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BARR AND SON, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 
Hyacinths for Pots ok Glasses— contd. each—/. 
233 *Elfrida, waxy white , large bells , bold hand- 
some truss, ex o 
231 ^Grandeur Merveille, white, shaded rose , 
immense compact truss, ex o 
.232 *Lord Grey, white, tinged rose, fine truss, ex. o 
233 +La Virginity, blush-white, very large bells, 
fine truss O 
234 "Mammoth, while, tinged rose, very large 
bells, large truss o 
YELLOW, CITRON, 
340 *Citronni6re, citron-yellow, fine truss, ex. ... o 
211 *Duc de Milakoff, salmon, striped rose- 
lake, novel colour, large truss, ex o 
212 *Herolne, primrose, large truss, ex o 
2J3 # Herman, apricot- salmon, fine truss, ex. ... o 
241 *Ida, rich primrose, large truss, ex i 
245 i'Jaune Supreme, rich yellow, gsod truss... i 
d, each — 4 , d . 
I 235 *Prlncess Marie, white, rose-shaded, large 
8 compact truss, ex i 6 
: 236 "Seraphin, white, shaded rose, large bells, 
8 ! very large truss, ex o 8 
8 237 fTriumph Blandina, white, beautifully 
tinged rose, pink centre, fine truss, ex. ... o 8 
6 j 238 "Tubaaflorus, blush-rose, large bells, large 
handsome truss, ex o 8 
8 239 * Voltaire, white, shaded rose, large bells ... o 8 
PRIMROSE, SALMON, Etc. 
9 216 * John Stuart Mill, primrose, fine truss, ex. i o 
247 *Klng of Holland, apricot colour o 8 
io 248 *L’Or d’Australie, fine yellow, large truss, ex. i 3 
8 249 ^Rowland Hill, fne yellow, fine truss (new), 
10 ex 1 6 
o 250 *Sonora, salmon, fine truss, ex 1 9 
o 251 ^Sovere^n, fine yellow, fine truss, ex 1 9 
DAFFODIL, OR NARCISSUS. 
The most beautiful of all Spring flowers is the Daffodil, and its hardiness is beyond all question. The 
older kinds have withstood uninjured our severest winters for centuries ; and the new ones now offered have 
remained uninjured in the open ground during the late series of severe and protracted winters. Its blossoms 
withstand frost, snow, rain, and wind, longer than any other spring flower, and this was observed by Shakspearc, 
when he wrote — 
" Daffodils, 
That come before the swallow dares, and take 
The winds of March with beauty." 
THE ALDBOROUGH COLLECTION OF DAFFODILS, of which we are the fortunate possessors, is the 
most complete and unique set of hardy Daffodils ever brought together by an amateur, and exhibit in a most 
marked degree the industry and enthusiasm of their cultivator, the late lamented eminent hoiticulturist, the 
Rev John kelson, of Aldborough Rectory. The collection is represented by nearly 150 sorts, embracing almost 
all the kinds known to amateur horticulturists of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries and to 
Salisbury , S-vect, Haworth, Herbert, and Baker of the present century, and in addition to these the recent new 
hybrid varieties which rank in point of beauty with the magnificent orchids which have been brought into cultiva- 
tion within the last few years. These new hybrid Daffodils are the result of crosses between the different 
varieties of the Trumpet Daffodil and the varieties of Poeticus on the one hand, and the Trumpet Daffodil and 
Mont anus on the other. Unfortunately, the gentlemen who produced such wonderful results, and made so many 
grand additions to a family already rich and varied, have left on record so little data, that we can but surmise 
how the work was accomplished. However, we know for certain that a cross between the Trumpet and 
Poeticus Daffodils gives Incomparabilis, Parkinson' s Peerless Daffodil. Assuming, therefore, that this result 
is followed by crossing Incomparabilis and Poeticus. what is more natural to expect than Barri, which is simply 
a reduced Incomparabilis. Then again cross Barri and Poeticus, and we imagine the outcome would be 
Burbidgei, which is a Poeticus with the crown somewhat larger and retaining the colours of the first hybrid, viz., 
Incomparabilis. The Eucharis like Daffodil, Leedsi, we think most l.kely a cross between Trumpet Albicans and 
Montanus and the most perfect of all hybrid Daffodils, viz., NeBoni, would, we think, result from a cro;s 
between Trumpet Bicolor and Poeticus, or Macleai possibly assisted, as the Nclsoni’s are large forms of this 
most perfect miniature Daffodil ; besides the foregoing results in the production of hybrids there is amongst the 
new Daffodils of the Trumpet section great variety both in size and colour. These we conclude to be simply 
varieties resulting Pom seeding the Magni-coronatne Group. 
A remarkable feature in many of these hybrid Daff .dils is the strongly marked orange-scarlet crown, which 
we imagine would come from Poeticus Poetarum ; and others again have the crown dark yellow, light yellow, 
■canarv-yello v, primrose, silver-white, and some apricot-coloured. The late Mr. Nelson raised a few seedling 
Daffodils of considerable character, and had he lived a few more years, he doubtless would have made 
valuable additions to tins family. The Rev. Wolley Dod has for some years past been forming a collection of 
Daffodils. We hope he will bring some of his energy to bear on the hybridization of this family,, and from his 
■personal experience tell us how all these beautiful modern varieties were made. Two Coloured Plates of New 
Daffodils issued with The Garden represent some of the hybrids alluded to above, and those who arc desirous of 
acquainting themselves with the interesting literature of the Daffodil, and the monographs which have been 
written of this family, should purchase Burbidgc’s admirable work, which is beautifully illustrated, and written 
a.i a most charming style. 
“ It has been observed," says Mr. Burbidge, "that these beautiful Daffodils are never seen to better advan- 
tage than when p’anted on the moist margins of lakes and streams, or islands, where their golden nodding 
■flowers contrast with the cccrulean reflection in the limpid water below.” 
This seems also to have occurred to Keates, who, in one of his beautiful poems asks — 
" What first inspired a bard of old to sing 
Narcissus pining o’er the untainted spring?" 
Shelley speaks of the Daffodils thus — 
*' And Narcissi, the fairest among them all, 
Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, 
Till they die of their own dear loveliness.” 
Wordsworth pays a graceful tribute to the Narcissus— 
‘ ' When all at once I saw a crowd 
A host of golden Daffodils, 
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." 
Culture and Adaptation. — Tire Daffodil may be grown in any soil and situation, but it thrives best in 
a fertile loam. In planting, the top of the bulb should be three to four inches below the surface ; but when it is 
planted in permanent beds, &c., and summer flowers are cultivated over it, we have known the roots in such 
King Street, Cement Garden, 1882.] [Haycinths, Daffodil or xVarcissus. 
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