant 
in the colouring of their cups. Glory of Noordwijlr, Weardale Perfection, 
and Emperor were bearing enormous flowers, and Lady Margaret Boscawen 
was exceptionally fine ; a seedling between the last-named variety and N. 
calathinus bearing three flowers on a stem, was very pretty. A cross between 
Madame de Graaff and Minnie Hume showed a distinct break in having the 
trumpet edged with apricot. A very beautiful picture was presented by 
thousands of the delicate, white Waterwitch with drooping blossoms swaying 
in the breeze. Madame de Graaff was doing very well, and Princess Ena 
(Award of Merit, R.H.S.) was very similar in appearance. A beautiful flower 
with a flat, white perianth and green-centered cup edged with glowing orange, 
was a hybrid between N. Bernardii, from the Pyrenees, and a variety of N. 
poeticus. Circlet, which obtained an Award of Merit 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. II. J. Veiteh 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. Engleheart 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 Humeawd triandrus seedlings with scarcely a bad flower 
amongst them, mostly with two blossoms on the stem ; and some pretty 
seedlingsbetweenMme.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 inches across and deep yellow cup edged with orange scarlet, 
should make a sensation when distributed. Other notable flowers were 
Giraffe, a hybrid between Princess Mary and Mme. de Graaff ; Evangeline, 
with white, broad-petalled perianth and rich yellow cup ; Alton Locke ; 
Fusilier, 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. Oarnm. A’. 
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