AN ENCYCLOPEDIA 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Narcissus—continued. 
LEEDSII (LEEDS’ EUCHARIS-FLOWERED WHITE DAFFODILS, WITH 
WHITE OR PRIMROSE CHALICE-SHAPED Cup). 
1 8 Perianth white; cup elegantly stained orange, changing to 
white. 
Albion. Perianth white, large and starry; cup canary. 
Amabilis. Perianth white, large, and spreading; cup passing 
from primrose to white, long and conspicuous, 
Arsinoe. Perianth white; cup canary. Medium-sized flower, 
Fig. 653. NARCISSUS LEEDSIL BEATRICE. 
Beatrice. Perianth white, tine form; cup canes from lemon 
to white, remarkably elegant. Of the white hybrids, this is the 
purest, and possesses the highest type of beauty. See Fig. 653. 
Ceres. Perianth white, neat, and small; cup edged with orange. 
eee Perianth white; cup changing from canary 
o white. 
Duchess of Brabant. Perianth white ; cup canary. 
Duchess of Westminster, Perianth white, large; cup canary, 
tinged orange on first expanding, long. Distinct and very hand- 
‘some, i 
Elegans. Perianth white, large, drooping, and somewhat 
shouldered ; cup primrose, ti t d apricot, long. 
Very distinct. 
3 Mason. Perianth white; cup canary. Medium-sized 
ower. | 
Flora. Perianth white; cup stained orange. On first opening, the 
flowers are drooping. i 
Gem. Perianth white, of model form; cup lemon, passing to 
white. Very distinct. i 
Grand Duchess. Perianth white, and starry; cup changing 
from stained orange to white, spreading. 
Hon. Mrs. Barton. Perianth white, large, and broad; cup 
changing from primrose to white. A prefers hia variety. 
Ianthe (Vincenti delicatus). Perianth white; cup canary. 
Medium-sized flower. i 
Katherine S, Perianth white, broad, and overlapping ; 
cup canary. 9 flower; very distinct. a 
Leedsii, Perianth white, and somewhat starry; cup lemon, 
changing to white. 
Madge Matthew. Perianth white, large; cup passing from 
canary to primrose, elegant. . Re 
Maria Graaff. ianth y cup suffuse 
orange. me Very distinct in flower and 
. Usually two-flowered. Very 
foliage ; the latter is broad and drooping. 8 
Hume. Perianth white, large; changing from 
canary to white, large and spreading. A remarkable variety. 
Mrs, Langtry. Perianth white, broad; cup white, large. A 
distinct flower. 
very 
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Princess of Wales. Perianth white, neat; cu 
opening canary, changing to white, large and spreading. 4 
gem. 
Queen of England. Perianth white, large ; cup canary, large, 
expanded, style of Minnie Hume. 
Superbus. Perianth white, large, and dog-eared ; cup passing 
from primrose to white. ; 
HUMEI (HUME’S DoG-EARED DAFFODILS, WITH 
S STRAIGHT CROWN). 
Concolor, Perianth and trumpet uniform yellow. A very re- 
markable hybrid. 
1 low 
Giant. Perianth yellow. changing o — trumpet yellow. 
Flower very large, and of character. 
. Perianth sulphury-white; trumpet yellow. A very 
distinct plant. 4 ; 
Narcissus—continued. 
BACKHOUSEI (BACKHOUSE’S DAFFODILS, WITH COFFEE-CUP- 
SHAPED CROWN). 
Backhousei. Cup yellow, long, nearly equallin 
phury perianth. Flowers horizontal, with 
Of bold habit. 
sul- 
the spreadi 
ube, 
tinct basal 
illiam Wilks. Perianth primrose, spreading, closely imbri- 
7 3 striking orange: yellow, frilled at the brim. Very 
istinct. 
Wolley Dod. Perianth primrose, large, spreading; trumpet 
deep yellow, short. A very distinct, handsome Daffodil. 
NELSONI (N ELSON’S DAFFODILS, WITH GOBLET-SHAPED CROWN). 
Aurantius. Perianth white, broad, flat, and spreading ; — 
fused with orange-scarlet, ribbed, and expanding at the mouth. 
3 Perianth white, broad, flat, and spreading; cup 
yellow, and expanding. i 
Margaret Jones. Perianth sulphur-white, somewhat wavy; 
cup yellow. A hybrid of Mr. Leichtlin’s (Empress x Poeticus 
grandiſtorus). 
Minor. Perianth white; cup yellow. Flower small, and compara- 
tively dwarf; distinguished by pistil projecting beyond mouth of 
the cup. 
C. J. Perianth pure white, and broad ; cup 
yellow, and very long. t 
Nelsoni. Perianth white, large; cup yellow, usually suffused 
orange on first opening, straight. ; 
Pulchellus. Perianth white; yellow. Flower of somewhat 
drooping character on first pi. ; distinguished by the cam- 
panulate shape of the imbricated perianth. 
Stanley. Perianth white, large, and rigid; cup yellow, 
William Backhouse. Perianth white; cup yellow. 
the same cross as Nelsoni major, but with a pure 
thus showing that Mr. Leeds and Mr. Backhouse, 
used similar flowers. 
Evidently 
_ cup, 
crossing, 
BERNARDI (BERNARD'S PYRENEAN DAFFODILS), 
Bernardi. Perianth white; cup yellow. Sturdy foliage. The 
Hon. Mrs. Barton, Straffan House, county Kildare, collected this 
handsome hybrid a few miles from Luchon, on the Pyrenees, 1878, 
and it has been verified by Mr. Burbidge as the type Bernardi. 
Fritton Decoy. Perianth white ; cup yellow, edged with orange. 
H. E. Buxton. Perianth white; cup suffused with orange- 
scarlet. 
TRIDYMUS (TRIPLE-CROWN DAFFODILS), 
A. Rawson. Flowers yellow, large, bold, well imbricated. 
Duchess of Albany. Perianth sulphur; cup yellow. 
Duke of Albany. Perianth sulphur; cup orange. 
Grand Duke of Hesse. Perianth creamy-white; cup yellow. 
Innocence. Perianth sulphur-white, small ; cup yellow. 
Princess Alice. Perianth creamy-white ; cup orange. 
S. A. de Graaff. Flowers bold yellow, changing to primrose, 
large, well imbricated ; cup yellow, : 
— Perianth and cup yellow. Plant somewhat recum- 
nt. 
THE DOUBLE-FLOWERED NONSUCH AND PEERLESS DAFFODIIS 
+ (ncomparubilis plenus). 
ae white, with orange nectary. : 2 
ulphur 
l and Cream 
Albus plenus sulphureus (Codlings : ath sulphur 
Pheenix). Th 
nectary. 8 ‘ : i 
plenus (Butter and Eggs, Golden Phoenix). Double 
yellow, orange nectary. „ 
QUEEN ANNE’s DOUBLE JONQUIL. 
r At ae M mam, se 
BURBIDGEI (BURBIDGE’S — parions, WITH SAUCER- 
agaa ME — — 
with orange, drooping. Foliage strong. Very distinct. 
27 ieoi with ccongeterion, to ia aen 
Boz. Perianth yellow ; cup citron, and plaited. 
