3 6 4 



Herbaceous plants. 



attention. They thrive best in a good rich loam and need 

 no prepared beds. 



The smaller species of the Bulbocodium section grow 

 best in open positions in gravelly soil. They are fine for 

 planting in barren lawns or in rockeries. The poet's nar- 

 cissus may be grown on the margin of a stream among the 

 grass, in half-shady positions, or in rockeries on the border 

 of a small rill of water. The best daffodils are : JV. pseudo- 

 'narcissm, the Lenten lily. Leaves flat, erect, glaucous, 

 several to a scape; flowers solitary, bright sulphur-yellow. 

 The perianth is white in the variety princeps, pale yellow 



FIQ. 161. POET'S NARCISSUS (NARCISSUS POETICUS). 



in bicolor, while the crown is bright yellow; major has 

 very large flowers, minor unusually small ones and grows 

 only about six inches high. N. incomparalilis, peerless 

 narcissus; larger than the preceding species but with a 

 shorter crown ; flowers on simple scapes about a foot high, 

 solitary, two inches and a half wide, with a deep yellow 

 crown and somewhat paler perianth. In aurantius the 

 crown is orange-yellow. N. odorus is similar in color and 

 habit but bears two or three flowers on a scape. 



