174 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



■ — though seldom more than two on one stem. 

 The exceptionally sweet perfume of A^. bi- 

 fiorus suggests Tazetta influence, though as 

 Parkinson says, the fragrance is less "stuff- 

 ing." The forms vary and though selections 

 have been made under cultivation none have, 

 we believe, been accepted as sufficiently dis- 

 tinct to be called true botanical varieties. 

 There is some difference horticulturally, how- 

 ever, between the following: 



BiFLORUS. (E. 15 in. ^*$i hu.) The type. Petals, 

 cream-white or sometimes light primrose coloured ; cup, 

 yellow. Good for naturalising and as a cut flower. 



BiFLORUS HYBRrous. (E. 18 in. 1I*$2 doz.) A selection 

 from collected bulbs, truss many flowered; the flowers 

 larger than the type. 



NARCISSUS BURBIDGEI 



Small-cupped hybrids between incompara- 

 bilis and poeticus, selected from other sec- 

 tions and having a close resemblance to A'^. po- 

 eticus. The cup in these Burbidgel forms, is 

 about one fourth the length of the petals, a 

 trifle longer than but not quite so flat as 

 in A'', poeticus. Other distinguishing feat- 

 ures of Burbidgel are the greater range of 



