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BARR’S GOLD MEDAL DAFFODILS, 1920. 
DIVISION IX. — POETICUS— True Poet’s Narcissi. 
These " Poet’s” Daffodils or Narcissi ail have snowy white perianth segments or 
petals, and a small flattened eye or crown, yellow or lemon edged more or less deeply 
with scarlet or crimson, and sometimes almost all scarlet. All are sweetly scented. 
The earlier flowering varieties afford a very beautiful decoration indoors w’hen 
grown in pots (5 bulbs in a pot) or forced. As border plants and naturalised in grass 
by themselves the Poet’s Narcissi produce a lovely effect. 
W Early planting and liberal culture is specially recommended for these Poet’s Daffodils. 
To obtain tall stems and line large flowers they should be grown in a rich deep soil 
not too dry. The varieties having very highly coloured crowns should be cut young to 
preserve the fine colouring. per <joz. each. 
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§tp£iedmon (4), xxxx, a most striking and beautiful Poet Narcissus, (lower very large 
with broad snowy white perianth of great substance, and a very bold centre broadly 
rimmed dark red and having a rich green eye. Awarded First-Class Certificate 
R.H.S. April 21st, 1915, as a show (lower, also an Award of Merit Midland 
Daffodil Society 1915, and First-Class Certificate North of England 
IIORT. Society 1915 — .,.7 6 
(6), xxxx, new 191 1, a remarkably fine (lower of perfeet form, measuring slightly 
over 3 inches across, with very broad rounded solid white perianth, the petals all of 
equal size and well imbricated ; large lemon-yellow eye edged dark madder-red ; flowers 
erect and borne on long stout stems, ht. 16 in 48 0...4 6 
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§fCassa.nclr£i (5), xxx, a flower of fine form 
and substanee, with broad elear white perianth 
and a small eye deeply rimmed dark red ; habit 
tall and vigorous, ht. 17 in. A fine border 
variety and valuable for early foreing. Award 
OF Merit R.H.S. , 1899 per 100, 48/- 6 6.. .0 7 
§iCoinus (5), xxx, a large handsome flower with 
a broad white perianth and a canary-eoloured 
eye heavily rimmed deep scarlet, free grower, 
ht. 20 in 10 6... I o 
§fEcina. (4), xxx, new 1913, a bright attraetive 
variety, rounded flower of perfect symmetry 
measuring 2^ inches across, having a broad white 
perianth and bright yellow eye eonspieuously 
margined deep glowing scarlet, sturdy grower, 
ht. 18 in per 100, 25/- 3 6...0 4 
§fEpic (6), xxx, very large flower measuring three 
inches across, with broad solid snow-white 
perianth, eye eanary, pieotee-edge of madder- 
crimson, handsome, ht. 20 in. Award of 
Merit Birmingham 10 6...I o 
(®)i new 1913. a large and beautiful flower measuring 3J inches 
across, very broad ample snowy white perianth, well imbricated, and a lemon-yellow eye 
toning down to green, with a very conspicuous deep margin of dark madder-red, 
I'b in per 100, 32/6 4 
§tGlory of Lisse (5), a fine large flower with snow-white well imbrieated perianth, and 
a bright red-margined eye, ht. 16 in per loo, 35/- $ 
§fHerrick (5), xxx, flower of good substanee and fine bearing, with broad slightly reflexing 
snowy white perianth and large flat eye deeply rimmed dark searlet, free grower, fine 
for cutting, ht. 17 in. Good early forcer. Award of Merit R.H.S., 1901, per 100, 42/- 5 
§fHorace (4), xxx, broad solid snowy white rounded perianth, and large eye almost entirely 
blood-scarlet, very beautiful, ht. 21 in. It can be brought into bloom early by gentle 
forcing. Award of Merit for Garden and Cutting, R.H.S. 1914. ..per 100, 75/- 10 
§flbis (5), xxx, perianth snowy white, broad and solid, slightly reflexing, eye deeply edged 
blood-scarlet, ht. 20 in. ; a good forcer 
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