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addition to these fine sorts there are ahout two dozen 

 distinct sorts in the group, the best being : — 



Alfred Parsons. 

 Bicolor (original), 

 diaries Dickens. 

 Dean Herbert. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. 

 Grandis. 



Harrison Weir. 

 J. B. M. Camm. 

 Michael Foster. 

 President Garfield. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 W. Eobinson. 



White and Sulphur Group— This is a large group, 

 all the members of which have either silvery-white 

 or sulphur-yellow trumpets, and sepals of the same 

 tint or lighter. They have doubtless sprung from 

 such wild species (or varieties) as cernuus, tortuosus, 

 albicans, and mosehatus, but these have become so 

 intercrossed that it is difficult to single out the 

 originals. All are beautiful, and the group includes 

 about two dozen sorts. The best twelve are : — 



Albicans. 



Cecilia De Graaf . 



Cernuus, and double form. 



Cernuus pulcher. 



Exquisite. 



F. W. Burbidge. 



Mr. Cowan. 

 Mrs. Burbidge. 

 Mosehatus. 

 Rebecca Syme. 

 Tortuosus. 

 William Goldrim 



To this group also belongs a beautiful new and 

 early Daffodil from the Pyrenees, named Pallidas 

 prcecox. The flowers are of fine form, above medium 

 size, and of a delicate straw-colour. It is the earliest 

 to"bloom of all the Daffodils; in mild seasons about 

 London it is in flower in February. 



The Minor Group has for its type the small early- 

 flowering variety once ranked as a distinct species. 

 It is dwarfer in growth than the common native 

 Daffodil ; the flowers are smaller, and produced much 

 earlier. There are two distinct forms of it, one 

 called pumilus, a stronger grower than minor itself, 

 and nanus, which is very dwarf, the whole plant 

 being only about six inches high, while the flowers 

 nod prettily, almost touching the ground. Smaller 

 still than these is minimus, the smallest of all 

 Daffodils. 



Chalice-crowned Daffodils. — This section 

 includes all those Narcissi which have the cups of 

 the flowers about half as long as the sepals ; there- 

 fore it is intermediate between the Trumpet and the 

 Poet's sections. The most familiar example in the 

 section is the common Peerless Daffodil, JSf. incom- 

 parabilis, of which there is now a bewildering list of 

 varieties. This group is called Queltia by some. 

 Then there is the Cyclamen-flowered, or Ganymede 

 section, and the hybrid races Barri, Leedsi, Humei, 

 Backhousei, Xelsoni, and others, all of which are 

 characterised by having medium- sized flower- cups. 



Ineomparabilis Group. — The varieties of this group 

 being so numerous may be conveniently divided into 

 sub-groups, based upon the colours. Of these sub- 

 groups there are about half a dozen each, embracing 



numerous sorts differing slightly in tint, the best of 

 which are enumerated below. 



1. Concolor. — Sepals and cup yellow, the latter 

 with little or no rim of orange. The best sorts are : — 



Autocrat. 

 Edward Hart. 

 Frank Mile?. 



Jenny Lind. 



Provost. 



Sunray. 



2. Leedsi. — Sepals and cup yellow, the latter with 

 a distinct rim of orange-scarlet. 



Fairy. 

 Figaro. 

 Gloria Mundi. 



Mrs. A. F. Barron. 



Titan. 

 Winalow. 



3. Sulphurous— Sepals sulphur-yellow, cup deep 

 yellow. 



Beauty. J. F. Meston. 



Darling. Nabob. 

 Hogarth. | Queen Mab. 



4. Albidus. — Sepals straw-tinted, cup yellow. 



Albert Victor. 



Cupid. 



Cynosure. 



Lorenzo. 

 Mrs. Syme. 

 Primrose Gem. 



5. Pallidas. — Sepals primrose, cup yellow. 



Pericles. 

 Prince Teck. 



Princess Mary. 



6. Albus. — Sepals white, cup pale yellow. 



Claribel. Harpur Crewe. 



Consul Crawford. Mary Auderson. 



Dr. Gorman. Stella. 



7. Giganteus. — Flowers very large, sepals and cup 

 yellow. 



Sir Watkin. 



Barri Group. — A hybrid race, between X. poeticus 

 and Ineomparabilis. The varieties most resemble the 

 latter species, and some are very beautiful. They 

 may be classified in the same manner as the Ineom- 

 parabilis group, according to the colour of the sepals 

 and cups. 



1. Barri. — Sepals and cup yellow. 



Golden Gem. 

 Lass of Gowrie. 

 Minor. 



Albus Beauty. 

 Conspicuus, very fine. 

 Conspicuus minor. 



2. Sulphurous. — Sepals primrose, cup yellow. 



Amy. 

 Imogene. 



Milton . 



Prince Bismarck. 



3. Albidus. — Sepals sulphur-yellow, cup white. 



Af""a. 



Cinderelb . 

 Gazelle. 



M. Vilmorin. 



Sylvia. 



Vivian. 



4. Albus. — Sepals pure white, cup yellow. 



Desdemona. 

 Dorothy V/ emyss. 

 Flora Wilson. 



Lady Gray. 

 Sensation. 

 Silver Star. 



Leedsi Group. — A hybrid race between N. montanus 

 and either p> seu ^°- Narcissus or Poeticus. All very 

 delicately-toned varieties, chiefly white, but some of 

 them a canary-yellow. There are upwards of fifty 

 sorts now included in it, the best dozen being : — 



