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NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



(a) bicolores, the perianth white and the corona yel- 

 low. Here are to be placed lacticolor, corcyrensis, patu- 

 lus, ochroleucus and many others. 



(b) albse. entire fl. white. Here belongs the "Paper 

 White" (var. papyraceus, Hort. N. papyraceus, Ker. 

 B.M. 947) very popular for winter bloom. G. 26:137. 



Here are to be 

 referred the 

 names Panizzia- 

 nus, dubius, can- 

 ariensis, pach- 

 ybolbos, poly - 

 anthos. 



(c) lutex, en- 

 tire fl. yellow. 

 Here belong 

 aureus, cupu- 

 laris, Bertolonii, 

 italicus. 



Var.orientalis, 

 Hort. (N. orien- 

 talis, Linn. Quel- 

 lia orientalis, 

 Salisb.). CHI- 

 NESE SACRED 

 LILY. Consid- 

 ered by Baker and others 

 to be probably a hybrid 

 between N. incomparabilis 

 and N. Tazetta: robust: Ivs. 

 flat and green, %in. broad: 

 scape much compressed : fls. 

 3-4, on long erect or curv- 

 ing pedicels: tube of peri- 

 anth subcylindrical, Mi Q - 

 long and green, the segms. 

 oblong, acute, sulfur-yellow, 

 1 in. long and half as wide; 

 corona cup - shaped, one- 

 third length of segms., 

 orange - yellow, irregularly 

 3-lobed with erect margin; stamens and style not 

 exserted. B.M. 948. Grown in bowls of water; very 

 fragrant. 



N. pdetaz, Hort., is a hybrid race, from N. Tazetta 

 X a form (ornatus) of N. poeticus. It is a promising 

 race, with several poeticus-like fls. on the scape, the 

 fragrance less cloying than that of N. Tazetta. They 

 force readily. Writing of the origin and characteristics 

 of the poetaz section, Joseph Jacob says in The Garden 

 that they originated in 1885 in the bulb-fields. of R. van 

 der Schoot & Son, at Hillegom, Holland, from N. ornatus 

 used as seed parent crossed with different kinds of N. 

 Tazetta. "In their general appearance, this new race 

 partakes of the characters of both parents. The Poet 

 shows itself in the larger fls. and in some of the cups, 

 while the Tazetta appears in their having several fls. 

 upon one st. To sum up, they may be described as a 

 large-fld. Polyanthus narcissus having from 2-6 

 blooms on a st., more pleasantly scented, and, generally 

 speaking, with a looser and more artistic perianth." 

 The Poetico-Tazetta narcissi are of this group or race. 



cc. Los. %in. or less broad, mostly terete or subterete, 



not glaucous. 



9. intermedius, Lois. A yellow-fld. species, thought 

 by some to be a hybrid between N. Tazetta and N. 

 Jonquilla, distinguished from N. Tazetta chiefly by its 

 subterete deep-channeled green Ivs., which are only 

 J^in. wide: scape nearly terete: fls. 4-10; crown one- 

 fourth or less the length of the oblong slightly imbri- 

 cated spreading perianth-segms. ; fls. soft yellow, the 

 segms. described as lemon-yellow and the corona as 

 orange-yellow: except for the subcylindrical green Ivs. 

 it might be taken for a form of the yellow race of 

 Tazettas. S. France and Spain. Var. primulinus, Hort. 



2448. Jonquil. Narcissus 

 Jonquilla. (X}i) 



(Hermione primulina, Haw.), has imbricated segms. 

 and the corona or crown with a 6-lobed spreading mar- 

 gin. B.M. 1299. Var. bifrons, Hort., has narrow 

 perianth-segms. and deep crown. 



10. gracilis, Sabine. Smaller, rush-lvd., 1 ft. high, the 

 scape slender and weak and subterete, 1 ft. long: Ivs. 

 bright green, j^in. or less wide and very convex on the 

 back: fl. pale yellow, the corona usually somewhat 

 deeper colored than the oblong acute imbricated segms.; 

 stamens and style not exserted. S. France probably, 

 but known chiefly as an old garden plant, and perhaps, 

 a hybrid of N. Jonquilla x N. Tazetta or N. juncifolius 

 X N. Tazetta. B.R. 816. Var. tenuior, Hort. (N. 

 tenuior, Curt.), the "silver jonquil," is more slender in 

 all parts, the paler fls. changing to white. B.M. 379. 



11. Jonquilla, Linn. JONQUIL. Fig. 2448. Very 

 slender and graceful hardy plant, 1^ ft. or less tall, the 

 Ivs. and subterete scape about equal in height: Ivs. 

 glossy dark green and very narrow and rush-like, 2-4 

 to a st. : fls. 2-6, fragrant, the slender cylindrical tube 

 greenish yellow and 1 in. or less long; segms. yellow, 

 obovate and scarcely overlapping; corona very short 

 (3/sin. or less long), crenate, cup-shaped, the same color 

 as the segms.; stamens and style barely exserted. S. 

 Eu. and Algeria. B.M. 15. One of the old-fashioned 

 fls., perfectly hardy in N. Y. There is a double-fld. 

 form. Var. minor, Baker (N. Webbii, Parl. Jonquilla 

 minor, Haw.), is a dwarf form: Ivs. very slender: peri- 

 anth-limb Kin- diam. Var. stelldris, Baker. Segms. 

 lanceolate, reflexing; crown 6-lobed. Var. jonquil- 

 loldes, Baker (N. jonquittoldes, Willk.). Tube of peri- 

 anth Kin. long, the limb %in. diam., the segms. obo- 

 vate and imbricated; crown more than half as long as 

 segms., the throat plain. 



BB. Corona with a prominently hardened or dry rim: 

 Ivs. broad. 



12. biflorus, Curt. PRIMROSE PEERLESS. Strong 

 fragrant-fld. species, with globose bulb 2 in. or less in 

 diam.: Ivs. about 4 to a st., 1-2 ft. long and nearly or 

 quite Kin. broad, and slightly glaucous, channeled, 

 usually equaling and sometimes exceeding the stout 

 2-edged scape or pe- 

 duncle: fls. 1-3, usu- 

 ally 2, white, with a 



pale yellow cup, the 

 tube greenish white and 

 1 in. long, the segms. 

 milky white, broad- 

 obovate and over-lap- 

 ping; the corona pale 

 yellow, J^in. long, with 

 a crisped scariose erect 

 edge ; stamens and style 

 barely exserted. S. Eu. 

 B.M. 197. G. 13:55; 

 27:295. This plant 

 has a wide range in the 

 wild state, but some 

 persons regard it as a 

 hybrid of N. Tazetta 

 and N. poeticus. Ap- 

 parently little known 

 in this country. Var. 

 dlbus, Hort., has white 

 fls. 



13. poeticus, Linn. 

 POET'S NARCISSUS. 

 PHEASANT'S EYE. Fig. 

 2449. A beautiful and 

 popular strong - grow- 

 ing and hardy species, 

 IK ft. high, the bulb 

 1 in. or more thick: 

 scape or peduncle as 

 long as the Ivs., 2- 



2449. Narcissus poeticus. ( X M) 



