NAECISSUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



NARCISSUS 



variiformis (or nobilis), a Pyrenean 

 form intermediate between JV. mos- 

 chatus and the type, white, with 

 canary -yellow trumpet. 



There are also many choice hybrid 

 or garden forms, which may be 

 divided into two colour groups as 

 follows : 



GOLDEN AND SHADES OP YELLOW. 

 Ard Righ (Yellow King), golden- 

 yellow self. Countess of Annesley, 

 sulphur ; trumpet rich yellow. Eliza 



rose -yellow; bold yellow trumpet. 

 M. J. Berkeley, rich yellow ; large 

 expanded trumpet. Maximus, rich 

 golden yellow ; trumpet large and 

 spreading. P. R. Barr, primrose ; 

 trumpet rich yellow. Princeps, sul- 

 phur; trumpet yellow. Rugilobus, 

 trumpet yellow, segments paler. 

 Shirley Hibberd,light yellow ; trumpet 

 deep yellow. Sjmrius, distinct, large 

 expanded trumpet ; early, and forces 

 well. Van Waveren's Giant, a 

 gigantic primrose flower, with bright 



FIG. 274. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus Golden 

 Spur. (.) 



Turclc, dwarf, beautiful lemon-yellow. 

 Emperor, primrose; long and wide 

 yellow trumpet. Fred Moore, prim- 

 rose; large golden trumpet. Glory 

 of Leiden, dark yellow trumpet; 

 perianth of a slightly lighter shade. 

 Golden Spur, yellow; trumpet rich 

 golden yellow, large and distinctly 

 lobed. Henry Irving, golden yellow. 

 King Alfred, a giant golden Daffodil. 

 King's Norton, a very large rich 

 deep yellow. Lady Willes, prim- 



FIQ. VIS. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus King 

 Alfred. (.) 



yellow bell-shaped trumpet. Willy 

 Earr, clear soft yellow ; trumpet rich 

 deep yellow. And many others. 



WHITE VARIETIES. 

 C. W. Cowan, white ; trumpet 

 canary colour. Corrie Plemp, white ; 

 trumpet light primrose passing to 

 white. Duchess of Connaught, peri- 

 anth and trumpet primrose and white. 

 Madame de Graaf, fine white trumpet. 

 Mrs J. B. M. Camm, white ; trumpet 

 sulphur-white. Mrs Thomson, pure 

 white. Princess Ida, white ; trumpet 



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