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BARR’S GOLD MEDAL DAFFODILS, 1911. 
DIVISION XI.— VARIOUS SPECIES AND HYBRIDS. 
Distinct forms which cannot be classed under any of the 
foregoing divisions. 
BULBOCODIUM (CORBULARIA), The Hoop Petticoat, or Medusa’s Trumpet 
Daffodils. 
For rockwork, edgings and small beds, these beautiful little Daffodils are most charming, while 
if several bulbs are planted in pots or pans, they are greatly prized for indoor decoration. See 
also Cultural Notes , pp. 4 and 8. 
f Large Sulphur Hoop Petticoat (Bulbocodium citrinus) (3), native of ve s T ' j 
the Pyrenees , very beautiful pale citron-yellow, ht. 6 to 8 in. ; delights in a dampish 
sandy peat soil. The bulbs having to be collected while in growth each year , will 
not all bloom the first season ; they should be left undisturbed to establish themselves. 
per 1000, 60/- ; per 100, 6/6 1 o... — 
(White Hoop Petticoat (Bulbocodium monophyllus or 
Clusii) (1), native of N. Africa , winter-flowering, snowy white 
flowers of exquisite beauty produced in winter ; grow in pots, 
in frames, or at the foot of hot dry walls, and as soon as signs 
of growth are seen, give water freely, ht. 6 in. We import 
these bulbs each year from N Africa and only a proportion will 
flower the first season. They should remain where planted so as 
to become established per 100, 13/6 1 10. ..o 2 
„ ,, „ Extra strong bulbs ,, 1 6/6 2 4...0 3 
(Large Yellow Hoop Petticoat (Bulbocodium con- 
white hoop petticoat spicuus) (4), rich golden-yellow, ht. 6 in. ; prefers a dampish 
(Half natural size). sandy peat soil. A fair proportion of the bulbs flower the first 
year per ioo, 12/6 I 9...0 2 
f Early-flowering Yellow Hoop Petticoat (2), found in Spain by the late 
Mr. Peter Pai r , rich golden-yellow, very beautiful, flowering outdoors from February, ht. 
6 in. ; delights in a dampish sandy peat soil. A fair proportion of the bulbs should 
bloom the first season per 100, 10/6 1 6...0 2 
„ „ A few extra large bulbs ,, 15/- 2 3...0 3 
{Miniature Early Yellow Hoop Petticoat, native of Portugal, bright 
yellow, early and very pretty, a rare species, ht. 3 in. ; prefers a sandy peat soil. A 
fair proportion of the bulbs should bloom the first season per 100,21/- 3 0...0 4 
(Gracilis (S), xx, an elegant rush-leaved Daffodil, 3- to 5-flowered, pure yellow, sweet- 
scented, the last of the family to bloom, opening about end of May, ht. 14 in. per 100, 7/6 I 3... — 
j 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 crown, ht. 3 
to 4 in., flowers delicately fragrant, a native of the Pyrenees, Collected bulbs per 100, 6/6 1 o... — 
f MaCLEAYI (Panza bicolor and Diomedes minor) (4), xx, flowers small, solid white 
perianth, yellow goblet-shaped cup, a characteristic little Daffodil, ht. 4 in., per 100, 25/- 3 6...0 4 
fSEROTINUS (5), a rare little Narcissus, producing in October, on slender stems, 
little star-shaped flowers with silvery white perianth and a minute golden-yellow cup, 
sometimes two to three flowers on a stem, fragrant, ht. 10 in. It requires a warm spot on 
rockwork and to be lightly covered during winter ; it may also be grown in pots in a 
cold frame per ioo, 12/6 I 9...0 2 
§tTENUIOR (the Slender Straw-coloured Daffodil) (4), xx, perianth sulphury white, 
cup yellow, several flowers on a stem, ht. 9 in per ioo, 21/- 3 0...0 4 
VlRIDIFLORUS, the Green Narcissus, a rare species, native of Morocco and 
the Gibraltar Rock* bearing in November on a tall slender stem two to four little 
star-shaped green flowers which are deliciously fragrant — ...4 6 
Four Interesting Books on the Daffodil. 
John Parkinson’s “ Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris,” or A Garden of all sorls of pleasant 
flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up : with A Kitchen garden of all manner of 
herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sausc used with us, and An Orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing Trees 
and Shrubbes fit for our Land together With the right orderinge, planting & preserving of them and their 
uses & vertues, Collected by John Parkinson, Apothecary of London, 1629.” Faithfully reprinted from the 
Edition of 1629 ; a delightlully written, interesting old book. £% 3*. 
The Book of the Daffodil (by Rev. S. E. Bourne), containing valuable information on the cultivation 
of the Daffodil gained by the results of the author’s own personal experience, 2/6 ; post free, 2/9. 
Daffodils (by Rev. Joseph Jacob), a well-got-up useful book on the Daffodil, with 8 coloured plates, 
1/6 ; post free, 1/9. 
Narcissus, its History and Culture (by F. W. Burbidge), with coloured figures of species and prin- 
cipal varieties, and a review of the classification by J. G. Baker, F.L.S., with 48 coloured plates. £1 to s. 
