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BARR’S Gold Medal English Daffodils, 1896. 
DAFFODILS. — GROUP II.-MEDIO-CORONATI (OF BAKER). 
The Chalice-cupped Daffodils or Star Narcissi. 
Queltia, Philogyne, Ganymedes, etc., of Salisbury, Haworth, and Herbert ; Peerless, 
Nonsuch, etc., of Parkinson. 
DISTINGUISHING Character. — Crown or cup half as long as the divisions of the perianth, but in one or 
two cases three-quarters as long. 
The graceful varieties of this group are hybrids, excepting Triandrus and Juncifolius, which are species. 
ncomparabilis and Barrii are the result of crosses between Yellow Ajax or Trumpet Daffodils and Narcissus 
Poeticus; Leedsii, a cross between White Ajax or Trumpet Daffodils and Poeticus ; Backhouse i, Nelson i and 
Macleaii. the result of a Trumpet Bicolor var. crossed with Poeticus; Bertiardi , a natural cross between Abscissus 
(trumpei) and Poeticus ; Tridymus is a hybrid between a Trumpet Daffodil and a Tazetta Narcissus ; Odor us, 
a hybrid between a Trumpet Daffodil and Narcissus Jonquilla; Biflorus is the result of a cross between N. 
Tazetta and Poeticus. 
The varieties in this group commence flowering in March, and furnish a succession till May. They are 
all of elegant beauty, and, as cut flowers, are extensively used for furnishing vases and table bouquets. For this 
purpose they should be grown in quantity in boxes and forced for early bloom {see page 4). 
For pot- culture, to associate in the greenhouse and sitting-room with Hyacinths and Tulips they 
are highly prized. 3 or 5 large bulbs should be used for a 5 inch pot, but of the smaller growing sorts, 
such as Odorus, Triandrus, and Juncifolius, 6 to 12 bulbs will be required for a 5 -inch pot. General 
Cultural Directions , p. 4. 
The varieties marked thus 0 thrive best under the shade of deciduous trees , naturalized 
in grass in shady nooks , or on grassy slopes facing tiorth. 
NARCISSUS IN COMPARABILIS. 
Chalice-cupped Daffodils or Star Narcissi. 
All the varieties of I ncomparabilis are exceedingly 
decorative in pots, while the cut floiucrs are of great 
value in decoration. For beds and borders they arc 
very showy, and naturalised in grass few flowers are so 
graceful and effective. 
_ ^ per doz. each 
AUTOCRAT, large broad perianth full s. d. s. d. 
yellow, cup jellow, much expanded 
p. 100, 12/6 2 0...0 3 
BEAUTY, large sulphur - yellow 
perianth, barred yellow, cup large, 
margined orange-scarlet, bold hand- 
some flower, tall per 100, 45/ 6 6...0 8 
C. J. BACKHOUSE, the most at- 
tractive of the yellow Incomparabilis, 
perianth yellow, of medium size, with 
a long cup of a rich orange-scarlet, 
extra. 1 st Class Certificate, R.H.S. ... 12 0...1 3 
COMMANDER, pale sulphur peri- 
anth, large yellow cup stained orange- 
red, fine bold flower and tall strong 
grower, extra. Awarded a Floral 
Certificate at the Daffodil Con- 
ference, 1896 10 6 
CYNOSURE, large primrose perianth 
changing to white, cup stained orange- 
scarlet, remarkably showy 
p. 1000, 30/ j p. 100, 3/6 o 6 
EDWARD HART, perianth and cup deep 
yellow, of very distinct form p.100,21/ 3 0...0 4 
FIGARO, perianth yellow, cup large 
spreading and stained orange-red 
p. 100, 6/6 1 0...0 3 
FRANK MILES, large yellow perianth 
and cup, very elegant, exceedingly 
effective per 100, 15/ 2 3...0 3 
GEORGE NICHOLSON, perianth 
pure white, cup clear yellow, of fine 
form and great substance, late, extra 3 6 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
GLORIA MUNDI, a glorious flower 
with fine bold clear rich yellow perianth, 
large cup much expanded and very 
heavily stained orange-scarlet, hand- 
some and striking, extra , 1 st Class 
Certificate, R.H.S. , strong grower 21 o 
GOLIATH, large white perianth, 
barred yellow, large yellow cup, hand- 
some per 100, 50/ 7 6...0 9 
G WITHER, large broad yellow 
perianth, large cup suffused orange, 
beautiful per 100, 21/ 3 0...0 4 
HOGARTH, full yellow gauffered cup 
very large and expanded, perianth 
twitted, a quaint flower 10 6...1 o 
JAMES BATEMAN, pure white 
broad perianth, clear yellow cup, 
a chaste flower of good substance and 
finest form, late-flowering, extra 21 0...2 o 
KING OF THE NETHERLANDS, 
perianth sulphur, cup very large, 
spreading and stained orange, distinct 
and handsome per 100, 40/ 5 6.. o 6 
LEEDS 1 1 , perianth yellow, cup stained 
rich orange-scarlet, early, figured in 
Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, 100,6/6 1 0...0 3 
LORENZO, perianth soft primrose, 
changing to white, cup yellow, a very 
distinct beautiful variety p. 100,6/6 1 0...0 3 
LULWORTH, pure white perianth, 
cup bright orange-red, a charming 
showy variety 30 o 
MABEL COWAN, perianth white, 
cup broadly margined orange-scarlet, 
a fine flower of good substance, extra. 
Awarded a Floral Certificate at the 
Daffodil Conference, 1886 21 0...2 o 
MAGOG, perianth sulphur, large yellow 
cup, fine flower, rooo, 60/ ; 100, 7/6 1 3...0 3 
Visitors Invited to see Barr’s Daffodils In bloom, March and April. 
