Press Notices. 
“THE GARDENING WORLD,” April, 1908. 
EDITORIAL. 
“ The Latest Homy.” 
The well-known and enthusiastic florists, Mr. R. C. Cartwright and Mr. 
A. R. Goodwin, have lately gone into partnership, as bulb growers at Kidder- 
minster, Worcestershire, and have signalised their commencement by the issue 
of a pamphlet on how to raise Daffodils from seed, with a list of the finest 
varieties. Much has been written about Daffodils from one point of view or 
another, but least of all, perhaps, about seedlings and how to raise them. 
Anyway, they have got together a considerable amount of information, giving 
the history of the subject from various notable writers on gardening from the 
earliest times down to the present. 
The authors, after dealing with the general history of the Daffodil in this 
way, proceed to give the history of each section and sub-section, mentioning the 
most suitable varieties that have been used or -should be used in the raising of 
new varieties. For instance, under the heading of self yellow trumpet Daffodils, 
mention is made of the Tenby Daffodil, Golden Bell, Gold Cup, Felicity, Golden 
Spur, Henry Irving, Santa Maria, King Alfred, Maximus, Emperor, Monarch, 
and various others of the most handsome Daffodils to grow, or which can be 
used with the object of procuring something better than we already have. 
We have frequently seen the exhibits of these enthusiastic amateur growers, 
and now that they have commenced trading on their own account, they have 
left the roll of amateurs, and we have no doubt they will prove equally suc- 
cessful growers as hitherto. 
XiOcH 
“THE GARDENER,” May 9th, 1908. 
“A New Interest.” 
Up to now the raising of new varieties from seed has been in the hands of 
a few. The knowledge of how to do it successfully has been so carefully 
guarded, and the best varieties for the purpose have been so expensive, that 
the inevitable result has followed, and the pleasure of seedling raising has 
remained a terra incognita to the ordinary Daffodil lover. This Spring, however, 
a notable event has happened. The new firm of Messrs. Cartwright and 
Goodwin, with a sort of prophetic prescience, have issued a little green covered 
book called “ The Latest Hobby,” but which is really a pamphlet which 
might well be dubbed “ Seedling Raising Explained and Made Easy for 
Ordinary Folk.” What to do and what not to do is made clear. The best 
seed bearers and pollen parents are indicated, and full cultural details are 
given, from the time of sowing the seed till, after the lapse of from five to 
seven years, the sower is rewarded by a flower. In olden days men in humble 
spheres of life took a deep and often a successful interest in this cult. John 
Horsfield, a Lancashire weaver,- it must not be forgotten, raised Horsfieldii 
(and this is still one of our best bicolors) in the ’fifties of last century with but 
slender resources. What he accomplished then can be done to-day in the 
smallest of gardens, provided, of course, the necessary requisites of knowledge 
and patience are among the owner’s stock in trade. 
Joseph Jacob. 
