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pal lid ns— 
Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Teck, semipartitus. 
albus— 
Consul Crawford, Charles Hooper, Claribel, Dove, Dr. Gorman, Duke 
of Buccleuch, Fair Helen (elongatus), formosus, G. F. Wilson, 
Harpur-Crewe, H. C. Smith, James Bateman, Marmion (aurantius), 
Montrose, Mrs. C. J. Backhouse, Mrs. G. F. Wilson, Poiteau, Queen 
Bess (albus magnificus), Roland (expansus), Rosa Bonheur, Stella, 
Surprise, William Bull, 
giganteus— 
James Dickson (Sir Watkin) 
G. odorus — 
Campernelli, trilobus, interjectus, rugulosus, minor (pseudo-jtmcifolius), 
heminalis. 
8. Jonquilla — 
major (large Jonquil), medius (lesser Jonquil), minor (least JoDquil). 
9. Tazetta — 
White with yellow cup: Bazelman major, Florence Nightingale, General 
Wyndbam, gloriosus, Grand Monarque, Grand Primo Citronnier, Groot- 
voorst, Her Majesty, orientalis, Queen of the Netherlands, Sir Walter 
Scott, Staten General. 
Yellow with yellow cup: Apollo, Bathurst, Jaune Supreme, Lord Canning, 
Sir Isaac Newton, Soleil d’Or, Sulphurine. 
White with white or whitish cup: lacticolor, Louis le Grand, Luna, Paper 
White, preecox. 
12. poeticus — 
March or April-flowering varieties — 
ornatus, poetarum, radiiflorus (angustifolius), tripodalis. [It is no 
unusual thing for these to throw two or sometimes three flowers on 
a scape, hut this peculiarity is not permanent.—P. B.] 
April or May-flowering varieties — 
poeticus verus, recnrvus, patellaris. 
Garden Varieties of Hybrids (Series II). 
1. Humei —nodding flowers with straight cup, nearly as long as dog-eared 
floppy perianth, tube variable in length; it connects the section 
Ajax with Queltia. 
Hume’s White, Hume’s Sulphur, Hume’s concolor, Hume’s Giant. 
2. Backhousei —hold habit; flowers horizontal with distinct basal tube, and 
long cup nearly equalling the spreading perianth ; a connecting link 
with Ajax. 
Cupid, Daisy, H. J. Elwes. 
3. Macleai —sturdy habit, 1-2-flowered ; flowers small, horizontal, with short 
tube, spreading perianth, and cylindrical cup. 
major (Sabmi), Parkinsoni. 
3 a. Nelsoni—1-flowered ; flowers horizontal, with short tube below the broad 
spreading perianth, the cup cylindrical, rarely expanded at the 
mouth. 
aurantius, expansus, Margaret Jones, major, minor, pulchellns. 
Sc. tridymus—near Nelsoni, but with somewhat more obconical tube, 1 to 3 
usually 2-flowered; flowers varying much in size from that of 
Macleai upwards. 
A. Rawson, Duke of Albany, Duchess of Albany, Grand Duke of Hesse, 
Innocence, Princess Alice, S. A. de Graaf. 
4. Leedsii —flowers horizontal or drooping, with a long slender tube, spread¬ 
ing or dog-eared pallid perianth, and pale yellow cup varying from 
canary yellow to whitish, generally dying off white; differing from 
incomparabilis in the paler hue of its cup. 
amabilis, Acis, Aglaia, Alexis, Albion, Ariadne, Arsinoe (gloriosus minor), 
Beatrice, Ceres, Circe (gloriosus), Cybele, Duchess of Westminster, 
elegans, Fanny Mason (Vincenti gloriosus), Favourite, Fides, Flora 
McDonald, Flora, Gem, grandis, Grand Duchess, Grand Duke, Hon. Mrs. 
Barton, Horner, Ianthe, lo (stellatus), Juno (galanthiflorus major), 
Katherine Spurrell, Leda, Madge Matthew, Mrs. Langtry, Mignonne, 
Maude, Minnie Hume, Maria M. de Graaf, Mrs. Barclay, Madame Patti, 
Oddity, Purity, Princess of Wales, Palmerston, Queen of England, 
superbus, Venus (galanthiflorus minor). 
5. Barrii —usually dwarf and slender in habit; flowers horizontal, with long 
slender neck or tube, and spreading segments twice or more the 
length of the short expanded cup. (See Burbidge's Narcissi, t. 22, 
as illustrating the main features of the group. 
Bullion, conspicuus, conspicuus minor, Lass o’ Gowrie, Golden Mary, 
major, Model, 
sulphureus— 
Amy, Herbert von Bismarck, Milton, Prince Bismarck, 
albidus— 
Ada, Beatrioe Murray, Cinderella, Eclipse, elegans, Gazelle, General 
Murray, Jewel, John Stevenson, Lucy, Mrs. Darwin, Mrs, Murray, 
Maurice Vilmorin, Miriam Barton, Piccio, Romeo, Sylvia, Vivian, 
albus— 
Betsy, Climax, Diana, Dirk de Graaf, Exquisite, Golden Star, 
Heroine, Jewess, Lilliput, Lady Gray, Sensation, Silver Star, 
William Ingram. 
G. poculiformis —1-3-fiowered ; flowers nodding, white, with a long, slender, 
cylindrical tube, and a straight-sided cup, about half as long as the 
spreading, twisted, somewhat floppy perianth. 
7. gracilis —rush-leaved, 1-3-flowered ; flowers yellow, horizontal, with long 
slender tubes, spreading perianth, and shallow cup ; late flowering. 
8. Burbidgei —habit of poeticus ; flowers horizontal, mostly white, with long 
slender tube, and usually with a shallow spreading cup, which is 
frequently stained on the rim more or less distinctly with orange 
red. 
