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opinion, is the strongest and best all-round bieolor : 60 per cent, 
of the offsets will flower, and beside it N. Horsfieldii is not worth 
growing. The following are notes of my experience of some of 
the varieties. 
N. Countess of Annesley is the best all-round yellow. N. 
Ard Righ runs it close, but is not healthy in all districts. N. 
maximus is undoubtedly the finest Daffodil I have ever seen, 
and, as it is the earliest both in Melbourne and Sydney, should 
be the most valuable. The variety grown by me is known as 
Bradley’s Maximus. Some twelve or fourteen years ago Mr. 
H. H. B. Bradley, of Sydney, Honorary Secretary of the 
Horticultural Society, imported a few bulbs from England. 
Under the influence of soil and climate in time it developed 
qualities not hitherto associated with it. A mid-season variety 
in England, it was the earliest to show in its new quarters. A 
shy bloomer in the old country, it rarely failed in Sydney, except 
when the previous season had been droughty. From trials made 
I found that with a cold climate—Southern New Zealand, for 
instance—and a heavy soil it reverted to its English character¬ 
istics, but could be grown most successfully in a light, rich soil 
and a sunny position. 
N. Golden Spur and N. Henry Irving are of about equal 
merit, but will not always thrive under the same conditions. A 
friend, living only a mile or two away from me, used regularly 
to exchange the two varieties : he could not grow N. Golden 
Spur, but succeeded admirably with N. Henry Irving 
As a rule most Narcissi will thrive in Sydney and Melbourne 
but the following are difficult to keep alive: English Lent Lily, 
single and double ; N. Variiformis, Cernuus plenus, Minimus, 
Moschatus, Cyclamineus, Mrs. George Cammell, Pallidus 
prascox, Capax plenus, Triandrus albus, Calathinus, and Hale’s 
Silver and Gold. 
N. Colleen Bawn and N. General Gordon will perhaps do 
well for a time and show increase, but they are not to be 
depended on. 
N. James Bateman and N. Nelsoni aurantius come into 
flower too late to do any good. I have never seen the latter 
with any colour in it. 
N. Mary Anderson, notwithstanding its bad reputation, has 
been most satisfactory; and, as it is supposed by some to be the 
