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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 X . 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 
Kthelbert, raised by Mrs. Backhouse, of Hereford, and shown at 
Birmingham. There was a lovely collection of Minnie Iiume and 
triandrus seedlings with scarcely a bad flower amongst them, mostly 
with two blossbins on the stem ; and some pretty seedlings between 
Mine, 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 4J inches across and deep yellow 
cup edged with orange scarlet, should make a sensation when dis- 
tributed. Other notable flowers were Giraffe, a hybrid between 
Princess Mary and Mine, 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. Cainm. 
“THE GARDEN,” March 19th, 1910. 
I’ndoubtedly the best group was that of Messrs. Cartwright and 
Goodwin, who had their graceful arc of flowers full of a great variety 
of well-staged blooms. Southern Star was probably the one that 
attracted the largest amount of attention on account of the deep 
vivid red edge of its widely expanded cup. 1 was told that it had 
been out in full flower on February 20th, and that it is one of the 
best of plants for forcing purposes. It is, as a catalogue describes it, 
“a most lovely flower.” The large, starry, stiff white perianth, and 
the flat, brilliant, red-edged cup formed an excellent combination, 
which its earliness and suitability for pots only serve to enhance. 
Coreen is a well-formed Engleheartii, with a pale primrose perianth, 
a widely expanded pale yellow cup with a pale orange edge. It has 
a fine strong stem, and a good constitution. The bunch of old Queen 
Sophia was very delightful. I wonder whether this variety is like 
Dr. Fell, and does better in pots than in the open. Fairy, which I 
have already alluded to, is a very taking flower ; its large, bold 
trumpet singles it out at once as out of the ordinary. For pot-work 
it should prove effective. Weardale Perfection, and the deep golden 
yellow Goldfinch were two fine trumpets that gentle forcing obviously 
suits. The exquisite drooping Ariadne, whose place is in a vase just 
above the eye-line, must also be mentioned, and with Scarletta, which 
was prominent because of its vivid orange red cup, must bring my 
notes on this group to a close. 
j. Jacob. 
