NARCISSUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



NARCISSUS. 



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grassy bay beside a mill-race at Mount 

 Usher in Wicklow. N. cyclamineus likes 

 the side of a stream, and is found by 

 streams in Portugal. Like N. triandrus, 

 it is readily raised from seed, and the seed- 

 lings flower the third year. It is 6 to 8 in. 

 high, and the scapes are about the same 

 length, each bearing a bright golden re- 

 flexed flower. It has sap-green leaves. 

 There are large and small forms, and a 

 bicolor variety seems to have" been known 

 long ago. N. cyclamineus, although but 



being : Sir Watkin or Welsh Peerless, 

 Gloria Mundi, Queen Sophia, C. J. Back- 

 house, Princess Mary, Gwyther, splen- 

 dens, Beauty, Autocrat, Frank Miles, 

 Cynosure, James Bateman, King of 

 the Netherlands, Commander, Figaro, 

 Goliath, Mabel Cowan, Mary Anderson 

 (delicate, but of a splendid colour). Fair 

 Helen, Lulworth, St. Patrick, and Queen 

 Bess. Mr. Engleheart has a large series 

 of shapely seedlings with richly coloured 

 crowns, such as " Southern Star," Lettice 



Narcissus Sir Watkin. 



lately re-discovered, was figured in French 

 books early in the seventeenth century. 

 Like N. Johnstoni, it came from Oporto 

 in 1884-85. 



N. incomparabilis {Star Dafodil). — 

 To this group belong N. incomparabilis, 

 Barrii, Burbidgei, odorus, Backhousei, Nel- 

 soni, Sabinei, tridymus, and the Pyrenean 

 wild hybrid, Bernai-di, which is found wher- 

 ever N. variiformis and N. poeticus occur 

 together. Of N. incomparabilis there are 

 over a hundred named kinds, the best 



Harmer, Red Prince, Beacon, and White 

 Queen. There are three or four hand- 

 some double forms of N. incompara- 

 bilis, long known in gardens. The most 

 abundant of these is incomparabilis 

 fl.-pl. (Butter and Eggs). There is a 

 white variety, with vermilion chalice 

 segments, known as Eggs and Bacon or 

 Orange Phoenix ; and a pale sulphur 

 double called Sulphur Kroon, which is 

 exquisite if well grown. Sulphur Kroon 

 is often known as Codlins and Cream. 



