TEE VOETS NARCISSUS, 



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the small crowned Daffodils, or true Xarcissi, which is typified 

 in poeticus. The governing characteristic is that the segments of 

 the perianth shall be more than twice as long as the crown or 

 corona, which is usually very flattened or expanded. 



Selection of Burbidgei Varieties. — The fanciful name of 

 Star Narcissi has been given to the several varieties of the 

 Burbidgei section, wdiose origin is due to a cross between Incom- 

 parabilis and poeticus. They are extremely free flowering, and 

 their graceful habit makes them admirable for every form of 

 culture to which Daffodils are subjected. Again, they are very 

 valuable for all purposes of decoration, in w^hicli respect they 

 resemble the forms of poeticus. 



Burbidgei John Bain. 



Agnes Barr. Little Dii'k. 



Baroness Heath. Model. 



Ellen Barr. The Pet. 



Falstaff. Vanessa. 



Selection of poeticus Varieties. — It one were able to take a 

 plebiscite of the Daffodil lovers throughout the country, including 

 those who buy their penny and twopenny bunches of flowers, it 

 is more than probable that the place of honour w^ould be accorded 

 to the chaste Poets Xarcissus, w^hich is beloved of everybody. 

 Make a judicious selection, and you have one of the finest 

 Dafl'odils for forcing that it is possible to procure ; grow them by 

 hundreds in the garden and by thousands in the grass of the 

 woodland, and their beautiful flowers will never fatigue the eye. 

 Xarcissus poeticus divides naturally into early and late flowering 

 sections, and the members of the former only are amenable to 

 forcing treatment, for -which the finest of all is ornatus. 



Ero'I^/. 



Almira grandiHoriis. precox grandiflorus. 



ornatus {see p. 82). poetarum. 



Late. 



Marvel. poeticus of LimiEeus. 



poeticus (the old Phea- Yerbanensis, 

 sant's Eye). 



N. poeticus plenus is usually called the Gardenia flowered 

 Narcissus, alike for its fragrance and the build of the flowers. 

 Unfortunately, the buds are apt to come blind, two of the things 

 predisposing to this being late planting and a very dry, hot position. 



Selection of Tazetta.— From a garden aspect, the Tazetta 

 section — or, as it is almost invariably termed, the Polyanthus 

 section — owes its popularity to Dutch raised varieties, wdiose 

 value lies in their adaptability to pot culture. The following 

 are, however, thoroughly worthy of inclusion : — 



Hermione citrina. intermedins major. 



Ilermione ^lediterranea. intermedius Simset» 



