CHAPTER XIV 



THE SWEET SCENTED JONQUILS AND CAM- 

 PERNELLES 



REGARDED from a garden standpoint, the 

 jonquils form a characteristic group. They 

 are all cluster-flowered, deep yellow colour, 

 most deliciously scented and of a slender 

 growth with round, rush-like foliage. In 

 some of the hybrid forms that are included in 

 this present grouping the flowers may be 

 borne as few as two on a stem. They show a 

 remarkable* range of variation. 



NARCISSUS JONQUILLA. (E. 14 in. fl $2 hu.) The true, 

 sweet-scented, single jonquil. A species indigenous to 

 sections in Southern Europe, varying in habit according to 

 environment, and in consequence several typical selections 

 from the wild are known as N. Jonquilla, var. minor, stel- 

 lario, etc. But as "collected bulbs" are, I believe, no longer 

 marketed, and as the bulb growers' "types" are fairly well 

 selected, I will go no further into their delicate 

 distinctions. The single jonquil is well known and highly 

 prized as a cut flower for growing in pots, and it does well 

 out of doors if planted in a protected, warm, sunny situa- 

 tion, in well-drained or raised beds of rich soil. It blooms 

 late in the season. The deliciously fragrant, rich yellow 

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