172 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



■white ; cup citron-yellow edged with purplish red. First- 

 class certificate, R. H. S. 



Epic. (E. $2 ea.) New, large, and solid flower, broad 

 petals of white; cup fiat, deeply edged with blood-crimson; 

 fragrant. 



Glory. (D. 16 in. §11 $2 ea.) A new variety, having 

 enormous flowers; the largest in the poeticus section, su- 

 perior even to poeticus grandiflorus in size, shape, form, 

 and colour. Petals pure white; cup yellow-edged with red. 

 First-class certificate, Manchester. 



Grandiflorus. (E. 19 in. §^$a doz.) The giant 

 poet's narcissus. Large flowering vigorous variety twice 

 as large as ornatus. Petals pure white; cup very broad, 

 yellow suffused with crimson. 



Homer. (D. §1f*$2 ea.) New, large with broad petal- 

 led flower similar to Poetarum. First-class certificate. 



Marvel. (F. 15 in. t$i-25 doz.) Late flowering. 

 Has a small, distended bladder-like spath. Petals, pure 

 white ; cup yellowish, margined with saffron. 



Ornatus. (D. 13 in. § t[ * $2 hu.) Early fiee-flower- 

 ing, robust-growing variety with large handsome round 

 white petalled flowers and yellow cups brimmed with red. 

 Blooms three to four weeks earlier than the common 

 poeticus, is good for massing in borders, naturalising in 

 grass and for cutting. It forces easily if grown cool. 



Poetarum. (E. 14 in. 1I*$2.50 hu.) Distinct large- 

 flowering old favourite sort with broad "paper white" 

 petals; cup large orange-scarlet. 



Praecox. Syns: fraecox grandiflorus, grandis-praecox. 

 (C. 18 in. § f * soc doz.) Earliest flowering of the poeti- 

 cus group; ten days earlier than ornatus and can be 

 forced into bloom by Christmas if desired; blooms out-of- 

 doors in April. Flowers large; petals pure white; cup- 

 yellow edged with crimson. It is a free seed bearer. 



PyRENEAN POETICUS. (D. & E. i8 in. 11*$2.50 hu.) 

 Collected forms or their progeny varying much in shape, 



