“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 Emperor being extra well shown. Circlet is a very 
handsome variety. Some beautiful Poeticus varieties were also shown. 
"The Garden," April 3rd, 1909. 
A New Feature 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 say that we look 
forward to them very much from year to year. Whether Messrs. Cartwright 
and 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 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 onee 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 ou March 9, and again on March 23 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, Tsolepis gracilis. 
Circlet, which is quite a new variety with an Engleheartii 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, Mme. 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 collection. This time 
they were awarded a silver-gilt Banksian medal. A fortnight makes a con- 
siderable 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 Engleheartii cup, relieved by a wide edge of red ; Doreen, a 
small, perfectly formed Engleheartii ; Castile, with its unique colouring, all 
the more refined for being pot grown ; the floriferous Seagull ; and the 
exquisite Mrs. H. J. Veitch, which may be described as a deep vellow 
Emperor, were among those that contributed to this refreshing exhibition. 
The Garden, April 10, 1909. 
At Vincent Square, on March 23, the backwardness of the season was 
very much in evidence. There was not a single Daffodil exhibited that had 
been grown in the open. Perhaps it is as well that we should have late 
seasons every 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 con- 
cerned, only a few years ago our choice of varieties for pots was exceedingly 
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