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creamy- white trumpet ; Mrs Morlamd 

 Crossfield, pure white, clear yellow 

 trumpet ; Mrs Walter T. Ware, 

 white golden trumpet ; Portia, soft 

 primrose, with yellow trumpet; 

 Prince Golihri, creamy-white, broad 

 thick-set yellow trumpet ; Princeps 

 (Irish Giant), immense pale sulphur 

 trumpet, and sulphur or creamy- 

 white segments ; Princess Ena, 

 creamy white, with sulphur perianth ; 

 Sentinel, pure white petals, trumpet 

 yeUow -jT.A. Dorrien-Smith, sulphur- 

 white, rich yellow trumpet ; Victoria, 

 pure white, trumpet clear yellow ; 

 Weardale Perfection, large white seg- 

 ments, bold pale primrose trumpet. 



Fio. 264.— A'orcis«M Bulbocodiwm. (iO 



N. biflorus (N. poeticus x N. 

 2'azetta).—A natural hybrid between 

 the two species named, often having 

 two, rarely one or three, flowers on 

 a scape. Petals pure white ; corona 

 obconic, pale yeUow, with crisped 

 margin. (Bot. Mag. 1. 197.) 



N. Broussoneti.^A distinct Moroc- 



can species, having narrow twisted 

 leaves 1-^ to 2 ft. long, and from six 

 to nine pure white sweetly scented 

 flowers on the scapes, each bloom 

 being about 1 in. across, and remark- 

 able for having a very small or 

 rudimentary corona. 



This species is a shy bloomer.and also 

 flowers at the end of the year. It is 

 best grown under glass in most places. 

 N. Bulbocodium (If. turgidtis ; Cor- 

 hvlaria Bulbocodium ; C. serotina). — ■ 

 This is popularly known as the 

 "Hooped Petticoat" or "Medusa 

 Trumpet" Dafi'odil. It is a distinct 

 and pretty species^ from S. Europe 



Fig. 265. — Na/reissus Bulbocodium mono- 

 phyllus. (J.) 



and N. Africa, having bulbs about f 

 in. through, from which arise three to 

 four roundish leaves, channelled on 

 the upper surface, and from 3 to 12 

 ins. long. The solitary bright yellow 

 flowers have narrow lance -shaped 

 segments, and. a very large broadly 

 funnel-shaped corona in the centre. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 88.) 



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