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Herbert ever wrote — and lie wrote much — on this question of 

 hybridisation. 



Herbert's Hybrid Narcissi, as illustrated in E (hoards' 's 

 " Botanical Register" 1843, plate 38. 



No. 1. N. Dlomedes var. Crichtoni. From seed of N. minimus 

 (Bot. Mag. t. G) by the pollen of JV. Tazctta (=Hermione) 

 cequilimba (of Malta v. Herb. Amaryll. pi. 48). 



This is a form of what we call N. tridymus to-day, with a 

 twin-flowered scape; perianth chrome yellow, chalice deeper 

 chrome. 



No. 2. N. (Ajax) pallidus. A seedling from N. minor, fertilised 

 with pollen of N. moscliatus. The result is a flower very 

 similar to the wild Daffodil of England. 



No. 3. N. Spofforthice. Eaised from seed of N. incomparabilis 

 fertilised by pollen of N.poeticus, v. stellaris, a pretty flower, 

 resembling N. Burbidgci "Little Dirk " (De GraafT). 



No. 4. N. Spoffortlria, var. spurius. Beared from seed of same 

 capsule as No. 3, and resembling a poor pale form of what 

 we now call N. Barrii. 



No. 5. N. (Queltia) incomparalHis aurantius. This is a showy 

 flower, white, with an orange -rimmed chalice. It was 

 raised from seeds of N. iiseudo-Narcissus , v. eboracensis, 

 crossed with pollen of N. poeticus stellaris. 



No. 6. N. (Queltia) sub-concolor. A seedling from N. (Ajax) 

 minimus, fertilised with pollen of N. poeticus, v. stellaris, 

 similar to No. 4. 



In the paper from Herbert's own pen, accompanying the 

 plate of the above six varieties, he incidentally mentions that he 

 commenced his collection of the known Narcissi at SpofTorth, in 

 1835, when preparing his work on the Amaryllidaceae. 



Far from claiming priority for his own experiments, Dean 

 Herbert, after looking over the engravings of Narcissi in the 

 works of the early seventeenth century, came to the conclusion 

 that some old gardener had reared cross-bred seedlings even at 

 that early date, or seedlings that had been fertilised by insects 

 or the wind. Of course it may so have been, although my own 



