THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 4, 1897, 
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Narcissus Primrose Dame. 
Narcissus Ard-Righ or Irish King. 
gold. Lord Stanley is flamed with mahogany-crimson 
on yellow, and is a short, cup-shaped, well formed 
flower. Excelsior is flamed with chocolate on a 
yellow ground. A good bizarre breeder is John Heap, 
of a bright orange-scarlet edged with gold. We 
would also mention both the flamed and breeder 
forms of Sulphur, the flowers of which, though not 
very bright, have a strong and delightful scent of 
Primroses. 
Bybloemen varieties were not very numerous and 
we shall only mention two of them. Pick-Me-Out 
was the first to expand in the collection, opening on 
the rst of May last. The variety was flamed with 
chocolate-crimson on a clear or shining white 
ground. Agnes is a magnificent self of large size 
and rich purple. The purple ground colour is the 
only distinction between the bybloemen and rose 
sections. 
The most charming of the rose section in this 
collection was the breeder form of Annie McGregor, 
which is rich rosy-scarlet. One of the rectified forms 
is flamed with brilliant rose-scarlet on white. Both 
forms last in perfection a long time. Mabel is a 
large and beautiful rose flower in the breeder stage, 
and the rectified flower is flamed with rose on white. 
Quite of another style is Lord Derby in the flamed 
stage, the flame being rose-scarlet. Of the above, 
Mabel, Lord Derby, John Heap, Excelsior, George 
Hayward, Sir Joseph Paxton, Masterpiece, Agnes, 
and Pick-Me-Out, are all very large flowers. Choice 
and very handsome are Dr. Hardy (very durable), 
S ; r Joseph Paxton, Colbert, Annie McGregor, Agnes, 
Mabel, Lord Stanley, George Hayward, and Pick- 
Me-Out, the first four, in our opinion, being the 
choicest of all. The illustration was lent by Messrs. 
Barr & Sons. 
IRISH DAFFODILS. 
Many parts of the British Isles are well-adapted for 
Narcissus Butterfly, 
Narcissus Countess of Annesley. 
