178 DAFFODILS — NARCISSUS 



Sceptre. (D. 14 in. §1[$io ea.) New and beautiful 

 variety. Petals, cream-yello-w ; cup, prettily fluted and 

 of bright reddish orange. 



St. John's Beauty. (C. 20 in. ll*$i.5o doz.) A large, 

 loose but showy, flower; petals, chanelled, sulphur-white; 

 cup, beautifully frilled, yellow, edged with orange-red. 



The Pet. (E. 14 in. $1.50 doz.) A dwarf, erect 

 grower with a prim little flower of perfect form. Petals, 

 firm and almost pure white; cup, citron-yellow with a 

 protruding pistil. 



Vanessa. (C. 16 in. 1[*$2.so hu.) Small, compact, 

 symmetrical and attractive flowers. Petals, pale-yellow; 

 cup, small, flatly expanded, orange tinged reddish. Very 

 fragrant. Sometimes called "yellow poeticus." 



Vivid. (D. 15 in. $6 ea.) New and very showy flower. 

 Petals ivory-white ; cup, large, saucer-shaped, fiery orange- 

 red, the colour holding well. A strong, free grower. 



NARCISSUS ENGLEHEARTII 



Hybrids, in which the poeticus influence 

 predominates; practically Burbidgei forms 

 with more fluted flat cups that may be likened 

 to ruffled discs. Some of the varieties indeed 

 have been plucked from among the Burbid- 

 geis; others are direct crosses by Rev. G. 

 Engleheart. 



AsTRADENTE. ($2; ea.) A new, large and beautiful 

 flower, with a white perianth and a very large flat crown 

 of reddish-orange edged with bright red. Award of Merit, 

 R. H. S. 



