2 NARCISSUS POETICUS AND ITS ALLIES 
the occasional introduction of wild bulbs collected during holidays 
in the Swiss and Italian Alps. These wild bulbs, however, have 
usually failed to maintain themselves in my heavy soil, with the 
exception of some gathered in the Saas Valley, in Switzerland, at 
an altitude of about 6000 ft., in July, 1909, when the flowering 
nd unexpectedly proved to be the heasant’ ye Narcissus 
(NV. recurvus), matching exactly the common form of English 
gardens. e bulbs were taken from a hilly, alpine meadow—not 
from the nearest gardens. It is difficult to understand how they 
could have been introduced in this situation, and | flowers 
were visible at the time of collecting, the extent of the habitat 
could t readi seen. In 1913, I drew the attention of 
actually produced. _M. Beauverd’s suggestion may thus be a sound 
one if N. recurvus is a fertile plant. In the garden I get no seed 
from it, and the Rev. G. H. Engleheart informs me that it is 
The consideration of the status of N. recurvus involves a survey 
of the other forms of Poet’s Narcissi, and as the literature of the 
subject is extensive, it is proposed to give an outline of the views 
