NARCISSUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



NARCISSUS 



flowers are pale yellow, but the 

 corona is suffused with orange. The 

 double-flowered form known as Butter 

 and Eggs conies from this. 



As may be seen from the chief 

 kinds mentioned, N. incomparabilis 

 has been largely used by the hybridist 

 in the production of new varieties. 

 Thus : 



N. incomparabilis x IT. Pseudo- 

 narcissus = P. BACKHOUSEI. 



N. incomparabilis x N. poeticus = 

 N. BAKRI. 



N. incomparabilis x N. poeticus = 



N. BURBIDGEI. 



N. incomparabilis x N. poculi- 

 formis = N. LEEDSI. 



N. incomparabilis x JV. Tazetta = 



N. ORIENTALIS. 



Owing to its robust habit and 

 freedom, N. incomparabilis and its 

 derivatives are all useful garden 

 plants, and thousands of them are 

 used for naturalising in the grass in 

 large parks and gardens. There are 

 many excellent forms, such as : 



Albert Victor, sulphur-white, with 

 a deep yellow cup. Annie Baden, 

 pale sulphur - white, with a white 

 orange-stained corona. Autocrat, full 

 self -yellow, with expanded yellow 

 corona. Beauty, sulphur-yellow, with 

 yellow bar; corona large, and mar- 

 gined orange-scarlet Bertie, creamy- 

 white ; cup yellow, edged orange. 

 C. J. Backhouse, yellow ; cup.long, and 

 of a rich orange-red colour. Com- 

 mander, pale sulphur ; large yellow 

 cup stained orange-red. Cynosure, 

 primrose changing to white ; cup 

 stained orange-scarlet. Dr Gorman, 

 pure white ; pale yellow cup. Edward 

 Hart, perianth and cup deep yellow. 

 Figaro, yellow; cup edged with 

 orange. Frank Miles, soft clear 

 yellow. George Nicholson, pure 

 white; cup clear yellow. Gloria 

 Mundi, clear rich yellow perianth; 

 large cup much expanded and very 



heavily stained orange-scarlet. Go- 

 liath, large white perianth barred 

 yellow ; large yellow corona. Gwyther, 

 yellow ; cup suffused orange. Hogarth, 

 full yellow goffered cup, very large 

 and expanded ; perianth twisted. 

 James Bateman, pure white ; clear 

 yellow cup. King of the Netherlands, 

 sulphur - yellow ; cup, very large, 

 stained orange. Leedsi, yellow; cup 

 stained rich orange-scarlet. Lorenzo, 

 soft primrose, changing to white ; cup 

 yellow. Lulworth, pure white ; cup 

 bright orange -red. Mabel Cotvan, 

 white ; cup broadly margined orange- 

 scarlet. Magog, sulphur ; large yellow 

 cup. Mary Anderson, pure white; 

 cup bright orange-scarlet. Poiteau, 

 white ; cup yellow. Prince of Wales, 

 sulphur-yellow; cup stained orange- 

 scarlet. Prince Teck, creamy-white ; 

 cup yellow, large and expanded. 

 Princess Mary, creamy-white peri- 

 anth ; large cup, suffused orange. 

 Queen Bess, pure white, with large 

 light yellow much - expanded cup. 

 Queen Sophia, sulphur-yellow ; frilled 

 cup, heavily stained orange-scarlet. 

 Red Coat, orange-yellow, with orange- 

 red corona frilled on the margin. Red 

 Star, creamy-white; corona stained 

 red. Semi-partitus, soft pale prim- 

 rose; cup primrose, deeply lobed. 

 Sir Watkin ( probably a hybrid 

 between a form of Pseudo - nar - 

 cissus and poeticus), rich sulphur ; 

 cup yellow, slightly tinged with 

 orange. Stella, white, with yellow 

 crown; the form known as Stella 

 superba, being a great improvement 

 in size. Splendens, sulphur-yellow ; 

 corona edged orange-scarlet. 



These are several double-flowered 

 forms of N. incomparabilis, the best 

 being Butter and Eggs, large yellow, 

 with deep orange centre ; Codlins 

 and Cream (or Sulphur Phoenix), pure 

 white, with a sulphur-yellow centre ; 

 Eggs and Bacon (or Orange Phoenix), 



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