CHOICE NAMED HYACINTHS AND DAFFODILS OR NARCISSUS. 
9 
each — /. d. 
367 *Mont Blanc, large bells, compact large 
handsome truss, ex i o 
368 "Nectar, neat bells, fine truss, ex i 6 
369 "Paix de l’Europe, large truss, ex i o 
370 "Pavilion Blanc, large truss, ex o 9 
371 tPrince of Waterloo, neat bells, neat com- 
pact handsome truss, ex 1 o 
372 "Princess Frederick William, large fine 
truss, ex 1 o 
WHITE SHAD 
'378 f Anna. Maria, blush, neat bells with violet 
centre, good truss o 8 
379 "Anna Paulowna, white, shaded rose, com- 
pact large truss, ex o 8 
380 " Cleopatra, waxy white, large bells, thick 
fine truss, ex o 9 
381 "Dolly Varden, white, shaded rose, large 
bells, thick truss, ex 1 o 
382 "Elfrlda, waxy white, large bells , bold hand- 
some truss, ex o 8 
383 "Grandeur k Merveille, white, shaded rose, 
immense compact truss, ex o 8 
384 +La Virginltd, white, shaded, very large 
bells, good truss o 6 
YELLOW, ORANGE, Ci 
394 "Alida Jacobsea, rich canary-yellow o 6 
395 * Anna Carolina, beautiful primrose o 9 
396 "Bird of Paradise, beautiful rich prim- 
rose, fine truss, ex 3 o 
297 "Due de Malakoff, straw colour, striped 
rose-lake, novel colour, large truss, ex. ... 1 o 
398 "Grand Due de Luxembourg, rich yellow, 
large fine truss 1 6 
399 "Heroine, primrose, large truss, ex o 9 
each— 1. d. 
373 "Queen Victoria, handsome truss, ex o 8 
374 "Queen of the Netherlands, large bells, 
very fine truss, ex 1 o 
375 fSceptre d'O r, good truss o 8 
376 "Snowball, fine truss, bells beautifully sym- 
metrical, and of great substance, ox 2 6 
377 * Vesta, large bells, large compact truss, 
ex 1 6 
0 ROSE, Etc. 
385 * ' Lord Grey, white, tinged rose, fine truss, ex. o 9 
386 "Mammoth, white, tinged rose, very large 
bells, large truss o 8 
387 "Orondates, white , tinged rose, large hand- 
some truss, ex 1 o 
388 "Seraphine, white, shaded rose, large bells, 
very large truss, ex o 8 
389 "Torquato Tasso, white, shaded rose o 9 
390 ^-Triumph Blandina, white, beautifully 
tinged rose, pink centre, fine truss, ox.. ... o 8 
391 "Voltaire, white, shaded rose, large bells... o 8 
392 "Witsius, blush [ white , large compact 
truss, ex 1 o 
393 "Werner, white, tinged rose, large 1 o 
RON, PRIMROSE, Etc. 
400 "Ida, rich primrose, large truss, ex 1 6 
401 '|* Jaune Supreme, rich yellow, good truss... 1 o 
402 "John Stuart Mill, primrose, fine truss, ex. 1 o 
403 "King of Holland, apricot colour, very dis- 
tinct, compact neat truss, ex o 9 
404 "La CitronnLbre, citron-yellow, very fine ... o 10 
406 "L’Or d’Australie.yf#* yellow, large truss, ex. 1 3 
406 "Rhinoceros, buff o 8 
407 "Victory^ fine yellow, large truss 2 6 
DAFFODIL OR NARCISSUS. 
tgffi The Banksian Gold Medal was awarded to us for a Collection of Daffodils exhibited on the occasion of Her 
Majesty's opening the Show of the Royal Horticultural Society, 2 nd May, 1877. On the 18 ih April 
preceding , the Society awarded to us their large Gilt Silver Floral Medal for a Collection of Daffodils. 
