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Ilow easily they may he produced hy the simple method of 
hybridisation. 
On another i>age we append a list of the phenomenal and 
unsurpassed successes attained by us last year, and it is our 
earnest intention to try and improve upon this fine record during 
this present season. 
F(jr four years in succession we have secured the 
Championship of the great Midland Daffodil Societv's Show, 
in itself^a not inconsiderable feat for a firm of onl> four vears' 
staiuling ; but when we were awartled the highest possible 
honour, viz., the Gold Medal of the Royal Horticultural 
Society for our superb groups of new seedlings at Birmingham, 
the height of our ambition was attained. 
These successes afford a .striking testimony to the great 
care and attention that we bestow upon the cidture of all our 
bulbs, and no words of (Hirs are needed to endorse this fact. 
W'e need scarcelx add that it will be our earnest endeavour 
to maintain this high standard of excellence of our English 
Grown Bulbs. 
In contrast to the previous two seasons, 1911 was one of 
the hottest and driest on record, with the result that, although 
the bulbs were slightly smaller than usual, they were splendidlv 
ripened, and those we have grown under glass have flowered 
magnificently. Whilst on this subject we might say that we 
Irecjuentlx receive eiujuiries as to the best way of" treating 
valuable Daffodils that have been grown under glass. It is our 
invariable (tractice to ripen the bulbs off most carefullv, and 
then to plant them out at the end of May. They are left 
in the same position for two seasons, at the end of which 
we find they have thoroughly recot’ered their strength. 
