CHAPTER XI 



THE LESSER TRUMPET, HOOP PETTICOAT 

 AND CYCLAMEN-FLOWERED DAFFODILS 



The grouping together of the sections 

 Humei, Backhousei, Bulbocodium, with cycla- 

 mineus, Johnston! and triandrus is done for 

 convenience. 



The varieties of the two first named sec- 

 tions often have a character in common in the 

 "clipped off" trumpet; but on the other hand 

 the true Backhousei type is almost insepar- 

 able from the large trumpets except that the 

 flower as a whole is smaller. 



NARCISSUS HUMEI 



"Hume's Dog-Eared Daffodils" are gar- 

 den hybrids, some people say, between N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus and N. montanus, others 

 claim between N. incomparabilis and N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus. But whatever the paren- 

 tage of the Humei type may be, the flowers, if 

 not very beautiful, have the merit of distinc- 

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