IOO DAFFODILS NARCISSUS 



groups and they are conveniently considered 

 in that light. 



The genus Narcissus has species of two 

 distinct types of foliage : flat-leaved, which 

 characterises the trumpet daffodils as well 

 as the poet's and Tazetta narcissus; and the 

 rush-leaved, which is found in jonquils, and 

 which are thereby pretty well isolated into 

 a distinct garden group. 



For the practical man's convenience, in 

 the following chapters, the garden, or hor- 

 ticultural significance of the types and sec- 

 tions has been considered, rather than their 

 exact botanical sequence, and the varieties 

 are listed according to these artificial but prac- 

 tical garden groups as follows: 



GROUP I. THE GIANT-TRUMPET OR AJAX 

 DAFFODILS 



Embracing all the one-flowered varieties 

 having a cyclindrical, or funnel-shaped trum- 

 pet at least three-quarters as long as the petals, 

 which are spread horizontally, or are inclined 

 forward; not deflexed. These again are sub- 

 divided as follows: 



