POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS. 



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Odorus (Fragrant Giant Jonquil-Daffodil).— Useful 

 for indoor decoration when grown six in a pot, also 

 charming in beds, borders, and naturalized on grassy 

 slopes, &c. ; valuable flowers for cutting. 



Heminalis. Rich golden-yellow, cup long, delightfully fragrant. 



Odorus {Campernelle Jonquil). Rich yellow, several flowers on 

 a stem. 



Odorus plenus. Resembles a small double yellow Rose; extra 

 fine, prefers shade. 



Mugulosus. Rich yellow wrinkled cup; valuable for bedding. 



Parvicoronati. 



Burbidgei (incomparabilis x jioeticus). — Differ from 

 N. poeticus in the cup of the flower being a trifle longer; 

 the early forms commence flowering*before^oe^'cMS omatus, 

 and continue, one variety after another, from March to the 

 middle of May. 



Agnes Barr. Perianth creamy-white, cup yellow. 



Baroness Heath. Perianth yellow, cup suffused throughout 

 orange-scarlet. 



Beatrice Heseltine. Large creamy-white perianth, cup edged 

 orange-scarlet. 



Burbidgei. Perianth clear-white, cup margined red ; early. 



Consta nee. Perianth sulphur to white, cup edged orange-scarlet. 



Crown Princess. Perianth white, cup canary margined orange. 



Ellen Barr. Perianth white, cup citron stained orange-scarlet. 



Falstaff. Perianth snow-white, cup lemon margined orange. 



John Bain. Large white perianth, cup citron. 



Little Dirk. Small primrose perianth, cup edged orange-scarlet. 



Mercy Foster. Crinkled white perianth, frilled canary cup. 



Model. Perianth clear-white, cup frilled, stained orange. 



Princess Louise. Large white perianth, cup wide, orange-scarlet. 



St. John's Beauty. Large sulphur perianth, cup frilled, edged 

 orange-scarlet. 



The Pet. Perianth white, cup yellow; strong dwarf. 



Vanessa. Compact yellow perianth, expanded cup, good shape. 



Poeticus (the Poet's Daffodil). — There are early- and 

 late-flowering varieties; excellent for pots, borders, and 

 wild garden. Mr. William Robinson writes: "Four years 

 ago I cleared a little valley of various fences. Through 

 this runs a streamlet, and we grouped the Poet's Narcissi 

 near it, also in a little orchard that lay near, and through 

 a grove of Oaks. This year the whole landscape was a 

 picture such as one might see in an Alpine valley." 



Almira. Broad rounded, white perianth, cup margined red. 



Cassandra. Tall and vigorous; broad wide white perianth, cup 

 deeply-rimmed red. 



Chaucer. Large, petals broad, with large flat crimson cup. 



Double White {Gardenia-Jloivered). Pure-white, double; sweet- 

 scented. 



Grandijlorus. White and very large, cup suffused with crimson. 



Lady of the Lake. Large, pure-white; very free. 



"Marvel". White, cup margined with saffron. 



Omatus. Pure- white, cup margined with scarlet. 



Poet arum. Perianth white and broad, cup orange-scarlet. 



Poeticus (the Old Pheasant's Eye). 



Prcecox grandijlorus. White, cup suffused-crimson; tall, early. 



Tazetta (Polyanthus or Bunch-Flowered Narcissus). — 

 Specially adapted for winter and spring decoration when 

 grown in pots. The culture is the same as that of the 

 Hyacinth. In flower-beds and mixed borders they produce 

 a beautiful effect. Plant in October or November, but at 

 the approach of winter give a light covering of long litter 

 or other material to keep off severe frosts; remove the 

 covering in March. 



Adonis. Perianth primrose, cup deep orange-yellow. 

 Apollo. Perianth deep-primrose, cup orange-yellow. 

 Bathurst. Perianth yellow, cup deep-golden, dwarf. 

 Bazelman major. White perianth, large dark-yellow cup. 

 Charles Dickens. Perianth primrose, cup orange-yellow. 

 Couronne Blanche. White, cup yellow, fine large flower; late. 

 Double Roman. Double white, orange nectary; prized for early 

 forcing. 



Gloriosus. Perianth white, cup orange-yellow; early. 



Grand Monarque. Large white perianth, cup primrose-yellow. 



Grand Soleil d'Or. Perianth golden, cup deep-orange; early. . 



Her Majesty. Broad white perianth, large deep-golden cup. 



Jaime Supreme. Perianth buff-primrose, cup orange-yellow. 



La Comtesse. Large perianth pale-primrose, cup yellow. 



Maestro. Perianth white, large orange cup; very free. 



Mont Cenis. Clusters of large white flowers, cup yellow; early. 



Orientalis (Muzart). Perianth large, white, cup deep orange, 

 very showy; late. 



Paper White " Early Snowflake". The old Paper White Narcissus. 



Queen of the Netherlands. Pure-white perianth, yellow cup; early. 



" Scilly Isles" White. Perianth white, cup creamy -white; 

 dwarf, early. 



Sir Isaac Newton. Perianth golden-buff, cup orange-yellow, 

 large. 



White Perfection. White Perianth, cup almost white; dwarf 

 and late. 



[F. W. B.] 



Nepenthes. — Pitcher-plants are of excep- 

 tional botanical interest owing to their wonderful 

 leaf-structure and arrangements for trapping 

 insects to obtain food from them. They are 



Fig. 585.— Pitchers of Nepenthes:— 

 1, cincta ; 2, Curtisii ; 3, Northiana ; 4, Rafflesiana. 



equally interesting horticulturally, the pitchers 

 of many of the species being large and orna- 

 mental (fig. 585). Their flowers, which are 

 without attraction, are rarely developed by 

 plants under cultivation. They have their 

 value, however, in affording opportunity for 

 hybridization, and as the species cross readily 

 with each other, numerous hybrids have been 

 raised, chiefly by Messrs. J. Yeitch cv: Sons. 



There are about thirty species, all natives 

 of the old world tropics, principally Malasia. 



