MEDIUM-CROWN HYBRIDS 165 



the "drooping silver star" narcissus, known to 

 cultivators for more than 200 years, is a wild 

 hybrid, said to be a native of damp Pyrenean 

 valleys, and forms another monotypic section. 

 Its parentage is supposed to be TV. moschatus 

 crossed either with N. poeticus or N. dubius 

 (a Tazetta variety). The drooping "swan's 

 neck" character of moschatus distinguishes 

 it from the Leedsii. The flower has a star- 

 shaped perianth of pure white and a white 

 cup. The flowers, while not large, about two 

 and one-half inches from tip to tip of perianth 

 petals, are of distinctive form when well 

 grown and very interesting. They are fre- 

 quently borne two to a stem. Rather difficult 

 to grow. 



NARCISSUS MACLEAII 



A distinct type also known as Diomedes 

 minor and Panza bicolor. (D. 4 in. If $1.50 

 doz.) A very pretty and distinct dwarf- 

 growing, small-flowering type aptly described 

 as a "baby bi-colour." It is an old-time hy- 

 brid of unknown origin, received from France 

 in 1819. The flower is composed of milk- 

 white imbricated petals about three-fourths 

 of an inch long, and a bright golden yellow 



