NARCISSUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



NARCISSUS 



some very fine prices are recorded for 

 varieties of exceptional merit. 



The following is a selection of the 

 best kinds of Narcissi and Daffodils. 

 The principal kinds or sections are 

 arranged in alphabetical order, but 

 under them will be found some of 

 the best forms or sub -varieties, also 

 arranged alphabetically. 



N. Backhouse! (P. Pseudo-narcissus 

 x P. incomparabilis). Flowers soli- 

 tary, with long lemon-yellow corona 

 and sulphur-yellow petals. The best 

 forms are Woolley Dod, deep yellow 

 and primrose ; W, Wilks, orange- 

 yellow and primrose ; and Joseph 

 Lakin, deep yellow and primrose. 



N. Barri (N. incomparabilis x N. 

 poeticus). A distinct hybrid with 



Fio. 260. Narcissus Barri conspicuus. (.) 



sulphur-yellow petals and an obconic 

 corona, lemon -yellow at the base 

 passing into orange -yellow. 



There are many varieties of the 

 " Barri " Daffodils, amongst the best 



being : Cicely Hill, primrose, corona 

 flushed cinnabar - red ; conspicuus, 

 orange-yellow cup deeply stained 

 with orange-scarlet; Crown Prince, 

 white, large cup stained scarlet; 

 Dorothy E. Weymss, petals white, 

 corona canary - yellow edged with 

 scarlet ; Dr Fell, white, with orange- 

 scarlet corona; Flora Wilson, pure 

 white, with lemon cup edged orange- 

 scarlet ; Golden Mary, bright golden- 

 yellow ; Maurice Vilmorin, pale 

 sulphur, large cup of deep orange 

 or orange-scarlet; Miriam Barton, 

 delicate primrose - yellow ; Mrs C. 

 Bowley, white, with orange-red cup ; 

 Mrs Dyer, yellow, orange cup; 

 Orphee, primrose-coloured, cup scar- 

 let margined ; Sensation, pure white, 

 with bright yellow corona margined 

 with orange - scarlet ; Siddington, 

 yellow, with open corona broadly 

 edged with orange-red. 



N. Bernard!. This is probably a 

 natural hybrid between N. poeticus 

 and N. muticus, and has been found 

 growing wild in the Pyrenees. It 

 has white petals and an orange or 

 lemon-yellow corona. H. E. Buxton 

 is a form with white petals and a 

 bright orange-scarlet corona. 



N. bicolor. A charming variety of 

 the Ajax or Common Trumpet 

 Daffodil or Lent Lily (N. Pseudo- 

 narcissus). The broad spreading 

 segments or petals are white, while 

 the large trumpet or corona is of a 

 bright lemon - yellow. There are 

 numerous forms, amongst the best 

 being : Ada Brooke, white, trumpet 

 rich orange-yellow; Cygnet, broad 

 white elegant petals, and canary- 

 yellow trumpet; Chloe (raised from 

 Emperor and triandrus albus), broad 

 creamy -white petals, and soft canary- 

 yellow cup ; Dean Herbert, full prim- 

 rose changing to sulphur, large rich 

 yellow trumpet; Dorothy Kingsmill 

 (a cross between Grandee and cala- 



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