BARR’S HARDY HYBRID DAFFODILS. 
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DOUBLE TRUMPET DAFFODILS. 
Quantity. per doz. each. 
Pseudo-Narcissus plenus (Ger- *’ l ' 8 ‘ d ' 
raid's Double Lent Lily), white 
and yellow double Daffodil 7 6 o 9 
Scoricus Plenus. The double 
Scotch Garland Lily 5 6 o 6 
Telamonius plknus (Wilmcr's 
great double goldcn.yellow Daffodil) 
1st size roots, per 100, 7s. 6d. 130a 
Minor plenus (Kip van Winkle), 
cui ious double yellow flowers 2 6 o 3 
Lobularis plenus, dwarf double 
yellow, sweet-scented 5 6.. 0 g 
Quantity. Double Trumpet Daffodils, per doz. each. 
continued. „. 
. Plenissimus, Parkinson’s rose- 
flowered Daffodil, the largest and 
richest yellow of all double Daffodils 10 
. Capax plenus (Eystettensis), 
Queen Ann's double Daffodil ), 
beautiful soft pale lemon-coloured 
flowers, consisting of 6 rows of 
petals, symmetrically arranged in 
form of a star IO 
Cernuus KLORE EI.EGANTISSIME 
pleno (the double white trumpet 
Daffodil), a great beauty, scarce 
i> ,, extra strong bulbs ... 
d. s. d. 
6... i o 
6...1 
GROUP II.-MEDIO-CORONATI OP BAKER. 
Queltia, Philogyne, Ganymedes, etc., of Salisbury, Haworth, and Herbert • Peerless 
Nonsuch, Chalice-Shaped Crown, 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 varieties in this group are hybrids, excepting Triandrus, Odorus, and luncifolius which are sneoiec 
f 'ni? n l pa x bdlS IS . f T^ n <r Ja 1 d S F [ ance ', but Herbert » Leeds, and Backhouse produced it by crossing Poeticus 
Tnliitn h.jTt Daffodil. Maclean (Banza bicolor of Salisbury ) is considered to be a hybrid between a 
T azetta and a Trumpet Daffodil. Although we have no positive data as to the parentage of all the new hybrids 
dps< ; rlbL ' d th,s group, we think it may fairly be assumed that Poeticus and the Trumpet Daffodils 
gave all the varieties of Incomparabilis ; Poeticus and Incomparabilis would give Barrii, which may be described 
as shorter cupped forms of Incomparabilis ; Poeticus and Cernuus, or Albicans, gave the var^Ues of Leedsfl 
the Euchans-hke Daffodil, whidh has the perianth white, and the crown white, or primrose Mr Baker 
however suggess as the parent of Leeds ii, McManus instead of Cernuus or A lb, cans: those wheat Present are 
hybridizing Narcissi will perhaps settle this point. Humei, Mr. Baker suggests as a hybrid of Montanus and 
Incompariduhs. Poeticus and Bicolor would give Nelsoni, Backhousei, and Sabini. Bernardi we know to be a 
hybrid between Poeticus and Varuformis, Mr. Barr having collected it from amongst these two species Tridvmus 
we think, is a hybrid between a Tazetta and a Trumpet Daffodil. species. 1 ridymus, 
oil M r ™ le , S j 1IS 6rou P commence flowering in March, and furnish a succession till May. They are 
all of great beauty, and, as cut flowers, are extensively used for furnishing vases and table bouquets. 
e “ u “® rated ln 0r °up II. are prized for pot-culture, flowering under glass 
with the Hyacinth, and should be cultivated the same way, 3 or 5 large bulbs ln a B-lnch not ■ 
varieties which produce small bulbs, as Triandrus and Junclfollus, 6 to 12 bulbs to a 6-lnch pot P The 
cut flowers of this Group are much In demand for bouquets and vases. General cultural “, P °/ p ^ 
» Mm 
Represents N. Inoompararilis, Barrii, and 
Lkedsii Varieties. 
Very much reduced from natural size. 
N. Backhousei. 
Very much reduced from natural size, 
ic and 13, King St., Covent Garden, 1890.] 
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Represents N. Nelsoni, Sabini, Macleaii, 
and Bernardi. 
Very much reduced from natural size. 
N. Teidymus. 
Very much reduced from natural size. 
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