NARCISSI 
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I. MAGNICORONATI 
Ard Righ, Yellow es ; sas large yellow 
trumpet with yellow perianth ; 
distinct ; 
Emperor ; ie nals yellow, large and 
robust. 
P pee i gia nearly white, crown 
deep yelloy 
Grandis; pure white large  perianth, 
trumpet full yellow ; late. 
— similar ee 7 press, but bloom- 
ing a night earlier 
Obvallaris, “« Whitby 
size, distinct Pad all others 
deeper yellow than peria 
Ti — plenus ; the ae fori of the 
mon yellow Daffodi 
Daffodil ” ” s medium 
crown 
II. MEDIOCORONATI 
Barri conspicuus; perianth 
crown fringed, margined with orange- 
scarlet ; fragrant. 
segments 
broad, nated paling towards tips; 
Leedsi C. J. Backhouse; perianth golden 
yellow ; crown orange-red. 
Sir Watkin, ‘* Great Welsh Daffodil ” ; 
perianth primrose ; crown golden. 
III. PARVICORONATI 
(a) Poeticus. 
Poeticus ornatus ; large and fine shape; 
perianth pure white, with broad 
Poetious plenus, the ‘‘ Gardenia-flowered 
Narcissus”; very double and fragrant; 
(6) Polyanthus 
major; perianth large, pure 
Gloriosus; perianth white ; crown orange. 
peed Soleil sae ; perianth rich yellow; 
wn deep 0 
ange. 
pure white; much finer than a Tons cies : pacar yellow; crown 
Gardenia. 
Poeticus recurvus; very similar to ornatus, 
ut more robust, more prolific, and a 
fortnight later. 
ate Tens perianth white; crown 
yellow. 
Scilly White ; white; crown creamy. 
The soils most suitable for Narcissus-culture are those 
that are light, well-drained, and not very rich. Those 
whose natural habitat is the warmer parts of Europe succeed best on 
poor gravelly soils with plenty of sunshine; others do well in partial 
shade. Ordinary manures should not be used, as they tend to disease 
and failure. This remark, indeed, applies to all bulbous plants. The only 
stimulants allowed should be wood-ashes, road-scrapings, and fresh 
meadow-loam mixed in equal proportions and applied as a top-dressing ; 
or a small quantity of bone-dust may be mixed with the soil before 
planting, using about 14 ounce to the square yard of land. Where there 
isa bank, as of an enclosing hedge, it should by utilised for Narcissi. In 
some districts it is quite a common thing to see these plants growing in 
great clumps on the hedge-banks, where they have escaped from gardens 
and orchards and gradually made their way to the summit. They may 
also be planted among grass in any position where their leaves will not 
be in danger from the lawn-mower, the retention of the foliage until it 
naturally withers being essential for the ripening of the bulb. When the 
Cultivation. 
