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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Narcissus continued. 



long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, very slightly paler than the corona, 

 a fresh bright yellow, five to eight lines broad in the middle, 

 usually imbricated for the lower half or third ; crown five or six 

 lines deep, plaited; throat sub-erect, more or less distinctly 

 six-lobed, about iin. across ; scape 12in. to 15in. high, scarcely at 

 all compressed or two-edged, generally two-flowered. April. 

 1. three or four to a scape, nearly 1ft. long, two and a-half to three 

 lines broad, very concave on the face, and convex on the back. 

 Bulb ovoid, twelve to fifteen lines thick. Spain. See Fig. 640. 

 (N. 23.) This species has several names, which are now all but 

 obsolete (figured as N. calathinus in B. M. 934). 



N. o. Isatns (joyful)- fl- smaller, and divisions shorter and blunter 

 than in the type, scarcely more than half as long again as the 

 crown. (B. M. 78, under name of N. odorus.) 



N. O. minor (lesser), fl., perianth and cup full yellow. A dwarf 

 form. STN. N. pseudo-juncifolius. 



N. O. rugulosus (slightly wrinkled). fl., perianth broad, imbri- 

 cated ; cup full yellow. 



N. orientalis (Eastern). A synonym of N. Tazetta orientalis. 



N. pachybulbns (thick-bulbed). A synonym of N. Tcuxtta pachy- 



N. pallidulns (palish). A synonym of N. triandrus. 

 N. pallidus prwcox (palish, early). A form of N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus major. 

 N. papyracens (paper). A synonym of N. Tazetta papyraceus. 



FIG. 641. NARCISSUS POCULIFORMIS. 



N. poculiformis (cup-like). /. pure white, cernuous, odorous, 

 eighteen to twenty-one lines long above the ovary; tube cylin- 

 drical, shorter than the divisions, line thicker in the lower half ; 

 divisions Iin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, often slightly 

 twisted, Ain. to iin. broad at the middle ; crown same colour as 

 the rest of the flower, Jin. deep, moderately plicate and crenulate 

 at the throat ; scape 1ft. high, with one or two flowers. April. 

 1. four or five to a scape, ffattish, about Jin. broad. Bulb Iin. 

 thick. Probably a hybrid between N. Tazetta papi/raceus and 

 N. Pseudo-Narcissus moschatus. Si'N. N. montanus (B. B. 123). 

 See Fig. 641. (N. 16.) 



FIG. 642. NARCISSUS POETICUS, showing Habit and 

 detached Flower. 



N. poeticus.* Poet's Narcissus. /. from IJin. to 2in. across when 

 expanded, with a distinct and agreeable odour ; tube white, about 

 1m. long above the ovary ; divisions a pure snow-white, obovate, 

 blunt, or cuspidate, slightly imbricated, Ain. to Jin., or sometimes, 

 in cultivation, even Iin. broad ; crown one to one and a half lines 

 deep, saucer-shaped, very much crisped, with a bright scarlet 

 edge, the mouth four to five lines across ; scape 1ft. or more high, 



Narcissus continued. 



compressed, and two-edged, one, or very rarely two-flowered. 

 ApriL 1. three or four to a scape, flat, with a blunt keel, glau- 

 cescent, often 1ft. or more long, |in. to 4in. broad. Bulb ovoid, 

 about Iin. thick. South Europe. A well-known plant. See Fig. 

 642. The principal varieties are as follows : 



N. p. majalis (May), fl., divisions of the perianth pure white, 

 well-formed and generally flat ; cup edged with saffron. 



N. p. patellaris (broad-petalled). fl., perianth pure white, flat, 

 finely formed ; cup large, edged with saffron. I. erect. 



N. p. poetarum (poet's). An early form, with the expanded 

 flower 2iin., or even Sin. across, and much-imbricated divisions. 

 It is sometimes known as N. p. grandiflorus. 



N. p. radiiflorus (ray-flowered). A more slender plant than he 

 type, with narrower leaves, and obovate divisions of the limb of 

 the flower so much narrowed downwards that they are not at all 

 imbricated in the expanded flower, and also more narrowed at 

 the point ; crown rather narrower, and, consequently more erect. 

 Flowers at least a fortnight earlier than the type. SYN. S. 

 anrjustifolius. (B. M. 193.) 



N. p. recurvus (recurved). A late-flowering form, with weak 

 recurved leaves, and the divisions of the limb reflexed and 

 crisped towards the edge. (N. 42A ; S. B. F. G. ser. ii 188, 

 under name of N. recurvus.) 



N. p. stellaris (star-shaped). A late-flowering form, with the 

 divisions of the limb, as in the variety radiifloru?, narrowed at 

 the base, and not imbricated. (N. 42c ; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 132, 

 under name of N. stellaris.) 



N. p. verbanensis (Lago Maggiore). A very slender, late variety, 

 with oblanceolate much-reflexed divisions (eight to nine lines 

 long), which are yellowish at the base. 



N. primulinus (rather early). A form of N. Tazetta intermedius. 



N. princeps (princely). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 



N. propinquus (related). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus major. 



N. pseudo-juncifolius (Bush-leaved). A synonym of N. odorus 

 minor. 



N. Pseudo-Narcissus (bastard Narcissus).* Daffodil, fl. soli- 

 tary, nearly sessile ; perianth eighteen to twenty lines long above 

 the ovary, the obconical tube about iin. deep ; divisions of the 

 limb more or less ascending, sulphur-yellow, paler than the 

 crown, oblong-lanceolate, nine to ten lines long, five to six lines 

 broad at the base ; crown just equalling the divisions, but 

 deeper and more orange-yellow in colour ; the mouth about Iin. 

 across, slightly plicate and inciso-crenate ; scape about 1ft. high, 

 with two prominent edges. Early in March. I. five or six to 

 a scape, glaucous, erect, flattish upwards, equalling, or, rather, 



, , 



shorter than the scape at the time of flowering. Bulb ovoid, Iin. 

 to liin. thick. Europe (Britain), &c. (N. 3.) Of this, the 

 Daffodil, there are five well-marked varieties (N. 4-13), which 



were known to, and described and named by, Linnreus, and 

 which keep up their characters well enough under cultivation 

 to stand as species for garden purposes, abscissus (muticus) is 

 a variable form, with sulphur perianth and rich yellow trumpet. 

 cambricus has sulphur-white perianth and yellow trumpet. 

 lobularis, a dwarf form, has pale sulphur perianth and yellow 

 trumpet, princeps has a sulphur-white perianth and yellow 

 trumpet ; flower very large and showy. Telamonius, the finest 

 of this sub-group, has large, spreading, light yellow perianth, with 

 channelled divisions, and large, handsome, yellow trumpet, varii- 

 fonnis, perianth ranging from white to primrose ; trumpet from 

 sulphur to deep yellow, the brim elegantly recurved. 



FIG. 643. NARCISSUS PSEUDO-NARCISSUS MAJOR OBVALLARIS. 



N. P.-N. bicolor (two-coloured). Stature of the type, and the 

 flower the same size, but the corona a full bright yellow, forming 

 a conspicuous contrast with the very pale sulphur-yellow divisions 



