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NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



(a) bicolores, the poiianth white aiul the corona yel- 

 low. Here are to he jilaceii Uu-licotor, corajrcnsis, palu- 

 lus. ochroleucus aiui n>an\- others. 



(b) albx. entire fi. w'hile. Here belongs the "Paper 

 White" (var. /x7/)i/r<i(< ».-.■. Hort. .V. pdjii/raci'ii,':, Ker. 

 B.M. M7) ver>- popular for winter bloom. G. 20:137. 



Here are to be 

 referred the 

 names Panizzia- 

 nus, dubius, can- 

 ariensis, pach- 

 ybolbos, poly- 

 anthos. 



(c) lutex, en- 

 tire fi. yellow. 

 Here belong 

 a it reus, cupu- 

 laris, Bertolonii, 

 italiciis. 



Var.orientalis, 

 Uort. (.V. oricn- 

 li'iU.t, Linn. Quil- 

 tia or ioi talis, 

 Salisb.). Chi- 

 nese Sacked 

 Lily, (^msid- 

 ered by Baker and others 

 to be probably a hybrid 

 between A'^. incomparahilis 

 and A'. Tazctia: robust: Ivs. 

 flat and green, j-fm. broad: 

 scape much compressed : fls. 

 3-4, on long erect or curv- 

 ing pedicels: tube of peri- 

 anth subcylindrical, J2in. 

 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 

 margin; stamens and style not 

 —Grown in bowls of water; very 



2448. Jonquil. — Narcissus 

 JonquiUa. (XV2) 



3-lobed with erect 

 exserted. B.M. 948. 

 fragrant. 



N. p6etaz, Hort., is a hybrid race, from A''. Tazctta 

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

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

 fragrance less cloying than that of N. Tazella. They 

 force readily. Writing of the origin and characteristics 

 of the poetaz section, Joseph Jacob says in The Garden 

 that they originated in 188.5 in the bulb-fields of R. van 

 der Schoot & Son, at Hillegom, Holland, from A^. ornatus 

 used as seed parent crossed with different kinds of A'^. 

 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 Poelico-Tazeita narci.ssi are of this group or race. 



cc. Lvs. \iin. or less hroa/1, mostly terete or suhterete, 

 rud glaucous. 

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

 by .some to be a hybrid between A'. Tazctta and A^. 

 Jon'fuilla, distinguished from N. Tazetta chiefly by its 

 Bubterete deep-channeled green lvs., which arc only 

 J4in. wide: scape nearly terete: fls. 4-10; crown one- 

 fourth or less the length of the oblong slightly imbri- 

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

 segms. described as lemon-yellow and the corona as 

 orange-yellow: except for the subcylindrical gr(«n lvs. 

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

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



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

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

 gin. B.M. 1299. Var. bifrons, Hort., h:is narrow 

 perianth-segms. and deep crown. 



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

 scape slen<ler and weak and subterete, 1 ft. long: lvs. 

 bright green, ,' gin. or less wide and very convex on the 

 back: fl. |)ale yellow, the corona usually somewhat 

 deeper colored tlian the oblong acute imbricated segms.; 

 stamens anil style not exserted. S. France probably, 

 but known (chiefly as an okl garden plant, and perhaps, 

 a hybrid of ;V. JonquiUa x A^. Tazetta or N . juncif alius 

 X N. Tazctta. B.Il. 816. Vur. tenuior, Hort. (N. 

 t&nuior. Curt.), the ".silver jonquil," is more slender in 

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



11. Jonquflla, Linn. Jonquil. Fig. 2448. Very 

 slender and graceful hardy plant, l}/2 ft- or less tall, the 

 lvs. and sulaterete scape about equal in height: lvs. 

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

 to a st. : fls. 2-(i, fragrant, the slender cyhndrical tube 

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

 obovate and scarcely overlapping; corona very short 

 (J-gin. or le.ss long), crenate, cup-shaped, the same color 

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

 Eu. and Algeria. B.M. 1.5. — One of the old-fashioned 

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

 form. Var. minor, Baker (A^. Webhii, Pari. JonquiUa 

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

 anth-limb Hin. diam. Var. stellaris. Baker. Segms. 

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

 loldes. Baker (A'^. jonquilloldes, Willk.). Tube of peri- 

 anth J^in. long, the limb Jiin. 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: 

 lvs. broad. 



12. biflorus, Curt. Primrose Peerless. Strong 

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

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

 quite J^in. 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-jin. 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 A'^. Tazetta 

 and A', poeticus. Ap- 

 parently little known 

 in this country. Var. 

 dlbus, Hort., has white 

 fls. 



13. poeticus, Linn. 

 Poet's Narcissus. 

 Piiea-sant's Eye. Fig. 

 2449. A beautiful and 

 popular strong -grow- 

 ing .and hardy species, 

 11 2 ft. high, "the bulb 

 1 in. or more thick: 

 scape or pe<luncle .as 

 long as the lvs., 2- 



2449. Narcissus poeticus. (X!i) 



