i4 BARR’S HARDY HYBRID, ETC., DAFFODILS, BURBIDGEI AND EARLY POETICUS. 
GROUP III.— PARVI-CORONATI OF BAKER. 
The Small-crowned Daffodil or True Narcissus , which includes 
Burbidgei and Poeticus (the Purple-ringed Daffodil); Biflorus (the Primrose-Peerless 
Daffodil) ; Polyanthus or many-flowered Narcissus (Hermione and Helena of 
Haworth); Gracilis, Schizanthes orientalis, and Sweet-smelling Jonquils. 
N. Burbidgei Varieties. N. Poeticus Varieties. 
Very much reduced from natural size. Very much reduced from natural size. 
Distinguishing Character — Crown less than half as long as the divisions of the perianth. 
In this series, Poeticus (the purple-ringed Daffodil) is the true Narcissus ; Burbidgei is a hybrid 
one remove from Poeticus, and is the connecting link between Groups IF. and III. {See Coloured Plate in 
" The Garden, 1880.) Biflorus is Parkinson’s Primrose- Peerless. Gracilis and Tenuior are the Helena of 
Haworth ; Jonquil, the Jonquilla of Linnceus ; Polyanthus Narcissus, the Hermione of Haworth and Tazetta 
of Sibthorp. 
The early-flowering Poeticus var elies commence flowering in March, and the late- flowering varieties close the 
Daffodil season in June. Burbidge’s hybrids ot 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. 
firs’ The Daffodils in this Group are good pot-plants for indoors, flowering with the Hyacinth, and 
should be cultivated in th2 same way, 3 or 5 bulbs in a 4 or 5-inch pot. The cut flowers of this section 
are greatly in demand for bouquets and vases. General cultural directions , page 5. 
NARCISSUS BURBIDGEI. 
Burbidge’s Hybrid Poet’s Daffodils. 
Very beautiful as pot-plants. 
The Burbidgei Narcissi give a succession of flowers 
from March to middle of May, commencing be- 
fore Poeticus otnatus, and following one after 
another in succession, to middle of May. 
Quantity. 
perdoz. each 
.^Burbidgei, perianth clear white, 
cup margined with cinnabar-red, 
very early, and useful for cutting, 
special cheap offer per 100, 10/6 
.*Agnes Barr, perianth creamy 
white, cup yellow 
,***Barone:>s Heath, perianth 
primrose, cup suffused throughout 
orange-scarlet, very distinct 
•^Constance (Conspicuus), true , 
perianth sulphur-white, going off 
white, cup expanded and con- 
spicuously edged with orange- 
scarlet, very beautiful 
.*Edith Bell, perianth alabaster- 
white, cup canary, margined with 
orange, very pretty 
.**Ellen Barr, broad snow-white 
perianth, cup citron, stained orange- 
scarlet 
.**Etta, perianth white, cup small 
and stained orange 
*Falstaff, perianth snow-white, 
cup lemon, margined orange 
*Guinever, perianth white and 
compact, enp canary and frilled ... 
.*John Bain, large white perianth, 
cup citron. handscme...p. 100, 25/- 
,*Little Dirk, neat primrose peri- 
anth, cup conspicuously edged 
orange - scarlet, the smallest 
flowered of the group, beautiful ... 
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Quantity. Narcissus Burbidgei, per doz. each 
continued. s. d. s. d. 
*Mary, perianth white, expanded 
cup. suffused orange .. p. 100, 25/- 3 6...0 4 
*Mks. Krelage (Gracilis), peri- 
anth sulphur-white, cup spreading, 
plaited and tinted with orange, 
late-flowering 5 6...0 6 
,##*Mercy Foster, large white peri- 
anth, gracefully frilled canary cup 2 6 
.*Model, perianth clear white and 
compact, cup frilled and stained 
with orange 7 6...0 9 
,*Ossi an, perianth white, large and 
broad expanding yellow cup 7 6...0 9 
** # Princess Louise, large white 
perianth, cup widely expanded 
and rich orange-scarlet, passing 
off apricot, very beautiful 5 6 
# Vanessa, neat compact yellow peri- 
anth. with expanded cup, a per- 
fect flower 7 6...0 9 
NARCISSUS POETICUS. 
The Purple-ringed Poet's Daffodil. 
Very beautiful as pot-plants. 
Poeticus divides naturally into early and late-flowering 
varieties, a circumstance which is not generally 
known. It is from the early section, especially 
Poeticus ornatus, that Covent Garden is supplied 
with forced cut flowers from January to March. 
March and April Early-flowering Poeticus. 
per doz. each 
s. d. s. d. 
Ornatus (the flat crowned saffron 
rim), perianth pure white, broad 
and well formed, cup margined with 
scarlet per 100, 12s. 6d. 2 0...0 3 
Grandiflorus, perianth pure 
white and very large, cup more or 
less suffused with crimson 5 6 
