,6 BARR’S Gold Medal English Daffodils, 1896. 
DAFFODILS.— GROUP III— PARVI-CORONATI (BAKER). 
THE SMALL-CROWNED DAFFODIL or TRUE NARCISSUS, which includes 
Burbidgei and Poeticus (the Pnrple-ringed Poet’s Daffodil); Biflorus (the Primrose- 
Peerless Daffodil); Polyanthus or many -flowered Narcissus (Hermione and 
Helena of Haworth); Gracilis, Schizanthes orientalis, and Sweet- smelling Jonquils. 
Distinguishing Character. — Crown less than half as lorn; as the divisions of the Perianth. 
In this series, Poeticus (the Purple-ringed Poet Daffodil) is the true Narcissus; Burbidgei is a 
hybrid between Incomparabilis and Poeticus, and is the connecting link between Groups II. and III. [Set- 
Coloured Plate in «• The Garden,” 1880.) Biflorus is Parkinson's Primrose-Peerless, and there is no doubt now 
as to this being a hybrid of Tazettaand Poeticus; Mr. P. Barr in his travels, 1894, found it and its parents 
growing together in two different localities in the South of France. Gracilis and Tenuior are the Helena of 
Haworth ; Jonquil the Jonquilla of Linnaeus ; Polyanthus Narcissus , the Hermione of Haworth and Tazetta of 
Sibthorp. 
The early-flowering Poeticus varieties commence flowering in March, and the late-flowering varieties close the 
Daffodil season in June. Burbidge’s hybrids of Poeticus flower in succession from March to middle of May. 
Gracilis, Schizanthes orientalis, and the Double White Gardenia-flowered Daffodil, are among the latest 
to bloom. 
The Daffodils In this Group make graceful pot-plants for Indoors, 3 or 6 bulbs In a 4 or 5-lnch pot, 
flowering with the Hyacinth, and should be cultivated In the same way. The cut flowers are greatly 
in demand for bouquets, vases, and buttonholes. Referring to the great beauty of these Poet's Daffodils 
when naturalized, Mr. William Robinson writes, "Four years ago I cleared a little valley of various fences. 
Through this runs a streamlet, and we grouped the Poet’s Narcissi near it, also in a little orchard that lay near, 
and through a grove of oaks. This year the whole landscape was a picture such as one might see in an 
Alpine valley.” General Cultural Directions, page 4. 
NARCISSUS BURBIDGEI. 
Hybrid Poet’s Daffodils or Star Narcissi. 
These -with their light and graceful habit and beauti- 
ful blossoms are much valued as pot-plants {3/06 in 
a pot), and for vases, bouquets, and buttonholes ; in 
beds and borders they are specially attractive, -while 
naturalised in grass few plants are so beautiful. 
The Burbidgei Narcissi differ from N. Poeticus in 
the cup of the flower being a trifle longer ; they 
commence flowering before Poeticus ornatus, 
and continue flowering in succession, one 
variety after another, from March to the middle 
of May. 
perdoz. each 
BURBIDGEI, perianth clear white, s. d. s. <1. 
cup margined with cinnabar-red, very 
early, and much prized for cutting, 
p. 1000, 30/ ; p. 100, 3/6 o 8 
AGNES BARR, perianth creamy 
white, cup yellow per 100, 10/6 1 6...0 3 
BARONESS HEATH, perianth 
yellow, cup suffused throughout 
orange-scarlet, very distinct , extra 
per 100, 45/ 6 6...0 8 
BEATRICE HESELTINE, large 
creamy white perianth, cup conspicu- 
ously edged orange-scarlet, very beauti- 
ful, extra 25 0...2 6 
CROWN PRINCESS, perianth pure 
white, canary cup, margined rich orange, 
beautiful and distinct, extra 24 o ..2 6 
CONSTANCE, perianth pale sulphur, 
going off white, cup expanded and 
conspicuously edged with orange- 
scarlet, beautiful per 100, 13/6 2 0...0 3 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
FALSTAFF, perianth snow-white, 
cup lemon, margined orange, p. too, 12/6 2 0...0 3 
JOHN BAIN, large white perianth, 
cup citron, handsome, extra, p. 100, 10/6 1 6 ..o 3 
LITTLE DIRK, neat primrose peri- 
anth, cup conspicuously edged orange- 
scarlet, the smallest flowered of the 
group, very neat and beautiful, p. 100,25/ 3 6 ..o 4 
MERCY FOSTER, crinkled white perianth, 
gracefully frilled canary cup, p. 100, 10/6 1 6...0 3 
MODEL, perianth clear white and 
compact, cup frilled and stained with 
orange, very beautiful per 100 15/ 2 3...0 3 
MRS. C. BOWLEY, new 1896, 
perianth pure white, glowing orange- 
red cup, very striking and beautiful. 
Awarded a Floral Certificate at the 
Great Daffodil Conference, 1896 5 6 
OSSIAN, perianth white, with broad 
expanded orange-scarlet cup, very 
beautiful per 100, 2t/ 3 0...0 4 
PRINCESS LOUISE, large white 
perianth, cup widely expanded and 
rich orange-scarlet, passing off apricot, 
very beautiful, extra 15 0...1 6 
ST. JOHN'S BEAUTY, large channelled 
pale sulphur perianth, cup beautifully 
frilled, and edged orange-scarlet, a 
remarkable flower 3 6 
THE PET, perianth white, cup yellow, 
strong grower, dwarf, extra 10 6...1 o 
ELLEN BARR, broad snow-white 
perianth, cup citron, stained orange- 
scarlet, very beautiful, extra, p.ioo, 2r/ 
3 . 0...0 4 
VANESSA, neat compact yellow peri- 
anth, with expanded cup, shape of 
flower perfect and beautiful, p. too, 12/6 1 
9-° 3 
Barr's Daffodil Prizes to be awarded Spring, 1897, see page 6. 
