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single of the Orange Phoenix, I may state that I have seen it 
flowering in a bed of the latter variety, and have also found 
Orange Phoenix amongst N. Mary Anderson. 
N. Madame de Graaff and Glory of Leyden have proved dis¬ 
appointing, although favourable accounts of them have reached 
me from the cold districts of New Zealand. 
I have been successful with N.Corbularia monophylla, grown 
in the open from acclimatised bulbs from New Zealand, where 
the conditions are much more favourable for growing bulbs 
imported from England the first season. In Australia we rarely 
or never get a flower unless the bulbs are planted in pots or 
boxes and specially watered. Mine were planted in the open in 
October, and left to their fate during the long dry summer; the 
result was a little wilted-looking “grass” and a blind bloom. 
In about fifteen months, when they were lifted, the bulbs had 
generally made a great many offsets. N. poeticus was lifted first, 
but at no time do the roots of this section seem to be inactive. 
I have counted over twenty small offsets on a bulb of N. Leedsii 
Duchess of Brabant, but the same peculiarity is not often 
noticed in the high-priced varieties. All the Tazettas grow like 
weeds. 
I have never been able to indulge in hybridising, on account 
of my frequent absence from home, but there is a large number 
of seedlings—mostly the result of hand-fertilisation—in Aus¬ 
tralia, a great many of which show considerable promise. Most 
varieties bear seed freely, but it does not always ripen: a hot wind 
and a dry September will prove fatal. N. Countess of Annesley 
is one of the best, and has been crossed largely with the Tazettas; 
but the experiment is now being tried of planting it late, so that 
it may come in with N. Poeticus ornatus, with which it is pro¬ 
posed to cross it. 
N. Obvallaris, Horsfieldii, and Dean Herbert deteriorate if 
kept long out of the ground. 
The following do well in Australia : N. Corb. conspicua, 
Countess of Annesley, Emperor, Queen of Spain, Maximus, M. 
J. Berkeley, Empress, J. B.M. Camm,Princeps, Albicans, Cernuus 
pulcher, Mrs. Camm, Wm. Goldring, N. Incomp. Beauty, 
Cynosure, Frank Miles, Leedsi, Sir Watkin, Stella, Barrii Con- 
spicuus, Flora Wilson, Orphee, Leedsii Amabilis, Duchess of 
Westminster, Katherine Spurrell, Minnie Hume, Backhousei 
