258 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part 11. 



favourable conditions ; the cup or crown of the flower much de- 

 veloped, much cut or fringed at the summit, of an orange yellow, ; 

 and longer than the pale sulphur-coloured divisions. Flowers 

 in March and April, is perfectly hardy, and thrives freely in fine 

 sandy soil, but, being small and delicate in its parts, repays for a 

 little care. It should be associated with very dwarf spring-flower- 

 ring plants, and in sunny but fully exposed positions, where it may 

 enjoy the full sun without having its leaves and flowers destroyed 

 by violent winds. If the patch of earth in which it is planted be 

 surfaced with some very minute verdant plant like the Spergula, 

 the flowers will not be so likely to be disfigured by having their 

 " noses " so very near the ground, and the effect will be much 

 improved. A native of Southern Europe ; increased by careful 

 division of established tufts. 



NAECISSUS PULOHELLUS.— P^^^/Zj/ Daffodil. 



A DRESSY and very elegant dwarf Daffodil, with slender rounded 

 leaves and flowers borne upon stems six to nine inches high, 

 each bearing three or four flowers, the cup scarcely half an inch 

 in diameter, of a pale lemon tint, the divisions of the flower 

 of a clear yellow and boldly recurved, or held back like those 

 of a Cyclamen. It is deliciously scented, flowers in April and 

 May, and deserves a place in every rock-garden, associated with 

 other choice dwarf and spring-flowering bulbs and alpine plants, 

 and thriving best in rich sandy loam. It is no doubt a variety of 

 Narcissus triandrus. I have only seen it in cultivation in the 

 Botanic Garden at Chelsea. 



I have given only a few of the best of the dwarfest Daffodils ; 

 but there are many lovely kinds, somewhat larger, which, if too 

 large for the select rock-garden, are indispensable in collections 

 of spring flowers, and may be planted with the best effect in tufts 

 among herbaceous plants and low shrubs in the fringes of the 

 rock-garden, or by the sides of woods near at hand ; among the 

 finest kinds may be named N. odorus, bicolor, major, Jonquilla, 

 the Poet's Narcissus (N. poeticus) and its varieties, also sundry 

 fine hybrids and seedling varieties. 



