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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 219. 



Group I. Large cup, crown as long or longer than peri- 

 anth. 

 Section A. Flat-leaved. Type, the wild Daffodil of England, 

 and including N. Pseudo-Narcissus ; the Aja.x varieties of Ha- 



^^n- 33- — Narcissus maximus. — See page 209. 



worth, and innumerable forms and sizes from N. minimus toN. 

 maximus. All have flat glaucous leaves. The better-known 

 garden forms of this section are — Yellows : Ard Righ, Countess 

 of Annesley,Cyclamineus(fig. 32), ;Emperor,GoldenSpur, Henry 

 Irving, Maximus (fig. 33), Minimus (fig. 34), Obvallaris (Tenby), 

 Rugiloljus. Two-colored varieties : Empress, Grandis, Hors- 

 fieldii, Princeps, Scoticus, Bicolor praecox. White and sulphur 

 varieties: Cernuus(fig. 35), Colleen Bawn, F.W. Burbridge, Min- 

 nie Warren, Moschatus, Pallidus prsecox. Double : Telamonius 

 plenus (Von Sion), Capax plenus. 



Section B. Rush-leaved. Type, N. Bulbocodium (Corbu- 

 laria), the Hoop Petticoat Daffodil of southern Europe. Of 

 these there are six varieties, all with the expanded crinoline- 

 like corona (fig. 36). 



Group II. Crown half or rarely three-quarters as long as the 

 perianth divisions ; the Chalice-shaped crown of Parkinson. 



Section A. Type, N. incomparabilis varieties (fig. 3J). The 

 varieties of this group are supposed to be hybrids, except 

 Odorus, Juncifolius and Triandrus. Garden forms of these 

 comprise : Self-yellow varieties. Yellow varieties with orange 

 cups; Gloria Mundi, etc. Sulphur-colored varieties; Sir Wat- 

 kin, etc. Peerless varieties; Cynosure (primrose perianth, 

 orange cup). Princess Mary (white perianth, orange cup). 

 White varieties ; Mary Anderson, etc. Leedsii varieties, with 

 Eucharis-flowered chalice, cup white; Leedsii, Amabilis, 

 Duchess of Brabrant. Humes' hybrid straight-crowned Daffo- 

 dils. Backhouse's hybrids with coffee-cup-shaped crown. 

 Nelson's hybrids with goblet-shaped cup ; Nelsoni major, Au- 

 rantius, Pulchellus. Double varieties ; Aurantius plenus 

 (Butter and Eggs), Albus plenisaurantius (Orange Phcenix), 

 plenus sulphureus (Codlins and Cream or Sulphur Phoenix). 



Section B. Types, N. Odorus (Campernelle Jonquil), N. 

 triandrus (fig. 38), N. juncifolius (the smallest Rush-leafed 

 Daffodil). 

 Group III. The small-crowned Daffodils or true Narcissi. 



Section A. Types, N. poeticus, N. Tazetta. In this section 

 are comprised the well-known N. poeticus, also the various 

 bunch-flowered Daffodils, as Paper Whites, Grand Monarque, 

 Soliel d'Or, Staten General, etc. 



Section B. Types, N. gracilis, N. rupicola (fig. 39), N. Jon- 

 quilla ; the Jonquils are the best-known form of this section. 



A review of the genus Narcissus to 1887 is embodied in 

 Baker's Handbook of the A)n.iryllide(z, 1888 ; Burbridge's 

 History and Ctilture of the Xurcissus, published in 1875 ; Ye 

 Narcissus or Daffodyl, by F. W. Burbridge and P. Barr ; and 

 Hartland's Album of Daffodils, will all prove useful to those 

 interested in the study of this genus. 



In this climate the flowering of Narcissi is influenced by so 

 many sudden changes of temperature that it would be impos- 

 sible to give any definite or even general idea as to the suc- 

 cession of flowers to be expected with any certainty. As to 

 the varieties the Ajax section comprises the largest number of 

 favorites, a good selection being for garden purposes Em- 

 peror, Empress, Horsfieldii, Grandis, Obvallaris, Golden Spur, 

 Maximus, Countess of Annesley, Ard Righ, Rugilobus, Cer- 

 nuus, Pallidus precox and Telamonius plenus. A fine selec- 

 tion from the other sections, omitting Polyanthus, is Sir Watkin, 

 Barrii conspicuus, Duchess of Westminster, C. J. Backhouse, 

 Princess Mary, Poeticus ornatus, Gloria Mundi, Cynosure, 

 Nelsoni, Poetarum, Poeticus plenus. Orange PhiBnix, Capax 

 plenus. 

 Elizabelh, N: J. J- N. Gerard. 



Cultural Department. 



A Selection of Strawberries. 



'T'HE list may now be fairly divided into early, medium and 

 ■l late. Crystal City till recently was our best very eady. 

 Michel's Early did not prove to be what was hoped for and 

 promised; the berry lacks quality, and the plant productive- 

 ness. Beder Wood is, on the contrary, a really good berry, 

 very productive and of good size. Mr. Crawford thinks it the 

 best very early berry that he has yet grown. Leader has secured 

 three prizes from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. It 

 is a very early sort, and, I believe, is destined to secure the 

 very foremost place. Lovett's Early is another new candidate 

 of great promise. It is said to be larger than Wilson, and more 

 prolific than Crescent. The color is bright crimson and the 

 shape perfect, while the flavor is high. It gave ripe berries 

 last year on the 22d of May in New Jersey, which is sometliing 

 remarkable. It is almost as early as Crystal City, and we may, 

 therefore, expect to discard that inferior fruit very soon. What 

 we have wanted was a good market and table fruit as early as 

 Crystal City. We can confidently plant Leader and Lovett's 

 Early and Beder Wood. 



Of medium berries Cumberland comes so close after the 

 early as to deserve a mention at the head. It is an old sort 

 that very few are willing yet to discard. Mrs. Cleveland is, 

 on the whole, one of the best berries I ever raised. It is large, 

 but not largest ; good flavor, not the best ; brilliant in color, 

 and enormously prolific. It begins early and bears long. 

 Among forty new varieties I hold Mrs. Cleveland one of the 

 very best. Crawford has very large and excellent berries, but 

 it has not proved regular in size or as prolific as Mrs. Cleve- 



Fig. 34. — Narcissus minimus. — See page 209. 



land. Haverland is splendid when the season is not too wet, 

 but it is sometimes watery and soft. The berry is of the largest 

 size, and of good, but not the best quality and color. Gillespie, 

 a seedling of Haverland, bids fair to outstrip it. One of the 



