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HOOP PETTICOAT AND TRUMPET DAFFODIL, OR NARCISSUS. 
Daffodils— continued. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
Inexpensive Daffodils from Groups I., II, and HI., to plant in Grass, Orchards, and by the side of 
Streams and Lakes. 
d. 
265 1000 in 10 var. 105/, in 20 var. 130/, in 30 var. 163 
5 /U 
o 268 50 in 10 var. 7/6, in 17 var. 9/0, in 25 var. 
o 269 30 in 10 var. 4/6, in 15 var. 7/6, in 30 var. 
267 100 in 10 var. 12/6, in 20 var. 18/, in 30 var. 25 o 270 12 in 12 varieties 3 / 6 , 4 / 6 , 5/6 & 
271 Choice mixed, for naturalization per 1000, 63/ ; per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1 
272 Fine „ ,. „ 4 s / i .. 5 / 6 i •. 1 
273 The Great Nonsuch Daffodil, mixed yellow varieties „ 70/; ,, 8/6; ,, 1 
The Aldborough Collection of Daffodils. 
274 
275 
276 
277 
3 each of 50 varieties 84/, 105/, & 130 
1 3 °/. 4 */, & «>3 
3 each of 25 varieties 42/, 63/, & 84 
1 „ „ 16/, 25/, & 42 
282 
278 s each 12 varieties 21/, 30/, & 42 o 
279 3 „ IS/. 2I /. & 30 o 
o 280 2 ,, ,, 10/6, 13/, & 21 o 
o 281 1 „ 5'' 6 , 7/6. & 12 o 
The Conference Set of Daffodils. 
These assortments embrace most of the varieties exhibited at the Daffodil Conference, 1st April, 1884. 
1 each of 100 varieties 63/, 84/, & 105 o | 283 3 each of 100 varieties 180/, 240/, & 300 o 
MB.—' The Grouping of the Daffodils is intended to assist purchasers in making their own selections ; each 
group represents a distinct feature in the shape of the flower, which is fully explained in the notes. 
DAFFODIL, DAFFADILLY, DAFFADOWNDILLY, LENT LILIES, OR TRUMPET NARCISSUS. 
Group I.— Magnl-coronatae of Baker, Ajax of Haworth, Pseudo-Narcissus of Parkinson, which includes 
Bulbocodium or Corbularla (Hoop Petticoat or Medusa's Trumpet). 
Distinguishing Character. — Crown or trumpet as long or rather longer than the divisions of the perianth. 
The first systematic arrangement of this family is found in Parkinson's " Paradisi in Sole Paradisus 
Terrestris ; or, A Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers," published 1629, the author describing 94 kinds of 
Daffodils. Haworth, in 1831, published his Narcissus Monograph as a Supplement to Sweet’s " Flower Garden,’ 
ar.d about the same time Dean Herbert embodied in his “ Amaryllidacem ” the result of a careful study of the 
genus Narcissus from living plants. Baker's review of the genus Narcissus appeared in the Gardeners Chronicle , 
1870. Burbidge's "History and Culture," with coloured plates and descriptions of all known species and 
principal varieties of Narcissus, was published 1875. Mr - Burbidge's book is written in a most charming style, 
and traces the literature of the Daffodil as far back as 1570, when Lobel alludes to the culture of the Nar- 
cissus. Very few of the new Daffodils, indicated by an * in our present issue, were known to gardens when Mr. 
Burbidge passed his work through the press, so that the time has arrived for an enlarged Edition or a supplement. 
THE DAFFODIL CONFERENCE 
Of the Royal Horticultural Society, held 1st April, 1884, Professor Michael Foster in the chair. After an 
interesting and instructive Address by Mr. Burbidge, Author of ’* The Narcissus, its Culture and History, 
the following Resolution, proposed by H. J. Elwes, Esq., and seconded by J. G. Baker, Esq., was adopted. 
Resolved — "That, in the opinion of this Conference, uniformity of nomenclature is most desirable, 
and that garden varieties of Narcissi, whether known hybrids or natural seedlings, 
should be named or numbered in the manner adopted by Florists, and not in the 
manner adopted by Botanists.’’ 
