August 30, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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»ere thirty buds, and all but ten did the 
ganie thoi that lived to open being very 
,^r’specimens. After the second year s 
CTOwth the bulbs were lifted in July while 
the leaves were yet green, and replanted at 
once in a different situation, with a drier 
and more friable soil, but the results were 
Mrs. Langtry grew rather feebly from the 
first, and the blooms became smaller eadi 
year. Barri conspicuus did fairly well, 
though the immense size of the blossoms of 
the first year was not repeated. The set¬ 
back in number after 1911 was probably 
due to their having become very crowded 
GLADIOLUS COLVILLEL 
The two varieties of this early-flowering 
gladiolus, rosiMi and alba The Bride, are 
very popular for growing to sujipply cut 
flowers for house decoration in various 
forms. When given oixlinaiy hut correct 
treatment the conns rarely fail to pro<luce 
NARCISSUS WHITE EMPEROR. 
.. white trumpet variety, introduced to commer^ by Bourne, Bletchley. and 
Messrs, cirtwriffht and Goodwin, Kidderminster. A.M., R.H.S., April 1. 
*^ith ff’ bulbs w^ere done awa 
*<>il in TV thought that the cool dam 
^^ia shade would have suite 
at ^ admirably. It was never dr^ 
^*7 up. ^ ^^ts which caused the buds i 
that year, following on their rapid increase 
tho previous year. Sir Watkin, as might 
have been expecteti, was certainly the most 
successful of all, though the flowers were 
not of such extraordinary size again as they 
were the first year. Alger Petts. 
good flower-spikes, provided they are of 
proper size and well matured. I have seen 
so many fail through unsuitable treatment 
that it may be of advantage to inexperi¬ 
enced cultivators to state the conditions 
under which the cor ms were grown. They 
