BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
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NARCISSUS POETICUS. 
The Purple-ringed Poet’s Daffodil or White Star Narcissus. 
Poeticus divides naturally into early- and /flt'e-dowering varieties. It is from the early section, 
especially Poeticus ornatus, that Covent Garden is supplied with forced cut flowers from lanuary to 
March. Early planting is specially recommended for these Poet’s Daffodils. 
Referring to the great beauty of these Poet’s Daffodils when naturalised, Mr. William Robinson 
writes : “ Four years ago I cleared a little valley of various fences. Through this runs a streamlet, and we 
grouped the Poet’s Narcissi near it, also in a little orchard that lay near, and through a grove of oaks. 
This year the whole landscape was a picture such as one might see in an Alpine valley.” 
March and April Early-flo’ivering Section. 
indoors, 5 bulbs in a 4- or 5-inch pot. Charming in beds and borders, while 
naturalised in grass they present in spring a most lovely sight. 
§ORNATUS C4), perianth pure white, broad and well formed, cup margined with scarlet, d. s. 
very^ early ^ extra Jiae^ ht. 13 in. This beautiful early Poet’s Narcissus is grown by the 
million for the flower markets, and is largely used in church decorations, etc. ; it forces 
freely and is a gem for massing in grass, flower borders, etc., per 1000, 30/- ; per too, 3/6 o 6... — 
t >> )> >i Extra large selectei htibs ,, 5/6 o to... — 
§ALMIRA (5), a beautiful new variety with broad rounded white perianth of fine sub- 
stance, cup margined deep red, hi. 15 in. {See Jllustration, page 22.) 12 6.1 3 
CASSANDRA. New Daffodils, 9 ,.,15 o 
glory, iec New Daffodils, to ...21 0 
§GRANDIFL0RUS, true (5), the Giant Poet’s Daffodil, perianth pure white and very 
large, cup sutfused with crimson, tall and very handsome, extra fine, ht. 19 in., per too, 40/- 5 6...0 6 
§POETARUIVl (5), perianth pure white and broad, cup bright orange-scarlet, very 
beautiful, extra fine, ht. 14 in per too, 5,6 o 10... — 
t .. ,. ,, A few extra large bulbs ,, 8/6 1 3... — 
§fPK^COX GRANDIFLORUS (3), large and early-flowering, perianth pure white, 
cup suffused crimson; ht. 18 in per too 21/- 3004 
§TWIN-FLOWERED (4), a pretty seedling variety, invariably bearing two flowers on 
astern, ht. i6 in 21 0...2 o 
May-flowering Section. (These are quite unsuitable for forcing.) 
§OLD PHEASANT’S EYE POETICUS (5), perianth pure white and slightly 
reflecting, cup margined deep orange-red, sweet-scented, ht. 15 in.; a grand flower 
to mass in woods, grass, etc Exlra strong bulbs ^ per 1000, 25/-; per 100, 2/9 o 
»> M »• Good selectid bulbs for naturalisation ,, 15A; ^ 1/80 
§PYRENEAN POETICUSi very variable in form, size, and time of flowering; some 
very beautiful varietus may be selected out. A charming flower in grass and a free 
seeder, ht. 18 in per 1000, 45/- ;• per 100, 5/- o 
§POETICUS OF LINNAEUS (5), the flowers about an inch in diameter, of good 
substance and beautifully formed, perianth pure white, cup edged saffron, ht. i6 in. 
per too, 10/6 I 
*MARVEL (5), very disiinct ; perianth pure white, cup margined with saffron, ht. 15 in. ; 
a small bladder-like distended spathe about an inch long appears weeks before the 
flower, and out of this in due course emerges the blossom 3 
VERBANENSIS (5), a graceful little dwarf species from the Lago Maggiore, ht. 8 in. 
per too, 10/6 I 
§DOUBLE WHITE POETICUS (Gardenia-flowered) (5), large double 
pure white sweet-scented Gardenia-like blossoms, prized for cutting, ht. 15 in. We 
recommend this Narcissus beim; planted early in a good deep cool soil not too dry 
Extra fine selected stock, per 1000, 35/-; per too, 4/- o 
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GR ACI LIS a.nd TENUIOR. — Rush-leaved Daffodils. 
These graceful Daffodils bloom in May, and are very elegant in pots and in the flower garden. 
§GRACILIS (5) an elegant rush-leaved Daffodil, 3- to S-flowered, pure yellow, sweet- 
scented, the last of the family to bloom, opens about the end of May, ht. 14 in. 
per too, 10/6 I 6...0 2 
TENUIOR (4), (the Slender Straw-coloured Daffodil],, perianth sulphury while, cup 
yellow, several flowers on a stem, ht. 9 in per 100, 21/- 3 0...0 4 
NARCISSUS BIFLORUS.— Primrose Peerless Daffodil. 
§BIFLORUS (5), pure white perianth, yellow crown, a useful late-flowering Daffodil to 
naturalise, ht. 15 in per 1000, 21/- ; per too, 2/3 o 4... — 
§BIFLORUS from Montpellier (5), a very interesting form colLcted by Mr. 
Peter Harr a few years ago; it is many-flowered, with blooms larger than, and 
distinct from, the ordinary type, ht. 18 in 15 0...1 6 
