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BARR AND SON, 12, KING STREET, COYENT GARDEN. 
Burbidgei Varieties— continued. 
'I opsy, perianth white, broad and compact, cup mar- 
gined with orange. B. 
Vanessa (perfectus), neat compact yellow perianth 
passing to primrose, cup yellow and expanded ; 
a perfect flower. B. 
Perdoz., 15s. ; each, is. 6d. 
Wallace, perianth white, cup primrose, very dis- 
tinct. L. 
N. Polticus Ornatus. 
Very much reduced from natural size. 
POETICUS divides naturally into early and late flowering 
varieties, a circumstance which is not generally 
known. (In our arrangement we have followed 
Haworth.) It is from the early section, especially 
Poeticus ornatus, that Covent Garden is supplied 
with cut flow'ers of Poeticus from January to 
April. The growth of two flowers on a stem is 
common to all the Poeticus, early and late, but 
it is not constant ; sometimes three flowers are 
met with, but this is very exceptional. We trust 
the Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society have withdrawn the certificate they gave 
in the spring of 1884 to a group of two-flowered 
Poeticus ornatus. 
March and April flowering Poeticus. 
Angustifolius (radiiflorus), perianth pure white, 
cup narrowly margined orange-red. 
Per 100, 12s. 6d. ; per doz., 2s. ; each, 3d. 
Ornatus (the flat- crowned saffron rim/, perianth 
pure white, broad and well formed, cup margined 
with scarlet. 
Per 100, 18s. ; per doz., 2s. 6d. ; each, 3d. 
Grandiflorus, perianth pure white, very large, 
cup more orfless suffused with crimson. 
Each, 7s. 6d. 
Poetarum (saffron cupped), perianth pure white, 
broad, cup suffused with bright orange-scarlet. 
Per doz., 7s. 6d. ; each, 9d. 
*Spathulatus (the lesser saffron rim), perianth 
white, cup small, edged with saffron. 
Tripodalis, perianth pure white, cup full size, and 
margined with saffron. 
May-flowering Poeticus. 
Poeticus of Linnccus (middle size), the flowers of 
this are about an inch in diameter, very sturdy 
and finely formed, perianth pure white, cup 
edged with saffron; the single of the small 
double white Gardenia-flowered Poeticus. 
Per doz., 10s. 6d. ; each, is. 
Recurvus (the drooping leaved); this is common 
in English gardens ; perianth pure white, reflexed 
somewhat, with a slight doubling inwards 
logitudinally. The leaves droop so "much that 
the plant looks untidy. Are there varieties of 
this with less drooping foliage? 
Per 100, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 6d. ; per doz., is. 
Majalis, this is figured in Herbert’s Amarylli- 
dacecc, pi. 40, fig. 2; divisions of the perianth 
pure white, well formed, and generally flat, cup 
edged with saffron, leaves erect. 
Stellaris, for some weeks before the flower expands 
may be noticed a little bladder-like distended 
spathe about an inch long, from which in due 
course emerges the flower ; perianth pure white, 
cup margined with saffron. 
Patellaris (the large broad petalled), the Nar- 
cissus purpureus maximus of Parkinson, tab. 75, 
May- flowering Poeticus— continued. 
fig. 2, and the single of the large double white 
Gardenia-flowered Poeticus so abundant every- 
where ; perianth pure white, flat, finely formed, 
with the large cup edged with saffron, leaves 
erect. 
Verbanus (verbanensis) ; in gardens this graceful 
little species is taller and larger flowered than 
figured by Herbert, tab. 37, fig. 2; perianth 
white slightly tinged with cream, cup edged 
with saffron. Verbanus is a corrected name of 
Herbert’s, and which seems to have been gene- 
rally overlooked. 
# Purpureo-CINCTUS (the dwarf purple rimmed) ; 
this, Parkinson calls Narcissus minimus medio- 
purpureus, and says it was sent to him by 
Mr. John de Franqueuille, adding, “but his 
natuiall place wee know not." 
*Croceo-cinctus (the dwarf saffron rimmed); this 
Parkinson calls Narcissus medio-croceus tenui- 
folius, and in his quaint fashion informs us 
“these Daffodils have been brought us from 
the Pyrensen mountains, amongst a number of 
other rare plants." 
Herbert is of opinion that the above two 
Narcissi must be nearly allied to Poeticus 
verbanus, and as amateurs are now interesting 
themselves in collecting Daffodils, the loveliest 
and hardiest of all spring flowers, these two 
may be rediscovered. Herbert states that 
Poeticus verbanus was “brought to Bolton 
Percy in Yorkshire a few years ago, by Mrs. 
Robert Markham, who found it growing in a 
pasture about a mile from Baveno, near Lago 
Maggiore, on the side of the road to Milan, the 
bulbs being found single and scattered about 
the pasture, not growing in tufts.” 
Biflorus (? Poeticus X Tazetta). — Many amateurs 
are interested in the beautiful seedling hybrid 
Daffodils which have been raised during the 
last half century, and as no positive knowledge 
exists as to the crosses, some cultivators are 
endeavouring to find this out by hybridising. 
Therefore any quotations made in connection 
with the present list are intended to elicit 
inquiry. The notes following Biflorus sterilis, 
etc. , are from Herbert’s Amaryllidacecc (p. 317)1 
and is here reproduced to test whether, after the 
lapse of half a century, the conditions are the 
same. Per 100, 8s. 6d. ; per doz., is. 6d. 
“Biflorus sterilis, Bot. Mag., t. 197; two- 
flowered, without pollen or ovules in our gar- 
dens, perhaps from having been raised by offsets 
three centuries or more, without renovation by 
seed. 1 see no reason to think it a hybrid pro- 
duction, for it does not exhibit appearances 
intermediate between those of any two narcis- 
sean genera or even species." 
“TRIFLORUS, 2 — 4-flowered, from the South of 
France ; ovules perfect ; flowers rather smaller, 
and the white clearer." 
“ Dianthus, Haworth ; unknown to me, but 
described as two-flowered, with a very plicate 
and darker yellow or orange cup.” 
Gracilis (Juncifolia X Tazetta), rush-leaved, 1 — 3 
and sometimes even 5-flowered ; flowers hori- 
zontal, with long slender tubes, spreading 
perianth, and shallow cup, all the parts being 
yellow ; an elegant plant, and late flowering. 
Per doz., 3s. 6d. ; each, 4d. 
Tenuior (the slender straw-coloured), perianth 
sulphury white, cup yellow ; a graceful plant. 
Per doz., 5s. 6d. ; each, 6d. 
*Planicorona (the slender flat-crowned); Haworth, 
Herbert, and Rev.H.Ellacombe were acquainted 
with this plant, and it may still be in Mr. Ella- 
combe’s collection. Parkinson observes of this, 
under the name Narcissus minimus juncifolius 
flore (the least Daffodil of all); “This least 
Daffodill hath two or three whitish greene leaves, 
not above two or three inches long, the stalk 
likewise is not above three or four inches high, 
bearing one single flower at the toppe, somewhat 
bigger than the smallnesse of the plant should 
sceme to beaie, very like unto the least Rush 
