A Key to the Daffodils 



INCLUDING ALL THE HYBRID GROUPS OR "SECTIONS" AND 

 IMPORTANT SPECIES. 



THE following key is, we believe, the first 

 which clearly distinguishes all the important 

 sections and species of the daffodil or narcis- 

 sus. If the beginner will spend five minutes 

 upon it he will get a better grasp of the genus 

 Narcissus than he can get in any other way, 

 because the key shows in the briefest possible 

 form how each species and hybrid group sec- 

 tion differs from any other, and also what it 

 has in common with any other. Moreover, 

 it not only gives one a vivid mental picture of 

 the whole genus, but it also enables one to 

 determine with certainty, in the shortest pos- 

 sible time, to what section an unknown flower 

 belongs. Then by referring to the descrip- 

 tion list of varieties in the first part of the 

 book the exact name of the flower can be de- 

 termined. 



In order to get a grasp of the genus Nar- 

 cissus, notice first the distinctness between A, 

 AA, and AAA. Here we have the daffodils 

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