MEDIUM-CROWN HYBRIDS 169 



ORPHEE. Syn: conspicuus minor. (B. 18 in. H * 300 

 doz.) Useful as an early cut flower. Perianth canary- 

 yellow; cup yellow, heavily edged reddish orange. 



SEA GULL. (B. 21 in. If + $1.50 ea.) Large spreading 

 pure white petals and a canary cup edged apricot. Very 

 beautiful. Early. 



SENSATION. (D. 20 in. fi$3 doz.) Late flowering, 

 large pure white petals and canary-yellow cup, heavily 

 rimmed with orange scarlet. A beautiful cut flower but 

 should be taken when the bud is half open and allowed to 

 develop with the stem in water. In this way the brilliant 

 colouring is preserved. 



SIDDINGTON. (D. 18 in. *ff$2 doz.) A remarkably free- 

 blooming late variety, generally producing two flowers 

 on a stem; petals yellow; cup yellow, open, broadly mar- 

 gined orange-red. 



NARCISSUS BERNARDI 



Wild Pyrenean hybrids, found wherever 

 the wild poeticus and N. abscissus or N. vari- 

 formis are growing together. The flowers 

 have spreading white petals twice as long as 

 the yellow cup and vary much in form but 

 selections from the wild are offered under the 

 names and descriptions following. 



BERNARDI. (type) (D. fl*$i doz.) Late flowering. 

 Perianth white. Cup varies in size and colour from yellow 

 to orange and sometimes stained scarlet. 



FIRE GLOW, (fl 12 in. $2 ea.) Perianth snowy white, 

 cup glowing crimson the colour lasting well in the sun. 



H. E. BUXTON. (D. 15 in. ff*75c ea.) A specially 

 meritorious collected form with white petals and a bril- 

 liant orange-scarlet cup. Very beautiful and remarkably 

 free blooming. 



