132 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



having a beautiful pure -white shouldered perianth and 

 a large handsome trumpet almost pure white. The flower 

 is large and bold — of beautiful symmetry and fine sub- 

 stance. It is a strong grower and a free bloomer with 

 handsome deep bluish green foliage. First-class certifi- 

 cate, R. H. S. 



Princess Ida. (B. 14 in. §11 $2 doz.) A distinct strong- 

 growing free-blooming early white variety with a silvery 

 trumpet edged at the brim with yellow. A good grower 

 and charming in pots. 



RowENA. (B. 13 in. § H $3 doz.) A new robust free- 

 blooming seedling with spreading star-like petals of snowy 

 white and a large trumpet, silvery-white flushed peach, 

 expanding to the brim. 



Sir Stafford Northcote. (B. 15 in. lJ*$i.5o doz.) A 

 strong-growing free-blooming early variety with a silvery- 

 white perianth and a long pale sulphur trumpet. Good 

 for naturalising and for borders. 



Snowflake. (B. 14 in. § II $4 doz.) Early flowering 

 strong-growing with distinct and handsome flowers holding 

 their heads well up. Perianth white, trumpet soft apricot 

 passing off white. Certificate of Merit, R. H. S. 



Sulphur King. (C. 12 in. § H $2 ea.) New seedling 

 producing in mid-season a well-formed flower of good 

 substance. Perianth pale sulphur, long trumpet of soft 

 sulphur yellow. 



ToRTUOSUS. (A. 15 in. §l[t$2.50 doz.) A popular, 

 vigorous, extra early flowering form often called "The 

 Swan's Neck Dafl^odil" from the graceful pendent poise of 

 the flowers. Selections have been catalogued under the 

 names of Leda, Sarnian Belle, etc., but any distinctiveness 

 claimed for these has apparently merged back to the type 

 until their "variety names" have become merely synonyms. 

 All, in fact, belong to the variable moschatus group. 

 Tortuosus being distinguished by its long trumpet of pale 