To carry out the above Resolution, a Committee was appointed to revise the names of Daffodils, which 
resulted in the adoption of popular names for the Latin ones in use ; and as a great many new Daffodils had 
been distributed with Latin names, we have associated the old and new thus — Incomparabilis Concolor Autocrat 
(expansus). In the May issue of The Florist and Pomologist, The Garden, Gardeners Chronicle , Journal 
of Horticulture. Gardeners' Magazine, &c., the result of the Revising Committee will be found; and in the 
Florist and Pomologist for June,' July, and August is published a Supplementary Descriptive List of Daffodils, 
from the earliest times to 1884, with numerous extracts from Parkinson, &c. 
The Trumpet Daffodils flower in the following succession : Pallidus Praecox commences from January; Cam- 
bricus and Obvallaris from February, and are closely followed by Nanus, Minor, Spurius, the native Lent Lily ( 313 ) , 
Lobularis, and the early-flowering varieties of Bicolor, viz., Horsfieldi, Empress, etc. These again are followed by 
Lorifolius Emperor, Maximus, Major, Rugilobus, Bicolors — Graudis, Dean Herbert, Michael Foster, James 
Walker, J. B. M. Camm, also Princeps, etc. 
The Grand Trumpeters include all the varieties of Bicolor, Lorifolius Emperor, Maximus, Major, Princeps, 
Rugilobus, Spurius, Telamonius, etc., also all the other new large Trumpet Daffodils, except Humei, Exquisite, 
and William Goldring, these are three remarkable hybrids, and have the divisions of the perianth overlapping 
the trumpet, thus suggesting in this cross a touch of Montanus ; Cernuus pulcher, F. W. Burbidge, Dr. 
Hogg, &c., are beautiful white varieties of Ajax; Shirley Hibberd is elegant in outline; Hudibras is a very 
distinct flower ; John Nelson is the most characteristic flower in the group, and Rebecca Syme is the violet- 
scented Daffodil. 
284 
per do z. each. 
d. 8 . d. 
Yellow Hoop Petticoat (Corbularla 
consplcua), golden-yellow, charming 
in tots and, for edgings , per ioo, 18/ 2 
White Hoop Petticoat (C. Monophyl- 
lus, Clusll, albus), pure white home- 
grown roots , per pot of 6 roots, 3/6 ; 
collected roots, per pot of 6 roots, 2/6 . . . 
286 ^Sulphur Hoop Petticoat (C.cltrinus), 
large beautiful sulphur flowers ... 7 
Small Hoop Petticoat (C. tenui- 
folius), rich yellow 7 
Abscissus, sulphury white , trumpet 
yellow 3 
Albicans, white, trumpet primrose 
changing to white 10 
Bicolor, true , white, trumpet golden 16 
291 *Blcolor Dean Herbert (prlmuli- 
nus), primrose, trumpet yellow, 
very large 25 0...2 6 
286 
287 
288 
289 
290 
6...0 3 
6...0 9 
6...0 9 
6...0 4 
6. ..1 
0...1 
292 *Bicolor Empress, white, trumpet s. 
golden, very large and early 21 
293 *Bicolor Grandis (maxlmus), white, 
beautifully imbricated, trumpet 
golden, very large 21 
294 *Bicolor Horsfieldi, white, trumpet 
golden, large and very early 10 
295 *Blcolor James Walker (albidus), 
sulphury white, trumpet golden .. 21 
296 *Bicolor J. B. M. Camm, white , 
primrose trumpet, the most beau- 
tiful of all 
297 *Blcolor Michael Foster (sulphu- 
rescens), sulphury , trumpet yellow , 
very large 25 
298 *Blcolor Mrs. J. B. M. Camm, white , 
sulphur trumpet, most beautiful... ... 
299 Breviflos, sulphury white, trumpet 
yellow 4 
per dox.each. 
d. 
0...2 
d. 
6... 1 
..7 6 
0...2 6 
...7 6 
6...0 6 
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