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(D) Double Poeticus Narcissus. 
The Gardenia -flowered Sweet-scented Narcissus. 
§Double White Poeticus (6), xxx, large double snowy white sweet-scenled 
Gardenia-like blossoms, much prized for cutting, ht. 15 in. To obtain fine hand- *' *' 
some flowers this Narcissus should be planted early in a good deep cool soil not too 
dry per 1000, 90/- ; per 100, 9/6 14 0 2 
„ „ Extra fine selected strain „ 150/- ; „ 16/- 2 4 0 3 
DIVISION XI.— VARIOUS SPECIES AND HYBRIDS. 
Distinct forms which cannot be classed under any of the foregoing divisions. 
Narcissus Bulbocodium (corbularia). 
The Hoop Petticoat, or Medusa's Trumpet Daffodils. 
For rookwork, edgings and small beds, those beautiful little Daffodils are most charming, while if 
several bulbs are planted in pots or pans, they are greatly prized for indoor decoration. 
Large Sulphur Hoop Petticoat (Bulbocodium citrinus) (3), xx, malivc per doz. each. 
of the Pyrenees, very beautiful pale citron -yellow, ht. 6 to 8 inches ; delights in *■ *• “• 
a dampish sandy peat soil. The bulbs we offer having been collected while in growth 
will not all bloom the first season ; they should therefore be ‘planted where they may he 
left undisturbed to establish themselves per 100, 9/- 1 4 — 
„ „ Extra selected bulbs „ 12/6 19 0 2 
White Hoop Petticoat (Bulbocodium monophyllus 
or Clusii) (1), native of N. Africa, producing in winter 
little snowy white flowers of exquisite beauty ; grow in 
pots, in frame.s, or at the foot of hot dry walls, and as 
soon as signs of growth are seen, give water freely ; 
ht. 6 in. The bulbs we offer having been collected while in 
growth, a few may fail to flower the first season. Those 
planted outdoors .should thtrefore be allowed to remain where 
planted so as to become established per 100, 42/- 5 6 0 6 
t Large Yellow Hoop Petticoat (true) (Bulbo- 
codium conspicuus) (4), flowers rich golden-yellow, 
ht. 6 in. ; prefers a dampish sandy peat soil. A fair proportion of the bulbs flower 
the fir.st year. Now very scarce 10 6 1 0 
Early - flowering Yellow Hoop 
Petticoat (2), found in Spain by the. 
late Mr. Peter Barr, producing dainty rich 
golden-yellow flowers, blooming outdoors 
from February, ht. 6 in. ; it delights in a 
dampish sandy peat soil per 100, 12/6 1 9 0 2 
„ „ Extra selected bulbs „ 17/6 2 6 0 3 
§Gracilis (7), xx,a very beautiful little rush- 
leaved Daffodil, bearing 3 to 5 light yellow 
Jonquil-like street-scented flowers; the last of 
the family to bloom, opening about end of 
May, ht. 14 in per 100, 42/- 
Juncifolius (The Miniature Rush-leaved 
Daffodil) (4), xxx, a charming and elegant 
little species for pots or for select spots on 
rockwork ; it has small graceful rich yellow 
flowers, about the size of a buttercup, with a 
perfectly flat little crowm, ht. 3 to 4 in., 
flowers delicately fragrant, a native of the 
Pyrenees 
Serotinus, a rare little Narcissus producing, in October, on slender stems, 
miniature star-shajicd flowers with silvery -white perianth and a minute golden-yellow 
cup, sometimes two to throe flowers on a stem, fragrant, ht. 10 in. Plant in a warm 
spot on rockwork and lightly cover during winter ; or grow in pots in a cold frame.... 
§Tenuior (the Slender Straw-coloured Daffodil or Silver Jonquil) (4), xx, a 
very elegant slender -growing Daffodil, having several flowers on a stem, perianth 
cream, cup sulphur -yellow, ht. 9 in per 100, 18/6 
7 6 0 8 
4 6 0 5 
2 8 0 3 
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