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BARR’S Gold Medal Daffodils, 1901. 
NARCISSUS JUNCIFOLIUS. 
The Miniature Rush-leaved Daffodil. 
A charming and elegant little species for pots (r« page 4) or for select spots on rockwork. 
tJUNCIFOLIUS (4). a slender-growing dwarf species, with small graceful rich yellow perdoz. each, 
flowers, about the size of a buttercup, rvith a perfectly flat little crown, height 3 to 
4 inches, flowers delicately fragrant, a native of the Pyrenees per too, 6/6 i o... — 
DAFFODILS.-GROUP lll.-PARVI-CORONATI (Baker) 
The Small-Crowned Daffodil or True Narcissus. 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTER.— Crown less than half as long as the divisions of the perianth. 
In this series, Pceikus Poet’s Daffodil) is the flower popularly called the Narcissus; Bwbidgei 
is a hybrid between Incomparabilis and Poeticus, and is the connecting link between Groups II. and III. 
Bi/lorus is Parkinson's Primrose-Peerless, a hybrid of Tazetta and Poeticus. Gracilis and Tenuior are 
the Helena of Haworth ; Jonquil the Jonquilla of Linnmus ; Polyanthus Narcissus the Hermione of 
Haworth and Tazetta of Sibthorp. 
NARCISSUS BURBIDGEI. 
Hybrid Poet’s Daffodils or Star Narcissi. 
These with their light and graceful habit and beautiful blossoms are much valued as pot plants {3 to 6 
in a pot), and for vases, bouquets, and buttonholes ; in beds and borders they are specially attractive, 
while naturalised in grass few plants are so beautiful. 
The Burbidgei Narcissi differ from N. PoUicus in the cup of the flower being a trifle longer ; the early 
forms commence flowering before Poeticus ornatus, and continue flowering in succession, one variety 
after another, from March to the middle of May. 
per doz. each. 
§fBURBIDGEI (3), perianth clear white, cup primrose suffused and margined with s. d. s. d. 
cinnabar-red, very early and much prized for cutting per 1000, 25/- ; per too, 2/9 o 5... — 
tBLiANCHE (4), large white perianth and small primrose-yellow cup, distinct and pretty — ...5 6 
§AGNES BARR {4), perianth creamy white, cup yellow, a very delicately coloured 
refined flower per too, 10/6 i 6...0 2 
§BARONESS HEATH (3), perianth yellow, cup suffused throughout orange-red, 
foliage deep blue-green, of drooping habit, very distinct per too, 40/- 5 6...0 6 
BEATRICE HESELTINE (5), creamy white perianth, flat primrose cup con- 
spicuously edged orange-scarlet, very beautiful, late bloomer 21 0...2 o 
§CONSTANCE (3), perianth pale sulphur, going off white, cup expanded and con- 
spicuously edged with orange-scarlet, rather a thin flower per 100, 15/- 2 3...0 3 
CROAVN PRINCESS (3), perianth sulphur-white, canary cup, margined rich 
orange 12 0...1 3 
§tELLEN BARR (3). broad snow-white perianth, cup citron, stained orange-scarlet, 
very beautiful, extra fine ; very effective when massed, the snowy whiteness of the 
perianth lighting up the landscape with its brilliancy per too, 6/6 i 0...0 2 
§fFALSTAFF {3), perianth snow-white, cup lemon, margined orange, a gem for 
cutting ; valuable for massing on account of the snowy whiteness of its perianth, and 
its value is enhanced by its blooming before any of the Poet’s Naicissi per too, 8/6 i 3...0 2 
§tJOHN BAIN (2), a beautiful white-flowered variety with small clear citron cup, 
flower of good substance, and a favourite for cutting ; very effective when massed in 
flower beds and borders, or naturalised in grass per 1000, 55/-; per 100, 6/- o 10... — 
LITTLE DIRK (4), a dainty flower no larger than a penny piece, borne on a long 
stout stalk, colour a pretty cowslip-yellow, cup edged bright orange red per too, 12/6 I 9...0 2 
§MERCY FOSTER (3), crinkled white perianth, gracefully frilled canary cup, 
flower rather thin, but very pretty in grass or grouped in borders per too, 10/6 i 6...0 2 
model (4), perianth clear white and compact, cup frilled ami stained with orange, 
flower of beautiful symmetrical form 7 6...0 8 
PRINCESS LOUISE (4), white perianth, and widely expanded orange cup passing 
off apricot 15 0...1 6 
tSEQUIN (3), a very distinct and beautiful new seedling, with solid snowy white perianth 
and very large broad golden cup flattened against the perianth like a golden coin ; 
strong healthy grower 6o 0...5 6 
§ST. JOHN’S BEAUTY (3). channelled pale sulphur perianth, cup beautifully 
frilled, and edged orange-red ; a distinct large and loose but showy flower 21 0...2 o 
THE PET (4), a prim little flower with firm white perianth and yellow cup with 
protruding pistil, dwarf erect grower 5 6...0 6 
§VANESSA (3), flower small but very symmetrical and attractive, clear yellow with its 
small cup expanded almost flat on the perianth per lOO, 15/- 2 3...0 3 
