NAECISSUS 



NABGISSUS OBDEB 



NAECISSUS 901 



leaves. Segments oblong-acute, milky- 

 white, over 1 inch long; corona cup- 

 shaped, sulphur-yellow, about i in. deep 

 and wide at the mouth. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 894. The 

 Leedsi Daffodils are peculiarly chaste 

 ■and beautiful flowers, and on rich loamy 

 soil are excellent for beds, borders, and 

 grass land. There are many beautiful 

 forms grown, all good for cutting, among 

 -the best being : 



Ada, large white, with orange-stained 

 cup. 



Albion, a large white ilower with sul- 

 phur cup. 



AmahiUs, white divisions large and 

 •spreading, cup long and conspicuous, 

 changing from primrose to white. 



Beatrice, one of the most noble of 

 this group, flowers pure white, elegantly 

 shaped cup, rather late flowering. 



Circe (Gloriosus, Duohess of Bra- 

 bant), divisions white, cup canary yellow, 

 changing to white. 



Duchess of Connaught, long divisions, 

 and large expanded cup, pearly-white. 



Duchess of Westminster, large pure 

 white perianth, long canary-yellow cup 

 tinted orange. 



Famny Mason, an elegant form, white 

 ■ •divisions, canary-yellow cup. 



Gem, divisions and cup white ; a lovely 

 variety. 



Grand Duchess, divisions of perianth 

 white, cup expanded, stained orange. 



Honble. Mrs. Barton, a fine large 

 and weU-shaped flower, large and broad 

 divisions, large and expanded cup of a 

 beautiful glistening white. 



lanthe, divisions sulphur changing to 

 white, cup canary - yellow, very late 

 flowering. 



Katherine Spurrell, divisions very 

 broad and overlapping, white of a beauti- 

 ful lustre, cup bright yellow. 



Madame Magdalene de Graaff, usually 

 two-flowered, segments broad, creamy- 

 white, crown orange. 



Madge Matthew, divisions of perianth 

 large white, well-formed cup. 



Minnie Hume, perianth very large, 

 pure white, cup much expanded, large 

 canary-yellow, changing to white. 



Mrs. Lamgtry, divisions of the perianth 

 very broad, pure white, with cup margined 

 golden-yellow. 



Modesty, long silver-white segments, 

 * drooping over and much longer than the 

 ■white corona. 



Palmerston, large sweet-scented white 

 flowers with a canary-yellow corona. 



Princess of Wales, flower pure white, 

 large expanded beautifully frilled cup. 



Superbus, divisions large and droop- 

 ing, pure white, cup changing from prim- 

 rose to white ; a fine massive flower. 



N. Macleayi. — A charming little 

 French DaftbdU, no doubt a natural hybrid, 

 with bulbs over 1 in. in diameter, and 

 about 6 linear bright green leaves. The 

 horizontal scentless flowers are solitary 

 on a somewhat 2-edged stalk 1 ft. long, 

 and have ovate oblong milky-white seg- 

 ments and a bright yellow corona, about 

 |- in. long and broad. Mr. Baker puts N. 

 Nelsoni, N. tridymus, and N. Bernardi 

 as forms of this Daffodil, but they- are 

 placed separately in alphabetical order 

 in this work, as they represent distinct 

 garden forms. N. Sabini is like N. Mac- 

 leayi, but is a more vigorous plant with 

 larger flowers and corona. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 894. 



N. major (N. hispanicus). — Great 

 Spanish Daffodil. — A large and vigorous 

 form of N. Pseudo-narcissus with leaves 

 4-| in. broad, and soUtary flowers 2-2^ in. 

 long, and of a bright lemon-yellow, the co- 

 rona or trumpet having a deeply lobed and 

 much crisped margin, and a throat about 

 1 in. across. Maximus is closely related 

 but flowers more freely and has a more 

 spreading rim to the trumpet. The rich 

 deep golden-yellow blooms are also larger 

 and make this variety one of the hand- 

 somest of the large Trumpet Daffodils. 

 Obvallaris, known as the Tenby Daffodil, 

 is a distinct early form with beautiful 

 uniform yellow flowers. Spurius has 

 broad imbricated segments and a large 

 expanded corona, the whole flower being 

 of a beautiful self-yellow. Spiirius coro- 

 natus has pale yellow segments. Tela- 

 monius has sulphur-yellow segments and 

 a deeper-coloured corona. The double- 

 flowered form of this, Telamonius plenus, 

 better kno-vm as Van Sion in gardens, is 

 cultivated in great numbers for its fine 

 golden-yellow double flowers, a^id is a 

 first class kind for naturalising. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 894. 



N. minor. — Another distinct form of 

 N. Pseudo-narcissus, but much smaller 

 in all its parts, -with leaves 3-4 in. long 

 and about \ in. broad. The flowers are 

 1-li in. long, with gracefiilly twisted 

 oblong sulphur-yellow segments and a 



