410 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Narcissus—continued. Narcissus—continued. 
PARVICORONATI. tion where the flowers may be readily seen on their ap- 
Crown less than half as long as the divisions of the perianth. 
V. HERMIONE— 
N. Jonquilla 
N. Tazetta 
chrysanthus 
Bertolonii 
dubius 
intermedius 
bicrenatus 
bifrons 
primulinus 
radiatus 
pepyracess (unicolor, niveus) 
polyanthos 
autumn flowerers 
ega! 
obsoletus } 
VI. EUNARCISSUS— 
N. poeticus 
i maane y 
patellaris 
m 
recurvus 
radiif ( unte Ait.) 
orus (ai ifolius, 
verbanensis 
N. Broussonetii 
Five of the thirteen are, 
8 1 — species practically speaking, 
Series II. Hybrids, Known or Presumed. 
MEDIOCORONATI. 
1. Humei 9 hybrid): incomparabilis x Pseudo-Narcissus 
us 
concolor 
2. Backhousei (Backhouse’s hybrid) 
3. Macleai (MacLeay’s hybrid) : Pseudo-Narcissus x Tazetta 
Bernardi 
Nelsoni 
Sabini 
tridymus 
4. Leedsii (Leeds hybrid): montanus x Pseudo- Narcissus 
5. Barrii (Barr's hybrid): poeticus x Pseudo-Narcissus 
6. poculiformis=montanus (Salisbury's hybrid):? papyraceus x 
moschatus 
PARVICORONATI. 
7. gracilis: juncifolius x Tazetta 
tenuior 
8. Burbidgei (Burbidge’s hybrid): superpoeticus x Pseudo- 
arcissus 
9. biflorus :? poeticus x Tazetta 
us 
Nos. 3, 6, 7, 9, are old, the others recent.] 
Culture. The numerous and very beautiful species and 
varieties of Narcissus are amongst the most popular and 
largely cultivated of spring-flowering bulbs. The majority 
are extremely accommodating, as they thrive in almost 
any soil and situation, and may be left alone for several 
Fears after once being planted. A rather deep and some- 
what stiff soil is, however, that in which the bulbs succeed 
best; and if the position is one partially shaded from hot 
sunshine in spring, the flowers of some of the species 
retain their beauty for a much longer period than they 
would if exposed to all the light and sunshine possible. 
arcissi are well adapted for planting by the sides of 
lakes or ponds and in mixed flower or shrubbery borders, 
They are also suitable for naturalising in any quantity, 
grass, by the sides of woodland walks, in open 
between trees or shrubs, and in any other posi- 
pearance in spring. The foliage should not be cut off 
when green, but allowed to die naturally each year, and 
then be removed. Transplanting, or any division of the 
bulbs, is best performed during the months of July and 
August—the season when, according to Mr. Burbidge, 
they are usually dormant, and quite free from roots. Mr. 
Barr’s experience is that new roots are made simulta- 
neously with the dying of the old ones, and this in July 
or August. If this operation be deferred until later in 
autumn, more or less injury or check to the new growth 
must take place. The usual mode of propagation is by 
offsets, which should be collected from the parent bulbs, 
and planted out separately, for a year, in order that they 
may grow sufficiently large for flowering. The majority 
of the species increase somewhat freely by this method, 
and permanent clumps or collections may be lifted at 
the season above named, and their offsets removed, 
should there be a danger of injury, caused by the flowering 
bulbs being overcrowded, arising from their multiplying. 
The process of raising plants from seed is a slow one, 
but still it may be practised with a view to obtaining 
new varieties. Seeds should be sown, soon after being 
collected, in pans of sandy and rather loamy soil. Young 
bulbs should be planted in a prepared border ; a two-year- 
old bulb would not be much thicker than a corn straw, 
and would not want more than }in. or lin. space; after- 
wards, when it becomes necessary, more room should be 
allowed. Seedling bulbs are not usually at their best the 
first year of flowering; consequently, their merits should 
not be too hastily judged. An annual top-dressing of 
loam and decayed manure may be applied with material 
advantage to all Narcissi when the dead foliage is re- 
moved. 
Pot Culture, Forcing, e. Varieties of Polyanthus 
Narcissi are very extensively cultivated in pots for 
greenhouse decoration, and for the use of their highly 
fragrant flowers in a cut state. Every sort that can be 
obtained, either with single or double flowers, is well 
worth growing in pots, and all are suitable for planting 
outside as well. Early Paper White and Double 
Roman are two excellent forcing varieties, which may be 
had in flower from November onwards, till spring, by 
potting successionally, and forcing very gradually. 
Fic. 630. NARCISSUS BIFLORUS, showing Habit and 
detached Flowers. 
Double and single sweet-scented Jonquils (V. Jonguilla) 
are very fragrant when in flower, and are well adapted 
for pot culture, as are also N. poeticus, and its finely- 
formed variety, ornatus. The Hoop Petticoat Narcissus 
(N. Bulbocodium) thrives admirably in 5in. pots, with 
three to six bulbs in each, or in small pans, if kept in 
a cold frame, in winter, and allowed to grow and flower 
without artificial heat. The varieties of the sections Aja” 
and Queltia, and, indeed, all Narcissi, are now being largely 
grown in pots. The Triandrus varieties, grown in pots, 
