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are searcel}^ suitable for naturalisation, however, as tlie fiowers are 

 very small ; indeed, juncifolius is best in pots : it grows about 

 4 inches in height, and is eliective in 3- or 4-inch pots. Gracilis 

 exceeds 1 foot in height, and produces three or five liowered scape>, 

 which are charming in pots or in a suitable position in the tiov, er 



FIG. 28.-NARCISSUS POETICUS ORNATUS. 



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garden. Tije blooms are very late in expanding. The slender 

 straw coloured Daffodil tenuiur grows about 9 inches high, and 

 carries several small flowers on a stem. The first named of this 

 trio belongs to the Medio coronati, and the second and third 

 named to the Parvi-coronati section, Avhich is now to be dealt with. 



The True Narcissi. — To the section div-tinguished by Baker 

 as l^arvi-coroiiati belongs the distinction of having within its fold 



