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October 1, i904. 
THE GARDENING WORLft. 
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dil Society. The flower itself is of immense size, but owing 
to the excellent form of all parts, and its delicate colour, it 
is by no means a coarse, but on the other hand is a highly- 
refined, flower. 
The • segments of the perianth are broadly oblong, and of 
such excellent texture 'that they spread almost horizontally 
with a slight inward curve. This form of segment would 
show that the variety belongs to the Pseudo-narcissus section, 
rather than the bicolor division. The trumpet is of great 
length, funnel-shaped, and strikingly revolute at the edges, a 
feature which adds largely to the boldness- of the outline of 
the flower. If a faint trace of lemon can, be dee 
tected in this trumpet during its early stages, it 
soon disappears so that the whole flower might be 
described as pure white. It is therefore closely 
allied to Madame de Graaff, but is a much larger 
flower and more vigorous plant than that. The 
leaves are very broad, of a deep bluish-green, and 
since the variety first, made its appearance before 
the public the original bulbs have given rise to a 
considerable number of others, so that in a few 
years we may expect, to see this vigorous-growing 
variety widely disseminated in gardens. The illus¬ 
tration was supplied us by Messrs. Ban- and Sons, 
King Street, Covent Garden,. 
Obituary. 
Mr. William Whittaker. 
Mr. William Whittaker, an old and much-respected inhabitant 
of the district of Crewe, passed away on the 20th. ult. The 
deceased was for many years chief gardener at Crewe Hall, a 
position which he resigned shortly after death of the late Lord 
Crewe. 
Nerines. 
This is one of the most beautiful greenhouse bulbs 
we have, and as the bulbs are just showing their 
flower-spike, I expect to see a, good lot of bloom 
soon. It is quite easy to, grow, and anyone with a 
cool bouse ought not to be without it. It, is quite 
distinct from the Amaryllis, and quite the reverse 
in its 1 growth, as it makes its growth in winter. The 
bulbs can be purchased in August just as the flower- 
spike is about to appear. These should be potted 
in a nice open, compost, two parts good loam, one of leaf-soil, 
and a dash of sand. They are bulbs that do not 
require to be potted veiy often, for the less they are 
disturbed the better they likei it. After they have done 
flowering and if they are making plenty of growth they should 
be frequently watered with manure water so* as to, get a good 
strong bulb for the, following year. By the end of April or 
early in May the foliage will begin, to turn, yellow, which is a 
sign they are going to rest, and water should be gradually with¬ 
held. After the foliage has all died down, they should be 
stood in a cold frame in the full sun so as to ensure a good 
ripening. They are propagated by offsets 1 , and these, should 
be grown on under the same treatment as, established bulbs, or 
tliey can be grown from seed, but this, of course, is a, long 
process, as in most cases with bulbs'. Some of the best, species 
are N. Fothergilli, N. sarniensis 1 , N. sarnie,nsis oorusca, N. 
Plantii, and N. rosea,. A lot has been done of late years to 
bring them to the front by hybridising, and these in many 
cases surpass the species both in size and colour. Some of the 
best, are, Countess Bathurst, Lady Lawrence, Lady Lucy Hicks- 
Beach, Lady Mary Shelley, and Miss Willi no,tt. Nerines last 
in, bloom a long time and are very useful for decorative pur¬ 
poses ; and without a doubt I think they are- one of the best 
classes of the South African bulbs. J. 0. 
Copyright, Barr a- Sons. 
Narcissus Peter Barr. 
jectives with 
superlative desig¬ 
nations might be 
applied to them, 
but notwith¬ 
standing their 
beauty aud per¬ 
fection we should 
merely describe them 
as different from Peter 
Barr. 
On the above men¬ 
tioned occasion a 
First-class Certificate 
was awarded by the 
Narcissus Committee 
of the R.H.S., and 
this in itself is suffi¬ 
cient to indicate the 
high estimation in 
which it was held. 
Besides that award it 
has also received 
Awards of Merit from 
the Royal Botanic 
Society of London 
and the Devon Daffo- 
Narcissus Peter Barr. 
During the, past decade we have seem an immense number of 
new varieties of trumpet Daffodil put into commerce, while 
possibly there were hundreds of others in cither collections 
which fail to find a footing amongst the crush of fine new 
varieties. Since the above variety came before the Com¬ 
mittees of the Royal Horticultural Society on April 8th, 1902, 
we have seen no finer white trumpet Daffodil, iso that this still 
remains the king of the white trumpet section. Other fine 
varieties there have been in great numbers^ and various ad- 