The Daffodil is one of the earliest, the hardiest, and the most beautiful of Spring flowers. Its blossoms 
are uninjured by frost, snow, rain, and wind, and if planted where not too much exposed to the sun’s rays, the 
■flowers remain perfect for weeks, and the various species succeed each other from February to June, the Trumpet 
forms commencing in February, followed by the Mock Daffodil in March, theTazettain April, and the true Narcis- 
sus from March to May. The Daffodil is usually cultivated in the flower and shrubbery borders, or for naturalization 
in woodland walks and semi-wild situations, such as the margins of plantations, etc., where they are planted in 
the grass and left undisturbed. As a cut flower for furnishing vases, Daffodils are most elegant, yielding an 
abundant supply when flowers are scarce, and forming a pleasing associate to the flowers of the hot-house. 
For about three months in Spring we exhibit cut flowers of the various species of Daffodils at the meetings 
of the Royal Horticultural Society ; and were our readers to see these, we feel sure they would join in the 
praise so freely bestowed upon them, and the expressions of surprise that there should be a garden in which the 
numerous forms of Daffodils were unrepresented. On the 18th April last, our exhibit was so grand that the 
Society awarded to us their large Gilt Silver Floral Medal, and on the 2nd May for our exhibit, which included 
the wonderful collection of seedlings raised by the late Mr. Leeds, we were awarded the Gold Banksian Medal to 
commemorate the Queen’s visit on opening the Flower Show. Her Majesty was much pleased with the Daffodils; 
and, as an answer to numerous inquiries, we now state that a continual exhibition of Daffodils will be maintained 
throughout the Spring at our place of business as well as at the meetings of the Horticultural Society. 
Culture and Adaptation. — The Daffodil does well in almost any soil and situation, but thrives best 
planted in a fertile loam, the top of the bulb two inches below the surface. Cultivated in beds the effect is most 
charming. Grown in masses in the borders the Daffodil imparts variety and interest unequalled by any other 
class of Spring-flowering plants. All the varieties when planted in the grass are extremely beautiful. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS FROM GROUPS I., II., AND III. 
408 100 in i2var. 12/6, in20var. 17/, in3ovar. 21 o 
409 5oini2var. 6/6, in 17 var. 8/6, in 25 var. 10 6 
410 30 in 10 var. 3/6, in 15 var. 5/6, in 30 var. 7 6 
411 12 in 12 varieties 2/6, 3/6 to 5 6 
412 Choice mixed per 100, 12/6 ; per doz. 2 o 
412J Fine ,, ,, 7/6 ; „ 16 
Group I.— Magni-coronatse, the Trumpet and Hoop Petticoat Narcissus. 
Character. — Crown or trumpet as long or rather longer than the divisions of the periatith. 
The species in this group consist of Haworth's Ajax and Corbularia. 444 is what Parkinson, nearly 3 
centuries ago, called “ Mr. Wilmer’s Great Double Daffodil. *’ In the Garden, vol. i., p. 455, two Daffodil 
Gardens of this variety are described as “ surpassing apples of gold in baskets of silver.” 427, Parkinson calls the 
" Prince of Daffodils.” Besides these there are several other double forms described by Parkinson. One, the 
double Lent Lily, he says, is natural to our countiy, but in his time was scarce, and never appears to have been 
plentiful. To the present generation it was almost unknown till we searched out its habitat through the informa- 
tion recorded in Parkinson’s Paradisia, and can now offer bulbs to our customers. See No. 441. Of the 
beautiful Double White Trumpet Daffodil (cernuus plenus), illustrated by Sweet, we have a good supply ; also of 
a curious form of this, with a double row of guard petals, No. 425 ; and of the rare White Bulbocodium (Corbularia 
monophylla), we can offer a few fine healthy roots, part of our importation of 1873, likewise seedling bulbs two 
years old, our own raising; also we can offer the scarce species, N. Gallicus Minor of Parkinson (the N. Capax of 
Haworth, and N. Eystettensis of Herbert, No. 422) supposed by Herbert to be the double of N. minor ; also N. 
abscissus, Parkinson’s "Daffodil with the dipt tube,” No. 417. 
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