NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



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largely grown. Only first-class bulbs should be used for 

 forcing purposes. Bulbs potted early in September will 

 be well rooted by the middle of October, at which time 

 some of the earhest narcissi may be placed in the for- 

 cing-house; and by bringing in a batch each week, a 

 continuous display of flowers may be had from Novem- 

 ber until Easter. For the best results in forcing bulbs, 

 the night temperature should not exceed 60 F. 



Growing bulbs in water on pebbles. Recently much 

 interest has been taken in growing narcissus bulbs in 

 vessels containing water and pebbles. The culture is 

 simple, and such bulbs may be readily grown under 

 dwelling-house conditions. The bulbs should be placed 

 in shallow jardinieres or saucers with clean white peb- 

 bles arranged around them to keep them in position 

 and to hold them up. The jardinieres should be kept 

 supplied with water sufficient to keep the roots sub- 

 merged. Narcissus Tazetta var. papyraceus (paper- 

 white narcissus) and N. Tazetta var. orientalis (Chinese 

 sacred lily) are the most popular and useful for this 

 purpose. 



INDEX. 



For other trade names, see supplementary list, at end of article. 



A. MAGNICORONATI or LARGE-CROWNED species: corona 



or crown as long as the segrns. or even longer, trum- 

 pet-shaped or cylindrical. DAFFODILS. (Forms 

 of No. 4 may be sought here.} 



B. Lvs. green, few (often only 1), very slender and nearly 



terete, channelled. 



1. Bulbocodium, Linn. (Corbularia species). HOOP- 

 PETTICOAT DAFFODIL. A slender small plant, with bulb 

 1 in. or less in diam., and the very slender Ivs. (usually 

 3 or 4 to each st.) mostly overtopping the blossoms: fl. 

 1, ascending or horizontal (not declined), IK or 1% in. 

 long in most forms, normally bright yellow in all parts, 

 the very prominent thin flaring corona entire or crenu- 

 late; perianth-segms. very narrow, ascending, to %in. 

 long, the keel green, the same color as crown; stamens 

 inserted near the base of the tube, declined, rather long. 

 S. France to Morocco. May. B.M. 88. J.H. III. 

 54:393. Gn. 69, p. 222. G. 5:131. Runs into many 

 garden forms and hybrids. Fls. usually borne 5-8 in. 

 above the ground. Minor forms are var. conspicua, a 

 large yellow kind, 6 in. ; var. pr&cox, large, yellow, early- 

 flowering, 6 in.; var. tenuifolia, small, early-flowering, 

 golden yellow, 3 in. 



Var. Graellsii, Baker (N. Graellsii, Webb). Lvs. 

 about 2: perianth about 1 in. long, whitish or prim- 

 rose-yellow. Castile. B.M. 6473 B. 



Var. monophyllus, Baker (N. monophyllus, Moore. 

 N. Clusii, Dunal. Corbularia monophylla, Dur.). Fig. 

 2437. An Algerian form, winter-blooming, usually with 

 1 If., and fl. sessile and white: corona crenate. B.M. 

 5831. Gn. 60, p. 199; 76, p. 94. J.H. III. 42:287. 



Var. citrinus, Baker. Fls. large, 1-2 in. long, pale 

 lemon-yellow or sulfur-yellow, the corona somewhat 

 crenulate and 1 in. diam.; stamens and style included. 

 Gn. 78, p. 189. 



Var. nivalis, Baker (N. nivalis, Graells). Lvs. 2-3, 

 erect and slender, the scape 2-4 in. long: perianth 

 orange-yellow, %in. or less long; style and stamens 

 exserted. Spain. 



BB. Lvs. glaucous, several, flat. 

 c. Segms. of perianth spreading horizontally. 



2. "Psetldo-Narcissus, Linn. (Ajax Pseudo-Narcissus, 

 Haw.). COMMON DAFFODIL. TRUMPET DAFFODIL. 

 LENT LILY. Fig. 2438. Strong plant, 12-18 in. tall, 



with bulb 1 ^-2 in. and 

 more diam.: Ivs. 4-6, 

 glaucous, narrow but 

 flat, erect, usually 

 about reaching the 

 blossoms: fl. about 2 

 in. long, horizontal or 

 ascending, pale yellow, 

 the segms. and corona 

 usually of different 

 shades, the corona 

 deeply crenate or 

 almost crenate-fimbri- 

 ate, more or less pli- 

 cate; stamens inserted 

 near the base of the 

 perianth, much shorter 

 than crown; style little 

 longer than stamens. 

 From Sweden and 

 England to Spain and 

 Austria. Exceedingly 



2439. Cernuus a form of N. Y*"7 a ^lorin^nf & fa 

 Pseudo-Narcissus var. moschatus. 2S a S n 



(X%) There are full double 



forms (common daffo- 

 dil) in which the corona disappears as a separate body, 

 and supernumerary segms. are present. This is one of 

 the hardiest and commonest of narcissi. 



This species is the Trumpet narcissus, so named from 

 the long corona. The Ajax daffodils are of this species 

 and its derivatives, separated by Salisbury, Haworth 

 and others as a distinct genus (Ajax). The normal 

 forms are Yellow Trumpets, but the Bicolor Trumpet, 

 var. bicolor, Baker (N. bicolor, Linn.), has pure white, 

 spreading and much imbricated segms. and yellow 

 corona. To this variety Baker refers Ajax breviflos, 

 Haw. (B.M. 1187), and Horsfieldii, Burb. Horsfield 

 and Empress are trade forms belonging in this group, 

 the former being the earlier of the two. The White 

 Trumpets are var. moschatus, Baker (N. moschatus, 

 Linn.; B.M. 1300), which has cream-white or white fls., 

 the perianth-tube obconic and nearly as broad as long, 

 the segms. more or less ascending, twisted, sulfur- 

 tinged and becoming pure white, crown about as long 

 as segms., the throat crenate-plicate and about 1 in. 

 across. Gn. 78, p. 89. J.H. III. 60:443. G. 28:231; 

 36:192. To this set, Baker refers N. candidissimus, 

 Red., N. longiflorus, Salisb. (B.M. 924), with twisted 

 segms. shorter than crown; Ajax albicans, Haw., with 

 large fl. and more imbricated segms.; A. cernuus, Haw., 

 with a more drooping fl. and tube longer than broad, 

 the segms. sometimes longer than crown. The cernuus 

 of the trade (Fig. 2439) has segms. equaling and some- 

 times exceeding the trumpet. 



Other main forms or types of N. Pseudo-Narcissus 



