NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



ognized species {as iV. incomparabilis and y. odonia] 

 are hybrids. See Engleheart, Journ. Roy. Hcirt. Soc. 

 17, p. 35. 



The word Daffodil is variously used. In this country 

 it means usually the full double forms of N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus, plants which are very common in old gar- 

 dens. Modern named varieties of this Daffodil type are 

 Van Sion and Rip Van Winkle. In England, however. 

 Daffodil is a more general term, used for most species 

 except the Poet's Narcissus {N. poeticus). 



There are numberless forms of garden Narcissi. 

 Some of these are hybrids and others are direct varia- 

 tions from the pure or original species. Many of these 

 forms bear Latin names, as if they were species, and 

 thereby confusion often arises. The most serviceable 

 classification is based on the size and shape of the crown 

 or corona. Baker recognizes three great sections, which 

 are followed below. The standard works on the Narcis- 

 sus in English are Burbidge's " The Narcissus," with 

 many colored plates, and Peter Barr's "Ye Narcissus or 

 Daffodyl Flowre, and hys Roots." Haworth wrote a 

 Monograph of Narcissi in 1831, in which he made 10 

 genera of the plants which are now referred to Narcis- 

 sus. For 300 years and more, some of the species have 

 been known as cultivated plants. In the following ac- 

 count, the main or stem species are given ; and the 

 most common trade and class names are given in an 

 introductory paragraph, with notes as to their botanical 

 positions. 



Following are the common and important Latin- 

 form trade names (see the main list, below): Albicans, 

 a form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, var. raoschatus, the 

 .segments white and the corona primrose, changing 

 to white. — j4jrtx is an old generic name for N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus; this species is now sometimes called the 

 Ajax Narcissus. — Backhousei (Pseudo-Narcissus x 

 incomparabilis) has single horizontal yellow flowers 

 with tube nearly equaling the segments. — Barrii 

 fpoeticus X Pseudo-Narcissus or incomparabilis x poet- 

 icus), of the medium-crowned section, has yellow hori- 

 zontal ds. with long, slender neck ; "covers a series of 

 forms intermediate between incomparabilis and poeti- 

 cus, nearer the former than the latter" (Baker); Fig. 

 H57. — Bernardi is like N. Macleaii. but with a more 

 plicate and deeper-colored corona,. — Bunch-flowered 

 Daffodils are N. Tazetta. — Burbidgei (probably incom- 

 parabilis X poeticus, in a series of forms) has the habit 

 of N. poeticus, with a solitary drooping flower with 

 white segments and a very short corona with a yellow 

 base and red rim. — Cambricus is an early whitish bi- 

 color. — Cap(ex plenus is an old name tor a double form, 

 now undeterminable. — Cer«i«(s, form of N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus, var. moschatus, with a drooping, silvery 

 white fl.; early. — Corbularia Narcissi are the N. Bul- 

 bocodium forms. Corbularia is an old generic name 

 for this species. — Ci/ctomi«c»s (B.M. 6950) is a sub- 

 species of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with 

 a drooping fl. with lemon-yellow seg- 

 ments and orange crenate 

 rona —Flat liaved Narcissi are the 

 various forms of N Pseudo Narcissus 



— Ganymedes is an old generic name for N. trial 

 and its forms. — 6r!'(|fa)i(e»4- = Sir Watkin. — tfracHsi 

 a form of N. Bulbocodium with 

 small cream-white fls. B.M. 6473 

 B.-Grandiflorus is applied 

 to a large-fld. white foi-m of N. 

 TaztittSL. — Humei (incompara- 

 bilis X Pseudo-Narcissus) has a 

 single nodding yellow flower 



Narcissus Barri 



of the popular hybrids. 



1458. 

 : Trumpet Dalfodil— 

 Pseudo-NarcissuB. 



(X!.,.) 



with long, straight cup (often equaling the segments, 

 but variable in size). -ieedsijj (probably poculiformis 

 X incomparabilis) has slender-tubed horizontal or 

 drooping fls. with white segments and yellow to 

 whitish corona ; one of the medium-crowned kinds; 

 Baker mentions a var. Leedsii of N. incomparabilis 

 with yellow fls. and orange-red rim to the corona. - 

 Lent //i7y=N. Pseudo-Narcissus. — /.oiiie/aj-iHS is a 

 confused name, usually applied to the deep yellow dou- 

 ble Daffodil, N. Pseudo-Narcissus. — ioriYo?!«« desig- 

 nates forms of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. — iMstYdnjcus is a 

 name for a hicolor N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus. — Jlfn- 

 cleaii (probably Pseudo- 

 Narcissus X Tazetta) is 

 a I- to 2-fld. plant of 

 stout growth, bearing 

 horizontal short - tubed 

 fls. with white segments 

 and yellow crenate co- 

 rona half or more the 

 length of the lobes. B. 

 M. 2588. B.R. 12:987.- 

 Uajor {N. major. Curt; 

 B.M. 51) is a form of N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus, very 

 robust, with deep golden 

 yellow &ov/er. — ifaster- 

 sianus is a hybrid of N. 

 Tazetta and N. poculi- 

 formis.— Maximns is a 

 large - fld. form of N 

 Pseudo - Narcissus with 



