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Not very showy or distinct, simply a rush -leaved N. 

 Tazetta. Spain, South France, Balearic Islands, &c. 



N. Jonquilla. — Flowers slender and star-like, golden - 

 yellow, two to seven on a scape, sweet - scented ; with 

 bright-green rush -like leaves. N. jonquilloides is a large 

 form, probably a seedling between N. Jonquilla and a 

 yellow-flowered N. Tazetta. Spain, South France, Italy, 

 to Dalmatia. 



(c) Autumn-flowering Species. 



N. elegans. — Plant small. Scape one- to three-flowered 

 at same time as the leaves. Flowers pure -white. Not 

 showy nor easily grown. Italy, Sicily, Algiers. 



N. serotinus. — Similar to the last, but with larger 

 flowers and broader segments. Blooms after the leaves 

 have withered. Like the last not a good garden plant. 

 Spain, South Europe, Barbary States, Greece, and 

 Palestine. 



N. viridiflorus. — Habit slender, with rush-like leaves 

 and scapes. Flowers very slender and star-like,* pale- 

 green, two to seven on each stalk. Not a garden plant. 

 Spain and Barbary. 



Best Garden Varieties (see figs. 583, 584). — The 

 newest and best of seedling Narcissi can only 



be obtained at very high prices, and many of 

 those exhibited and certificated cannot } r et be 

 purchased at any price. Such as Madame de 

 Graaff, Monarch, Weardale Perfection, Hodsock 

 Pride, King Arthur, and Pope's King may be 

 had at prices varying from 15s. to £10 per bulb: 

 but, up to the present, no money could secure 

 bulbs of " Ellen Willmott " or " Mrs. Berkeley ", 

 two of the finest of all English seedlings. " Mag- 

 gie May" costs at present 18 guineas. Fortu- 

 nately, however, they increase rapidly, so that 

 in a few years' time these choice sorts will be 

 plentiful, and consequently less costly. A large 

 proportion of the older kinds are very abundant 

 and cheap by the hundred or thousand. 



The true Daffodils are those with golden bi- 

 coloured and sulphur or white flowers. As a 

 rule, the golden and bicolour varieties grow well 

 in almost any soil, but the pale sulphur-and- 

 white kinds often fail on open sunny borders, 

 doing better in half-shade or in the grass. 



The following list of varieties has been com- 

 piled chiefly from the catalogue of Messrs. Barr 

 & Sons, with their sanction: — 



Magnicoronati (Laege Trumpets). 



Golden Daffodils. 



Abscissus (muticus). Straight trumpet, starry perianth; late. 

 Pyrenees. 



Alvarez. A small Emperor, 6 inches high. 



Ard Righ (Yellow King). A yellow form of spurius. 



Captain Nelson. Clear-yellow, shapely, and dwarf. 



Coronatm. Light-yellow, broadly-expanded trumpet. 



Countess of Annesley. Sulphur-yellow, trumpet darker; early. 



Cyclamineus major. Large yellow form; grass, pots, or borders. 



Emperor. Primrose, yellow trumpet; strong grower. 



Fred Moore. Soft-primrose, trumpet golden, frilled. 



Glory of Leyden. Deep-yellow perianth, trumpet darker; one 

 of the largest. 



Golden Queen. Clear-yellow; strong grower in half shade. 



Golden Spur. Fine bold yellow flower; early, one of the best. 



Henry Irving. Early and free, good for pots or borders. 



Hillside Daffodil. Rich golden-yellow, large trumpet; early. 



John Nelson. Nearly self-yellow, drooping flower. 



Johnstoni King of Spain Similar to next; shorter, reflexed 

 trumpet. 



Johnstoni Queen of Spain. Canary-yellow, trumpet straight; 

 hybrid between the Daffodil and N. triandrus. 



Lady Helen Vincent. Soft clear-yellow. 



Lady Willes. Primrose-yellow; strong and dwarf. 



Major. Deep-gold, smaller than Golden Spur. 



Maximus. One of the best golden kinds, prefers a deep loam. 



Minimus. The smallest trumpet Daffodil; pretty in rockery. 



Minor. Dwarf, deeper in colour than nanus. 



M. J. Berkeley. Larger and paler than maximus. 



Nanus. Dwarf, pale-yellow, good for rockery; early. 



Obvallaris (Tenby Daffodil). Rich-yellow, fine form; early. 



P. R. Barr. A small Emperor. 



Ray Smith. Rich-yellow trumpet, perianth gracefully twisted 

 to a point; strong, with broad glaucous foliage. 



