an Award of Merit both from the Royal Horticultural Society 
and the Midland Daffodil Society. The petals of this new strain 
are of vellum-like substance, and for this quality alone they will 
prove invaluable to the hybridist. 
Most of these varieties were exhibited by us at Birmingham 
this season, where we gained the much coveted First Prize for 
, Poetieus. 
Another of Mr. Engleheart’s new seedlings is Robert 
Southwell, which will be much esteemed for its dazzling colour. 
The Engleheartii section has been strongly reinforced by our 
introductions, and we have by far the finest collection of anyone 
in the trade. Both Inga and White Star were winning flowers 
at Birmingham, and they were closely followed by Semiramis. 
Amyas Leigh we can especially recommend, it never fails to 
seed. Armorel is indispensable on account of its earliness, and 
Astrophel was one of the winning flowers at Spilsby last year 
in the classes for single blooms. Broadwing has been un- 
accountably overlooked. For the last two years it has been 
grand with us, and we have no hesitation in recommending it 
most strongly. Circlet and Coreen hardly need any encomiums 
from us, neither does Salamander, which, according to 
Mr. Henry Backhouse, was one of the most brilliant flowers in 
his garden last year. 
CLASSIFICATION . 
Another scheme has been launched by the R.H.S., and we 
hope that we may be pardoned for not adopting it. In our 
opinion it is not quite what is wanted, though we are willing 
to admit that it is extremely hard to please everybody. Until, 
however, it comes more into line with our ideas we shall leave 
it alone, as we do not want to confuse our friends by placing 
together in one class flowers so widely apart as Barrii Conspicuus 
and Circlet. 
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