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sus and N. poettcus produces in some instances 

 a daffodil which can not be distinguished from 

 this ; but the same cross may also produce re- 

 sults varying in the degree of each parent they 

 contain, varying in the color, size of trumpet, 

 and other particulars. These varieties are found 

 wild on European mountains at elevations where 

 N. poeticus and N. pseudo-narcissus flower si- 

 multaneously with the melting of the snow. It 

 is this cross, made in gardens, that has produced 

 all the Leeds hybrids. As for increase, some of 

 the incomparabilis sorts multiply rapidly. Gen- 

 erally, orange Phoenix increases rapidly, but sul- 

 phur Phoenix never increases at all. The trum- 

 pets increase very irregularly ; with me, obvalla- 

 rts and the common spurnts are perhaps the 

 best growers of this section. 



Among the bicolor trumpeters Horsfieldi 

 and empress are incomparably king and queen. 

 I confess I can perceive little difference between 

 them aside from the foliage, except that the lat- 

 ter is a few days later to flower, and its trumpet 

 stands out less boldly. Each exhales a rich 

 magnolia-like odor ; each flutters its pure white 

 perianth and great golden corona over the luxu- 

 riant green foliage like some gorgeous butterfly, 

 rather than a perfumed flower. Empress in- 

 creases far more slowly than Horsfieldi. Its 



