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Narcissus INCOMPARABILIS. PEERLESS DAFFODIL. _ 
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Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocynia. 
Generic Charaéfer. 3 E 
Petala 6 equalia: Ne@ario infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo: Stamina 
intra neCtarium. ; 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. : 
NARCISSUS incomparabilis {patha uniflora, nettario cam- 
panulato plicato crifpo petalis dimidio bre- 
viore, foliis planis. 
NARCISSUS latifolius omnium maximus amplo calice flavo 
| five Nompareille. The great Nonefuch Daffodil, . 
or incomparable Daffodil. Park. Par. p. 68. 
This {pecies of Narciffus, though well defcribed and figured 
by the old Botanifts, efpecially Parxinson, has been ovel~ 
looked by Linnzus. 
It is undoubtedly the é#comparable Daffodil of PARKINSONs 
figured in his Garden of Pleafant Flowers; and the sucompa- 
rabilis of Mituxer’s DiG. ed. 6. 4to. the latter informs US 
that he received roots of it from Spain and Portugal, which» 
fixes its place of growth. a 
It is a very hardy bulbous plant, and flowers in April; 
its fingle ftate it is very ornamental, the petals are ufually pale 
yellow, and the ne€lary inclined to orange, which towards the 
brim is more brilliant in fome than in others; in its double — 
‘flate, it is well known to Gardeners, by the name of Butter an 
Egg Narciffus, and of this there are two varieties, both 
_ which produce large fhewy flowers, the one with colours fim- — 
lar to what we have above defcribed, which is the moft com- 
mon, the other with petals of a pale fulphur colour, almo 
white, and the neétary bright orange; this, which is one — 
the moft ornamental of the whole tribe, is named in the Dutch — 
catalogues, the Orange Phenix; its bloffoms are fo large * 
frequently to require fupporting; its bulbs may be had OF = 
many of the Nurferies about London, and of thofe who, e 
profiting by the fupinenefs of our Englifh Gardeners, impol — 
_ bulbs from abroad. » | a 
Like moft of the tribe, this fpecies will grow well without — 
any care, the bulbs of the double fort fhould be taken P _ 
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yearly, otherwife they are apt to degenerate. 