Arabella, Ariel (albidus), Alice Barr, Agnes Barr (delicatus), Amoret, 
Baroness Heath, Beatrice Heseltine, Boz (luteus), Blanche, conspicuus, 
Cowslip, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Dandy (stellatus), Edith Bell, 
Ellen Barr, Empress Eugenie, elegans, Ethel, Golden Gem, gracilis, Guin- 
ever, Johanna, John Bain (grandiflorus), J. Golden Read, Jenny Deans, 
Joe, Little Dirk, Lottie Simmons, Little John, Mary (expansus), May, 
Marvel, Model, Ossian, Pearl, Primrose Star, Princess Louise, Robin 
Hood, Sulphur Star, Thomas Moore, Absolon (grandiflorus expansus), 
Vanessa. 
Monstrosities. 
2. Pseudo-Narcissus — 
plenus, Telamonius plenus, lobularis plenns, lobularis grandiplenus, 
nanus plenus [said by Dr. Brown of Hull to have been raised by him 
from seed, one bulb only, and sent by him to the Conference ; one bulb 
also received amongst bulbs of nanus from Lincolnshire by Mr. T. S. 
Ware, supposed to be the only double Narcissus raised since the time of 
Parkinson.—P. B.], cernuus plenus, cernuus bicinctus, capax plenus 
(eystettensis, Queen Anne’s Double Sulphur Daffodil) [no person has yet 
satisfactorily determined which is the single form of this plant.—P. B.j 
5. incorhparabilis — 
atirantius plenus (Butter and Eggs), albus plenus aurantius (Eggs and 
Bacon, Orange Phcenixi), albus plenus sulphureus (Codlings and Cream, 
Sulphur Phoenix) [the supposed single form of this is semipartitus.—P. B.] 
6. odorus — 
minor plenus (Queen Anne’s Double Jonquil). 
8. Jonquilla — 
plenus (Double Jonquil). 
9. Tazetta — 
romanus (Double Roman), nobilissimus. 
12. poeticus — 
plenus (Gardenia-flowered). 
It should perhaps be explained in justice to the real workers 
in this field, that of the foregoing hybrids No. 1 Hume’s hybrid, 
No. 5 Barr's hybrid, and No. 8 Bui'bidge’s hybrid, bear names 
which are merely complimentary, the individuals thus compli¬ 
mented having had nothing whatever to do with the raising of 
the plants. The merit which attaches to the several productions 
belongs almost wholly to the late Mr. Leeds of Manchester and 
the late Mr. Backhouse of Weardale, and it is to the efforts of 
these gentlemen that we are indebted for so large and valuable 
an accession to the forms of these beautiful flowers which are 
now available for the decoration of our spring gardens. The 
exceptions are very few indeed, consisting mainly of the varieties 
named Gertrude Jekyll and Dr. Masters, which were raised by 
the late Rev. J. G. Nelson, and some three or four forms due to 
the labours of M. Max Leichtlin, of whom we may probably yet 
hear more in this connection, as we believe that gentleman is 
still earnestly occupied in the good work.—T. M.; P. B. 
GRAPE HYACINTHS. 
Ajjong the early spring-flowering bulbs few, if any, surpass 
the beautiful and varied forms and colours of the Grape Hya¬ 
cinth—Muscari. From a purely decorative point of view their 
suitability for either beds or borders can hardly be over-esti¬ 
mated, although it is only in the former of these two places that 
they can be seen to the greatest advantage, and for which 
purpose they are coming extensively into use both in private 
and public gardens, as well as for the supply of cut flowers in 
the market. They are also extremely useful for uncultivated 
places, under the shade of trees, &c., where they invariably hold 
their position, and even perceptibly increase, under the ordinary 
circumstances of Nature. Coming into flower as they do just 
as the Snowdrops and Crocuses are past, they make an agreeable 
and important succession to them, and, indeed, one we could ill 
dispense with at the present time. 
They seem to thrive in any ordinary garden soil—that is, if 
it be not too stiff; and although some of them, such as M. 
Heldreichii and M. Szovitsianum, M. neglectum, &c., increase 
rapidly, they are easily kept within bounds, becoming as a 
matter of course more showy and interesting as the clumps 
increase in size and vigour. The best time I find to plant these 
is, as with nearly all hardy bulbs, the fall of the year, say from 
October onwards, well preparing the ground to a good depth 
with a liberal supply of old leaves before planting, and a depth 
of from 6 to 9 inches will be found best, as they are then not so 
easily disturbed by hoeing or cleaning the surface. 
As the difference between the species is so small to the 
unpractised eye, the difficulty may be overcome by giving an 
extract of Mr. Baker's able summary of the species of Muscari 
in cultivation, and following it with a few notes on those most 
useful for cultivation in the garden. 
Group I.—Perianth of fertile flowers obovoid globose, a 
little longer than broad; fertile flowers bright blue ; leaves 
lorate, sub-erect.—M. botryoides, Mill., including M. Boraeanum, 
alpestre festinum, and candidum ; M. Lelierrei, Bor. ; M. Hel¬ 
dreichii, Boiss., pulchellum, Jord. non Held.; M. Strangwaissii, 
Ten.; M. Aucheri, Baker; M. lingulatum. 
Group II. — Perianth of fertile flowers obovoid oblong; 
about half as long again as broad; vernal; fertile flowers blue, 
broad-leaved.—M. paradoxum, Koch; M. grandifolium, Baker. 
Narrow-leaVed. — M. pulchellum, Held.; M. Elwesii, Baker 
Fertile flowers bright dark lilac, broad-leaved.—M. armeniacum, 
Baker ; M. conicum, Baker. Narrow-leaved.—M. dilutum, Baker ; 
