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have the cups of the flower long, often much exceed- 

 ing the length of the sepals. The group, for con- 

 venience sake, may be subdivided into several 

 sections, according to the colours of the flowers. 

 In some eases the cup, or trumpet, is of the same 

 colour as the 

 sepals, in the 

 majority it is 

 darker, and in 

 some, as bi- 

 color, the 

 trumpet is yel- 

 low, and the 

 sepals white. 



Common 

 D affodil 

 Group (X. 

 pseudo-JSfar- 

 eissus) . — 

 In all these 

 the trumpet 

 is yellow, 

 the sepals 

 paler, some- 

 times ap- 

 proaching 

 white. These 

 are albus la- 

 teus, Nelson i, 

 pallidas, Sco- 

 ticus, and 

 var iformis. 

 These do not 

 differ much 

 from the com- 

 mon native 

 Daffodil, but 

 are more de- 

 sirable for the 



garden, alius luteus and Scoticus 

 being the best. Belonging to this 

 group are also curious sorts like 

 abscissas, hexangularis, and pumilus. 

 There is also a group of sorts 

 similar to these, but larger, of 

 which the Dutch Dafoclil prin- 

 ceps is the type. Other good 



varieties in the group have large flowers of a 

 uniform yellow, so, as may be imagined, the dis- 

 tinguishing points of the sorts are in most cases 

 but slight. A selection of two dozen sorts in 

 the group would include the following : — 



Captain Nelson. 

 Chinese Gor- 

 don. 

 G. H. Engle- 



heart. 

 Gladstone. 

 Her Majesty. 

 Hudibras. 

 J. G. Baker (vo- 



lutus). 

 John Bright. 

 John Nelson. 

 John Vincent. 

 Little Princess. 

 Major (type). 

 Major superbus. 

 Maxhnns (the 

 largest of the 

 group). 

 Morning Star. 

 Mrs. S. Hib- 



berd. 

 Obvallaris (Ten- 

 by Daffodil), 

 distinct from 

 all others, 

 and one of 

 the earliest 

 to bloom. 

 Propinquus. 

 Shirley Hib- 



berd. 

 Spurms. 

 Spurius coro- 



nafrus. 

 T. Boscawen. 

 Thomas 



Moore. 

 Tott en ham 

 Yellow. 



Emperor 

 Group. — The 

 variety which 

 gives the name 

 to this group 

 is a noble- 

 flowered kind, 

 the flowers being large, the sepals 

 broad, the cup long and wide. The 

 sepals are pale yellow, the cup 

 deeper. All the varieties in the 

 group partake of the character of 

 the Emperor. A selection of the 

 best sorts would include : — 



sorts of the Princeps group are 

 Cambricus, lobularis, ampli-corona, 

 nobilis, Wolley Dod, F. D. C. Godman, and Tela- 

 monius. 



The Major Group is the most numerous of all the 

 groups, and comprises the best of the yellow- 

 flowered varieties,, ranging from the giant maxi- 

 mus, which has its large, bright yellow flowers 

 borne on stems not seldom a yard high. All the 



Narcissus Bulbocodium. 



A. F. Barron. 

 Emperor. 

 J. W. H. Barr. 

 Lady Dorothy. 



Lord Derby. 

 Mrs. W. Goldring. 

 P. E. Barr. 

 Rugilobus. 



Bicolor Group.— In this the flowers are of two 

 tints, the sepals white or very pale yellow, and the 

 cup of a much deeper shade. All the sorts may be 

 known also by the foliage being broader. The 

 choicest, as well as the most popular, are Horsefieldi 

 and Empress, both of which have very large flowers, 

 with broad white sepals, and open cups of gold. In 



