BARR'S HARDY DAFFODILS, THEIR LITERATURE, AND TIME OF FLOWERING. 
GKOTJP I -MAGNI-CORONATI OF BAKEK. 
Ajax of Salisbury, Haworth, and Herbert, Pseudo-Narcissus of Parkinson; including 
Corbularia (Bulbocodium) The Hoop Petticoat or Medusa’s Trumpet. 
Distinguishing Character.— Crown or trumpet as long or rather longer than the divisions of the perianth 
TerrSn/'or arrangement of this family is found in Parkinson’s ” Paradisi in Sole Paradisus 
^ uvl i’ , or ’ A . Gar ^en of All Sorts of Pleasant flowers, publisbea 1620. Haworth, in November i8qi 
published the revised edition of his Narcissus Monograph, and about the same time Dean Herbert embodied in his 
Amarylhdaeea: the result of his study of the genus Narcissi from living plants. Baker's review of the genus 
Narcissus appeared ,n the " Gardeners Chronicle, ’’ 1870, and in a revised form "the review of the fenus 
BurbiXe’s 0 ,S now embodied in "Baker’s Handbook of the Amaryllidcv," just published pile 31 
vaHeti r M Hls ! ory and . Culture, with coloured plates and descriptions of all known species and principal 
1 Narcis sus, written in a charming style, tracing the literature of the Daffodil back to 1 370 was 
published 1873 ; Mr. Barr at this date was working into form Messrs. William Backhouse and Edward Leeds’ 
w S n° tha l o n very I™ of tf ! ese are nientioned in Burbidgc’s book. "Ye Narcissus or 
brings „„ isl'j,’ B ' f nd oc ’’ be ordered a supplement to Mr. Burbidge’s illustrated woik, as it 
Drings up Daffodil lore to 1884, with a complete descriptive list of all Narcissi, ancient and modern. It is 
dfsfw l A 0 ? Bur , b ! dge ba , s , a New Popular Work on the Daffodil in hand, which may be expected at no 
,1“ 6 i' , ^ ou d p I obably have , appeared by this time, but so many new Narcissus are being discovered 
d Thl n » * e g, « at W0 T k °I his llfe > he desires to make it as complete as Parkinson’s was in his day. 
and - i^ P , t , Daff °^ 118, ® rou P I > flo wer in the following succession : N. Palhdus praecox, var. asturicus 
i"? var ’ ° lond d °' e ’ flout January; Cambricus, Obvallaris, Golden Spur, Minimus, Nanus and Minor, from 
rebruary, closely followed by Cyclamineus, Santa Maria, Calvas Yellow, Oporto Yellow, Rugilobus Maior 
Spurius varieties, Blondin, the English Lent-Lily, the Scotch Garland Lily, Horsfieldii, F.muress, Princeps! 
wI?i UUS ’.?° Ileen Bawn, etc., which are followed by Emperor, Maximus, Dean Herbert, Michael Foster, lames 
Walker, the two Camms, the two Burbidges, Dr. Hogg, Cernuus pulcher, Exquisite, Grandis, etc. 
... • 1 D • rand Trum P eters include all the large trumpet varieties of Bicolor, Emperor, Maximus, Golden Spur 
7?. a J pr > P rmce P s ’ Rugilobus, varieties of Spurius, Blondin, Telamonius, Dean Herbert, Michael Foster lames 
hS mf™ th v- tW ° Burbi dges Dr Hogg, St. Brigid, John Nelson, Capt. Nelson, Shirley 
riibberd, William Goldring, Cernuus pulcher, Hudibras, Exquisite, etc. 
All the Trumpet Daffodils are prized for pot culture, flowering under glass with the Hyacinth 
and should be cultivated In the same way, three to five rootB In a 4 or 6 -lnch pot The cut flowers 
of Daffodils are much In demand for bouquets and vases. For general natural directions, seepage 4 . 
N. Pallidus Pujecox. This Illustrates the Magni-Coronali Group. 
Hoop Petticoat Daffodil, or Medusa’s Trumpet. 
N. Corbularia (Bulbocodium). 
Very much reduced from natural size. 
12 and 13, King St., Covent Garden, 1889.] 
The Small Flowered Dwarf Yellow Daffodil 
(N. Nanus.) 
Not much reduced from natural size. 
