NARCISSUS 



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NARCISSUS 



There are several varieties, amongst 

 the best being citrinus, pale lemon- 

 yellow ; conspicmis, rich golden- 

 yeUow ; Graellsi, sulphur or primrose 

 yellow (£ot. Mag. t. 6473, B.) ; hedrm- 

 antha, remarkable for having a 

 solitary leaf and small yellow flower ; 

 monophpllus (or Clusi), usually with 

 a solitary leaf and snow-white flowers, 

 produced quite early in the year; 

 nivalis, from the snowy Spanish 

 mountains, orange-yellow ; and tenui- 

 folius, with long rush-like leaves and 

 golden-yellow flowers, having a corona 

 more or less six-lobed. 



The Hooped Petticoat Narcissi are 

 charming in nooks in the rockery, or 

 for pot-culture. 



N. Burbidgel {N. incompardbilis x 

 N. poeticus). — A beautiful Star 

 ■Daffodil, having pure white spreading 

 petals and a yellow bell - shaped 

 corona edged with deep cinnabar-red. 

 The following are variations : — 



Agnes Barr, creamy -white ; cup 

 yellow, stained orange. Baroness 

 Heath, yellow; cup suffused with 

 orange - scarlet. Beatrice Heseltine, 

 creamy - white ; cup edged with 

 orange-scarlet. Constance, sulphury- 

 white ; cup beautifully edged orange- 

 scarlet. Crown Princess, pure white ; 

 cup yellow, margined orange. Mien 

 Barr, snow-white ; citron cup stained 

 orange-scarlet. Falstaff, pure white ; 

 lemon cup, margined orange. John 

 Bain, white ; citron cup. Little 

 Dirk, pale yellow, with orange cup. 

 Mary, white; citron cup stained 

 orange. Mercy Foster, white ; canary- 

 yellow cup beautifully frilled. Model, 

 pure white, cup stained orange, 

 beautifully frilled. Ossian, white; 

 cup orange-scarlet. Princess Louise, 

 very large, pure white ; cup much 

 expanded, orange-scarlet changing to 

 apricot. Bohin Hood, creamy- white ; 

 cup stained orange. St John's 

 Beauty, sulphur - yellow, with cup 



edged orange-scarlet. Sequin, snowy- 

 white, with large, broad, flattened, 

 golden-yellow corona. 



N. cyclaiuineus. — A distinct and 

 charming little Portuguese Daffodil, 

 6 to 8 ins. high, with lemon-yellow, 

 abruptly reflexed segments, and an 

 orange-yellow cylindrical corona with 

 a serrated edge {Bot. Mag. t. 6950). 



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Fig. 266. — Narcissus eydamineus. 



There is a larger-flowered variety 

 called major. Hybrids have been 

 raised between If. Horsfieldi and N. 

 eydamineus. 



N. Snglehearti. — This name has 

 been more or less generally accepted 

 for the beautiful and distinct varieties 

 that have been raised by the Eev. G. 

 H. Engleheart. The flowers may be 

 said to show distinct traces of N. 

 poeticus blood, and are remarkable 

 for a regular circular outline, filled 

 in by broad rounded petals of great 

 substance, with a large flattish 

 circular and disc-like corona in the 

 centre. The following are some of 

 the choicest varieties in this group; 

 many of them are very costly, a 



