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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
August 30, 1913. 
Henry Irving was one of the most con¬ 
spicuous failures. The blossoms were very 
fine the first year, but were not more than 
half the size the second year, and not much 
larger than N. minimus the third year, 
after which the bulbs were taken up and 
thrown away, every one being diseased. It 
teriorating after the dull season of 1910, 
but improving after the hot summer of 
1911, though never robust. Emperor was 
fairly satisfactory, especially after 1911, but 
the blossoms were not, as a rule, very fine 
for this variety, though of good substance. 
Empress was th^ most successful of the 
height. In 1910 the bulbs were treated 
differently from the others, being taken un 
from a well-cultivated border and planted 
in a dry part, which was raided bv tW 
rr.ots of clematis and other hungry thing* 
Two years showed a considerable improve! 
ment, the blooms being not much below 
I 
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NARCISSUS GIPSY QUEEN. 
A large and beautiful Barri variety, raised by Messrs. J. R. Pearson and Sons, Lowdham, Notts. 
has the reputation of being an uncertain 
grower, but it should always be tried, as it 
is one of the earliest and best, both in form 
and colour. Golden Spur did not do much 
better, though it was allowed to linger on for 
a fourth season. Horsfieldi never produced 
any blossoms of first quality, especially de¬ 
trumpets next to Emperor, but, as with 
that variety, no exhibition blooms were ever 
produced. 
Grandis was a signal failure. The blooms 
were only half the proper size the first year, 
and the second and third years even smaller, 
the stems being less than six inches in 
verage size. It was the Aight, 
his variety to be seen m , tre**' 
ji\ at Wisley which sugg<?ste 
lent. nnther 
Double Poeticus was ano bud^v^T 
'he first year there were J' . , ^ 
11 but two dried up; the third y 
