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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Narcissus—continued. 
are perfect gems. All the above-named succeed in the 
same sort of soil and under similar treatment to that 
given to Hyacinth bulbs (see Hyacinthus). The Paper 
White and Double Roman varieties may be forwarded, 
in heat, when their flower scapes can be seen; all the 
others are best if grown throughout in a cool frame. 
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Fig. 631. NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM. 
N. abscissus (cut off). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 
N. albicans (whitish). A form of N. Pseudo-Narecissus mos- 
chatus. 
N. albus (white). A form of N. biflorus. 
N. a olius (narrow-leayed). A synonym of N. poeticus 
radii, 5 
Narcissus continued. 
N. biflorus (two-fiowered).* fl. from fifteen to eighteen lines 
across when expanded ; tube about lin. long, exclusive of the 
ovary; divisions milk-white, spreading horizontally when ex- 
pied. Zin. to Zin. long, zin. to zin. broad, obovate, much 
bricated, blunt or cuspidate; crown one to one and a-half 
lines deep, less spreading than its close N. poeticus, yellow, 
about jin. across, the edge conspicuously crispato-crenulate : 
scape with two salient edges, bearing typically two, rarely one or 
three, flowers. May. J. about four to a scape, gin. to zin. 
broad, slightly glaucous, flattish, bluntly keeled, often more 
than lft. long. Bulb ovoid, more than lin. thick. Europe 
naturalised Britain). fe eg to be a * hag between 
. poeticus and N. Tazetta. Fig. 630. (B. M. 197; N. 41.) 
albus is a white-flowered form. 
N. bifrons (two-faced). A form of N. Tazetta intermedius. 
N. Broussonetii (Broussonet’s). fl. greenish at the base, white 
upwards, with the tube eight or nine lines long, exclusive of the 
ovary, under one line thick; divisions of the limb sub-campanu- 
lately erecto-patent, pure white, oblong-lanceolate, abou 
long by Ain. broad, narrowed suddenly to a bluntish point; crown 
almost entirely confluent with the apex of the tube; ut 
lft. high, from four to eight-flowered. Spring. J. abou 
a sape: four to six lines broad, „ poy 
ovoid, as large as a hen’s egg. Mogadore. (N. 
Fig. 632. Narcissus BULBOCODIUM CONSPICUUS. 
N. Bulbocodium (Bulbocodium).* Hoop Petticbat. E bright 
ellow ; perianth gradually widened from the ovary to the mouth 
ef the A aig ei iao to twenty-one lines deep, exclusive of the 
ovary ; tube Pree crown very nearly ane in depth, the latter 
scarcely at all crisped, and very indistinctly toothed at the 
Fic. 633. NARCIssus BULBOCODIUM MONOPHYLLUS. 
oe er 2 fre say ping — an 
lines broa base, narrow y y from 
te -s poet 4in. to 8in. high, slender, terete, one-flowered, 
acter either ing or horizontal. Apriland May. 1 two or 
N. Barlæ (Barla’s), A form of N. Tazetta Luna. 
N. Bertolonii ( Bertoloni’s). A form of N. Tazetta chrysanthus. 
N. bicrenatus (twice-crenate)- A form of N. Tazetta intermedius. 
throat ; divisions 
