NARCISSUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. NARCISSUS. 



varying much in size ; Grallsii, the Euro- 

 pean white ; and monophyllus, the African 

 white. These are dainty bulbs for pots 

 or for choice borders on warm dry soils. 

 They can rarely be naturalised in our 

 country. 



N. CYCLAMINEUS (Cyclamen Daffodil). 

 A dainty but not showy species, easily 

 grown in a peat-earth rock garden or in 

 pots of peaty compost. It seldom exists 

 from year to year in the open air. It has 

 lived on grass in peat, and, no doubt, 

 could be naturalised easily enough on 



green leaves. There are large and small 

 forms, and a bicolor variety seems to have 

 been known long ago. N. cyclamineus, 

 although but 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 Daffodil). 

 To this group belong N. incompardbilis, 

 Barrii, Burbidgei, odorus, Backhousei, 

 Nelsoni, Sabinei, tridymus, and the Pyre- 

 nean wild hybrid Bernardi, which is found 

 wherever N. variiformis and N. poeticus 







Narcissus Sir Watkin. 



sandy peat soils which are wet in winter 

 and spring and dry in summer and 

 autumn. In April 1892 I saw a most 

 lovely specimen low down in a damp 

 little grassy bay beside a mill-race at 

 Mount Usher in Wicklow. N. cycla- 

 mineus likes the sides of a stream, and is 

 found by streams in Portugal. Like 

 N. triandrus, it is readily raised from seed, 

 and the seedlings flower the third year. 

 It is 6 to 8 inches high, and the scapes are 

 about the same length, each bearing a 

 bright golden reflexed flower. It has sap- 



occur together. Of N. incomparabilis 

 there are over a hundred named kinds, 

 the best being : Sir Watkin or Welsh 

 Peerless, Gloria Mundi, Queen Sophia, 

 C. J, Backhouse, Princess Mary, Gwyther, 

 splendens, 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, Lul- 

 worth, St Patrick, and Queen Bess. 

 Mr Engleheart has a large series of 

 shapely seedlings with richly coloured 



