CHAPTER XVIII 



SOME AUTUMN FLOWERING SPECIES 



THESE rare, curious, and dainty little mem- 

 bers of the genus Narcissus are found grow- 

 ing wild, not often but occasionally, in Al- 

 geria, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, Italy and 

 sometimes in other localities closely bordering 

 the Mediterranean. They are all round or 

 rush-leaved types bearing their flowers in jon- 

 quil-like clusters. 



The characteristics of spring-flowering daf- 

 fodils and narcissus, i. e. love of moist cool- 

 ness is exactly reversed in these autumn flow- 

 ering kinds. These require almost tropical 

 heat, and dry seasons followed by wet 

 ones. They are not recommended for ordi- 

 nary garden cultivation in the North, though 

 they may be grown in frames covered with 

 glass during the late autumn and winter 

 months and may also be grown and flowered 

 in pots. 



N. SEROTINUS. (10 in. 500. doz.) The fragrant little 

 flowers of this variety, borne in twos or threes on slender 

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