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orange-scarlet ; Flora Wilson, perianth white, cup orange- 
scarlet ; Lady Godiva, white; Mrs. C. Bowley, perianth 
white, cup orange-red ; Orphee, perianth primrose, cup 
orange-scarlet ; Seagull, perianth white, cup canary. Other 
distinct types in this group are N. Nelsoni, having flowers 
with goblet-shaped cups and white perianths, of which Mrs. 
Backhouse, Resolute and William Backhouse are charming 
varieties; and N. triandrus albus (Angel's Tears), a dainty, 
chaste and elegant kind, with creamy-white cyclamen-like 
flowers and reflexed petals. The Jonquils belong to this 
group also. There is the Rush-leaved Jonquil (N. juucifolius), 
a dwarf kind, with rush-like foliage and small yellow fragrant 
flowers; N. odorus (Campernelle Jonquil), with yellow flowers, 
several on a stem ; N. rugulosus, yellow with wrinkled cup ; 
N. odorus plenus (Queen Anne’s Jonquil), with double-yellow 
sweet-scented flowers ; and Campernelli plenus, with double- 
yellow sweet-scented flowers. 
Poet’s Narcissi. — This race of Daffodils has always been 
popular on account of its chaste beauty, its pleasing fragrance, 
and its comparatively late-flowering. The numerous varieties 
are admirably adapted for naturalising in the grass or wood- 
land, or grouping in the border. They flower from the end 
of April to the end of May. The old-fashioned varieties are 
the Pheasant’s Eye, perianth white and cup margined with 
orange-red, blooming end of May; and Ornatus, perianth white, 
cup margined with scarlet, late April. Beautiful modern varie- 
ties are : Almira, perianth white, cup margined with red ; Cas- 
sandra, pure white perianth, cup rimmed with dark red ; Epic, 
snow-white perianth, cup canary-yellow, edged with madder- 
crimson ; Homer, white perianth, cup orange, margined with 
deep crimson ; Minerva, white perianth, chrome-coloured cup, 
rimmed with cinnabar-red ; and Tennyson, perianth, with 
lemon-yellow cup, edged with madder-red. 
Poetaz Narcissi. — A new race of hybrid Daffodils, the result 
of crossing the Poet’s (Orr.atus) with the Polyanthus Narcissus. 
Several flowers are borne on a stem, and all the varieties pos- 
sess a delicious fragrance. The varieties named below thrive 
well in groups in the mixed border : Aspasia has a white 
perianth, and a golden-yellow cup ; Elvira a white perianth, and 
a yellow cup, edged orange; Jaune a Merveille, primrose 
perianth, and a yellow orange-edged cup ; and Klondyke, a 
snowy-white perianth, and golden-yellow 7 cup. 
And, lastly, come the Peerless Daffodil (N. biflorus), with a 
white perianth and yellow crown ; N. jonquilla (Single Sweet 
Jonquil), with yellow fragrant flowers; Double Jonquil (N. j. 
flore pleno), with double yellow fragrant flowers; and the Nose- 
