POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS. 



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N. Pseudo-Narcissus (Common Daffodil or Lent Lily). — 

 Of this there are many forms, ranging from N. minimus, 

 3 or 4 inches high, to N. maximus, which varies from 2 to 

 3 feet, all having flat glaucous or gray-green leaves. Britain 

 and throughout North and North-western Europe. 



• (b) Rush-leaved. 



N. Bulbocodium (Hooped Petticoat) (fig. 581). — Leaves 

 thick and bright-green. Flowers white, sulphur or deep 

 yellow. Perianth lobes narrow and pointed ; corona large 



Fig. 581.— Hooped Petticoat Daffodils. 



and funnel-shaped. There are five or six distinct varieties, 

 N. Bulbocodium, var. conspicuus, being one of the best 

 and most showy. Spain, South-west France, North 

 Africa. 



Group II. — Mediocoronati. 



Crown half, or rarely three-quarters, as long as the perianth 

 divisions. 



(a) Flat-leaved. 



N. dubius. — Scapes two- to nine -flowered. Flowers 

 similar to those of N. juncifolius, but all white. Leaves 

 flat, slender, glaucous. Not a showy kind. South France 

 — Toulon, Avignon, Nice, &c. 



N. ineomparabilis. — Flowers solitary on tall scapes, 2-4£ 

 inches across, white, yellow, or bicoloured, the expanded 

 cups often rich-red or orange. One of the most variable 

 of hybrids, found wild, and much raised in gardens. N. 

 Barrii, N. Leedsii, N. Burbidgei, and the wild N. Ber- 

 nardii are examples. Spain, South-west France, Tyrol. 



N. Macleayi.—An old garden hybrid between the 

 Daffodil and N. Tazetta, a foot high. Leaves greenish. 

 Perianth white, cup straight and yellow. One to two 

 flowers on each scape. JV. Sabini is another old hybrid in 

 this group with larger flowers. N. Backhousei, and N. 

 Nelsoni belong to this group. 



N. montanus. — A probable wild hybrid of the Pyrenees 

 between N.poeticus and N. moschatus. Flowers all white, 

 smaller, and more nodding than in N. ineomparabilis. One 



of the parents of the pure-white form called N. Leedsii, 

 and its varieties. ? Pyrenees. 



(b) Rush-leaved. 



N. juncifolius (Jonquil). — Leaves bright -green and 

 rush-like. Scapes one- to five-flowered, with a flattened 

 corona. Very sweet-scented. Spain and South-west 

 France. 



N. odorus (Campernelle Jonquil). — A hybrid wild in 

 South France and Spain, and also raised in gardens be- 

 tween the Daffodil and the Jonquil. Flowers all golden- 

 yellow, two to five on a scape ; having bright-green rush- 

 like leaves. There are four or five single and one double 

 variety. Spain, South-west France, Italy. 



N. triandrus (Angels' Tears) (fig. 582). — Leaves broad, 

 pale-green, and rush-like. Scapes one- to nine-flowered. 

 Perianth divisions abruptly reflexed. Hybridized with 

 the Daffodil, it gives a race of exquisite pale, drooping 

 flowers. Has also formed hybrids with N. Bulbocodium 

 monophyllus, such as N. Trimon, and others. Spain and 

 Portugal. N. calathinus is the largest and finest form of 

 N. triandrus, found wild in LTles de Glenan, off the coast 

 of Brittany. 



Group III. — Parvicoronati. 

 Crown less than half as long as the perianth divisions. 



(a) Flat-leaved. 



N. bijlorus. — Wild near Montpellier, where N. Tazetta 

 and N. poeticus grow together, and known to be a hybrid 

 though long considered a species. Naturalized in England 

 and Ireland. Grows anywhere in meadows, but is not a 

 good garden plant. France, Switzerland, Italy. 



N. Broussonetii. — Flowers many on a scape, white, 

 funnel-shaped, with the crown nearly suppressed, and the 

 habit of N. Tazetta. Not a good garden plant. Mogadore, 

 North Africa. 



N. canariensis. — A slender-habited form of N. Tazetta 

 from the Canary Islands. 



N. pachybolbus. — Habit and appearance of N. Tazetta, 

 of which it seems to be an African form. Algeria. 



N. poeticus (Pheasant's Eye). — A very variable and 

 widely-distributed European species. Flowers solitary, 

 pure white, the shallow crown having a red or purple 

 ring around its margin. Sweet-scented; one of the 

 hardiest, most useful, and distinct of all garden Narcissi. 

 Mr. Engleheart's new seedlings are very handsome. South 

 Europe, France to Greece. 



N. Tazetta. — One of the most variable and widely- 

 distributed species of the genus, extending from Europe 

 and North Africa in the Mediterranean to North India, 

 China, and Japan. Bulbs often very large. Leaves 

 glaucous. Scapes two- to fifteen - flowered. Flowers 

 white, sulphur, deep -yellow, or bicoloured, and sweet- 

 scented. Much grown and improved by seed in Holland 

 a century or more ago. Has been hybridized with the 

 Daffodil ( = N. tridymus, N. Sabini, &c), with N. poeticus 

 ( = N. Musarts orientalis and N. Bazebnan major). South 

 Europe, Cashmere, North India, China, and Japan. This 

 species is undoubtedly the true poet's Narcissus of Greece 

 and Italy, &c. 



(b) Rush-leaved. 



N. gracilis. — This and N. tenuior are hybrids between 

 N. juncifolius and the Daffodil, and bear soft yellow 

 flowers similar in shape to those of N.poeticus — very late- 

 flowering kinds. Not wild. 



N. intermedins. — Long thought a species, but now 

 known as a hybrid between iV. Jonquilla and N. Tazetta. 



