1060 



XAROISSrS 



stout i-edgeil peiluncle: fls. l-H. nstially 'J, wliite, with 

 a pale yellow cup, tlir Ui\<i- L-n-.i'i li whitu ami 1 in. 



long, the segments l>i ! . i..^-' ] nvt-rlapping, the 



corona }4 in. long, wiili :. . Vnr. filbus has 



white fls. S. Eu. P..M n, I i^hmt has a wide 



range in the wild st:it. , imi ^ [m i-,..ris regard it as 



a hybrid of .V. Tazi'tln ;uid .V. pmlirus. Apparently 

 little known in this country. 



12. posticus, Linn. Pheasant's Eye. Figs. 1461, 14C2. 

 Strong-growing species, sometimes VA ft. high, the bulb 

 about 1 in. thick, the Ivs. equaling or exceeding the 2- 

 edged peiluncle and 14 in. broatl, somewhat glaucous: 



M sliovt, ypllowish 



M^ ciiii-rranean 



' rrd-mar- 



gined, short coiona A doull I'il.', 1462) 



is a pure white, a rare color an nil. M:acissi. 



Var. radiiSldrus, Burbidge (iV^ ladufldrus, Salisb.). 

 Jlore slender and hs nairower corona narrower and 

 more erect : segments narrowed below so that they do 



Culture nf the iVn»-cJ«s«s. — Narcissi are among the 

 oldest of cultivated plants, but were much neglected for 

 many years. During the last two decades there has 

 spread a renewed interest in the family, with the usual 

 result in such cases that the habitats have )aen closely 

 searched for new forms , and tnw li\l.ri'N liave been 

 raised till we have now a surprisinL' niiTnl.rr ..f beauti- 

 ful flowers available. Recentl\ iiiaii\ <.f these have 



The "liuncli-Howiia.(l"or l'<.lyantbus 

 ■bularias are better grown under glass, 

 varieties, which are white (or properly 

 nils, seem to be of rather tender 

 iiH-f irardens. Otherwise the Nar- 

 ur, ,,| in good turfy loam, but no 

 1- "iIm iwise, must touch the bulbs. <if 



bulbs sav i; ,ir,s iii.'l,,..,!,.,.!,. aii.i :: 

 and alb.w tl,. m t,. r.-mam lill il;. ^ 

 or till tli.\ >\v.\\ si-ns ,.f t.iM liii: 

 numeriiiis ctTsits. .\s <l,caviiif; i,.| 

 is to dri-^~ 

 J either anii 

 in early spring start seedlings of a 

 beds when the Narcissi are tln' 



Stella, and all forms of Poeticus, which no well-consti- 

 tuted garden should be without, but one can scarcely go 

 amiss. J. N. Gerard. 



In Europe, the Narcissus, next to the tulip, is the 

 most extensively grown and popular of the spring-flow- 

 ering bulbs for outdoor culture. Probably owing to 

 many varieties not proving hardy in our climate of ex- 

 tremes of temperature, it has never occupied the posi- 

 tion it deserves in American gardens. Though many 

 1 are not hardy here, there are enough that can 

 iceessfullv grown to niak.- them among the most 



hot sun- 11- 

 climate .a I: I 



wiUpnal a 



Most varietie 

 of soil, .succeed] 

 very sandy or a 



able 



■11 that is 

 at;e is alw 

 place for : 

 bed by deep 



ging and liberal fertilizing with well-rotted stable' ma- 

 nure. The bulbs should be planted from 4 to 5 inches 

 deep from the tipper end of the bulbs to the surface. 



