NARCISSUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



NARCISSUS 



yellow flowers with ovate segments 

 about \ in. long, and a cup-shaped 

 corona. There are several varieties, 

 among them being rupicola (or Jf. 

 apodanthus), which has a corona dis- 

 tinctly six - lobed (Bot. Mag. t. 

 6473, c.). N. scaberulus is closely re- 

 lated to this. 



N. Leeds! (N. poculiformis x JT. in- 

 comparabilis). A beautiful hybrid, 

 having rather drooping milk-white 

 flowers, with a sulphur-yellow cup- 

 shaped corona about in. deep and 

 wide, the oblong acute petals being 

 over 1 in. long. Amongst the forms 

 of the Leedsi Daffodils may be 

 noted : Ads, large, white, with 

 orange-stained cup. Albion, large, 

 white, with sulphur cup. Amabilis, 

 white divisions, large and spreading ; 

 cup long and conspicuous, changing 

 from primrose to white. Beatrice, 

 flowers pure white, elegantly shaped 

 cup. Duchess of Brabant, white ; cup 

 canary - yellow, changing to white. 

 Duchess of Connaught, large expanded 

 cup, pearly-white. Duchess of West- 

 minster, pure white; long canary- 

 yellow cup tinted orange. Elegans, 

 drooping white perianth ; corona 

 sometimes stained apricot. Fanny 

 Mason, white, canary - yellow cup. 

 Gem, white. Grand Duchess, white ; 

 cup stained orange. Hon. Mrs 

 Barton, glistening white ; cup 

 changing from primrose to white. 

 lanthe, sulphur changing to white; 

 cup canary-yellow. Katherine Spur- 

 rell, white of a beautiful lustre ; cup 

 bright yellow. Madame Magdalene 

 de Graaff, usually two - flowered, 

 creamy -white ; crown orange. Madge 

 Matthew, large white ; well-formed 

 cup. Maggie May (Edmonds White), 

 flowers very large, white; cup pale 

 citron-yellow, frilled. Minnie Hume, 

 pure white ; cup large, canary-yellow, 

 changing to white. Mrs Langtry, 

 pure white; cup margined with 



golden-yellow. Modesty, silver-white 

 segments drooping over and much 

 longer than the white corona. Pal- 

 merston, sweet-scented white flowers 

 with a canary -yellow corona. Prin- 

 cess of Wales, pure white ; large, 

 expanded, beautifully frilled cup. 

 Superbm, divisions large and droop- 

 ing, pure white ; cup changing from 

 primrose to white. Una, large, 

 creamy - white ; cup citron - yellow, 

 tinged apricot. 



N. Macleayi. A charming little 

 Daffodil, with scentless flowers, hav- 

 ing ovate oblong milk - white seg- 

 ments, and a bright yellow corona 

 about ^ in. long and broad (Bot. Reg. 

 t. 987). N. Sabini is similar, but a 

 more vigorous plant with larger 

 flowers (Bot. Reg. t. 762). 



N. major (N. hispanicus). This, the 

 great Spanish Daffodil, is a form of 



FIG. 270. Narcissus major obvallaris. (i.) 



N. Pseudo-narcissus. It has bright 

 lemon-yellow flowers, the corona being 



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