NARCISSUS 



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NABCISSUS 



white, with a rich orange centre j 

 Primrose Queen, primrose - yellow, 

 shading to orange in centre; and 

 White Queen, like Svlphur Phoenix, 

 but of a purer white. 



yeUow ; and Snowdrop, pale sulphur- 

 yellow or white, two flowers usually 

 drooping from the stem. 



Fig. 268 — Narcissus incomparabilis Sir 

 WaOdn. (§.) 



N. intermedius. — This is considered 

 to be a natural hybrid between N. 

 Tazetta and N". Jbnquilla. From four 

 to ten flowers are borne on a scape, 

 the segments being bright lemon- 

 yellow, and the cup-shaped corona 

 orange-yellow. It is a native of the 

 Pyrenees. {Bed. Lil. t. 427.) 



N. Johnstonl. — A beautiful Portu- 

 guese Daffodil, considered to be a 

 natural hybrid between N. bicolor 

 Horsfieldi and N. triwndrus. The 

 typical form has clear, soft, sulphur- 

 yellow flowers. There are several 

 forms, amongst them the Queen of 

 Spam, soft clear yeUow, with grace- 

 fully reflexed petals ; King of Spain, 

 similar, but with shorter, broader 

 corona ; Mrs Geo. Cammell, soft clear 



Fig. 269. — Na/rcissus Joh/nstoni Queen of 

 Spain. (J.) 



N. Jonquilla. — This is the sweet- 

 scented Jonquil of S. Europe and 

 Algeria, with roundish leaves 8 to 12 

 ins. long, deeply channelled down 

 the face. From two to six rich yellow 

 and highly fragrant flowers, with a 

 cup-shaped corona, are borne on the 

 scapes. (Bot. Mag. t. 15.) 



Amongst the varieties are Jlore 

 pleno, a rich golden-yellow, double- 

 flowered form known as "Queen 

 Anne's Jonquil"; jonquilloides, a 

 more robust form than the type ; and 

 minor, a dwarf form, with flowers 

 much smaller than in the type. 



N. jancifoUus. — The Rush-leaved 

 Jonquil, as this is called, is a native of 

 the Pyrenees, having small bulbs, 

 slender roundish leaves 4 to 6 ins. 

 long, and small umbels of bright 



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