1057 



ognized species (as ^V. incomparahlUs and X. nttnrifs) 

 are hybrids. See Euglelieart, Jouru. Kuy. Hort. Soc. 

 17, p. 35. 



The word Daffodil is variously used. In this country 

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

 narcissus, plauts which are very common in old gar- 

 dens. Modern named varic'tiis >,( tiiis l):iirndil type are 

 Van Siou and Bip Van Winkic In I:ii:;Imih1, however, 

 Daffodil is a more general tcnu. u^i il r..r most species 

 except the Poet's Narcissus (.V. /„„nriix]. 



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 sha])e 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 " Ve Narcissus or 

 Daffodyl Flowre, and hys Roots." Haworth wrote a 

 Monograph of Narcissi in 1831, in which he made 16 

 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. moschatus, the 

 segments white and the corona primrose, changing 

 to white. — J.;Vij- is an old generic name for N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus; this species is now sometimes called the 

 Ajax Narcissus. — Backhousei (Pseudo-Narcissus x 

 incoraparabilis) 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 lis. with long, slender n<'«-k : "c<»vfrs a series of 

 forms intennediate between inc-.iiiiii:ir:il.i Ij-^ and poeti- 

 cus, nearer thi- former than (In h.ti.r iHakcr); Fig. 

 U:,l.~Ber,u,r,li is like N. .Ahi.lraii, liiil u ith a more 



plicate and deeper-coU 

 Daffodils are N. Tazetta 

 parabilis X poeticus, in a 

 of N. poeticus, with a 

 white segments and a ve 



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ba. 



Narrissus var. ni..s,-hai us. with 

 white rt.; e:a-\y.-C,>rbularia Nan 

 bocodium forms. Corbularia is an old generic 

 for this species. — Ci/c;a»»»eHS (B.M. 6950) is 

 species of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with 

 a dro"ping fl with lemon 

 ments md orange crenate 

 ■Flat leaied Van it 

 various forms of \ Pseudo 



uly whitish bi- 

 ■ a double form, 

 of N. Pseudo- 

 ooping, silvery 



e popular hybrids. 



1458. 



Sinele Trumpet Daffodil- 



N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 



(XVJ.) 



With long, straight cup (often equaling the segments, 

 but variable m size). -Leedsii (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. - 

 Let' /i'y=N Pseudo-Narcissus. — Xodw/aWiiji is a 

 confused nanu usually applied to the deep yellow dou- 

 ble Daffodil N Pseudo-Narcissus. -ioj-iYoijMJ! desig- 

 nates forms ot N Pseudo-Narcissus.-iii«j7amcHs is a 

 name for a bicolor N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus. -J/rt- 

 cleaii (probably Pseudo- 

 Narcissus X Tazetta) is 

 a 1- to 2-fld. plant of 

 stout growth, bearing 

 horizontal short -tubed 

 fls. with white segments 



rona half or more the 

 lemrth ot the lobes. B. 

 M. ■!:•»». B.B. 12:987.- 

 Miijnr (N. major. Curt; 

 B.M. .=11) is a form of N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus, very 

 rnhust, with deep golden 

 yellow flower.- Master- 

 sianas is a hybrid of N. 

 Tazetta and N. poculi- 

 formis. — Jffflarimus is a 

 large - fld. form of N 

 Pseudo - Narcissus with 



