NARCISSUS 



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NARCISSUS 



white, with a rich orange centre ; yellow ; and Snoivdrop, pale sulphur- 

 ic ?Tffi?-ose Queen, primrose - yellow, yellow or white, two flowers usually 

 shading to orange in centre ; and drooping from the stem. 

 White Queen, like Sulphur Phoenix, 

 but of a purer white. 



Fig. 26^.— Narcissus incompardbilis Sir 

 Watkin. (§.) 



N. intermedius. — This is considered 

 to be a natural hybrid between JV. 

 Tazetta and K. Jonquilla. From four 

 to ten flowers are borne on a scape, 

 the segments being bright lemon- 

 yellow, and the cup-shaped corona 

 orange-yellow. It is a native of the 

 Pyrenees. {Red. Lil. t. 427.) 



N. Johnston!. — A beautiful Portu- 

 guese Dafibdil, considered to be a 

 natural hybrid between X. bicolor 

 Horsfieldi and X. triandrus. The 

 typical form has clear, soft, sulphur- 

 yellow flowers. There are several 

 forms, amongst them the Queen of 

 Spai)i, soft clear yellow, with grace- 

 fully reflexed petals ; King of SjJCiin, 

 similar, but with shorter, broader 

 corona ; Mrs Geo. Cammell, soft clear 



Fig. 269. — Narcissus Johnstoni Queen of 

 Spain, (A.) 



N. Jonquilla.— This is the sweet- 

 scented Jonquil of S. Europe and 

 Algeria, with roundish leaves 8 to 1 2 

 ins. long, deeply channelled down 

 the face. From two to six rich yellow 

 and highly fragrant flowers, with a 

 cup-shaped corona, are borne on the 

 scapes. {Bot. Mag. t. 15.) 



Amongst the varieties are flore 

 p)leno, a rich golden-yellow, double- 

 flowered form known as " Queen 

 Anne's Jonquil '' ; jonquilloides, a 

 more robust form than the type ; and 

 minor, a dwarf form, with flowers 

 much smaller than in the type. 



N. jancifolius. — The Rush-leaved 

 Jonquil, as this is called, is a native of 

 the Pyrenees, having small bulbs, 

 slender roundish leaves 4 to 6 ins. 

 long, and small umbels of bright 



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