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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST, 
[Mat,' 
NOMENCLATURE OF NARCISSI. 
T the Narcissus Congress of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, held on April 1, 
1884, the following resolution pro¬ 
posed by H. J. Elwes, Esq., and 
seconded by J. G. Baker, Esq., was adopted, 
and a Committee was appointed to revise the 
names now in use, in order to adapt them as 
far as possible thereto :— 
Resolved—“ That, io the opinion of this Confer¬ 
ence, uniformity of nomenclature is most desirable, 
and that garden varieties of Narcissi, whether known 
hybrid^ or natural seedlings, should be named or 
numbered in tbe manner adopted by florists, and not 
in the manner adopted by botanists.” 
The Revising Committee met on the morn¬ 
ing of the following day, when the names of 
■the flowers then present underwent revision 
and correction in the sense of the resolution. 
Elwes presided. Mr. J. G. Baker kindly 
.undertook to frame a table showing the botani¬ 
cal relationship between the several plants, 
while to Mr. T. Moore and Mr. P. Barr was 
deputed the further task of filling in the 
names of other garden forms and monstrosi¬ 
ties. The list here printed is the result of 
their joint labours ; the first portion showing 
Mr. Baker’s grouping of the botanical forms, 
and the second portion the garden varieties 
arranged according to their botanical affinities. 
THE CONGRESS CATALOGUE OF NARCISSI. 
Series I.—Genuine Species and their 
Varieties. 
[Note. —The names printed in the first left hand 
column represent the subgenera, those in the second 
indicate the admitted species, the third column contains 
the subspecies, and the fourth the varieties as under¬ 
stood botanically. The contents of a fifth column 
(garden forms) and a sixth (monstrosities) will be 
printed at the end, our page not being wide enough to 
take them in their proper position.] 
Magnicoronati. 
I. CORBULARIA— 
1. Bulbocndium 
conspicuus 
citrinus 
nivalis 
Graelsii 
monophyllus 
II. Ajax— 
2. Pseudo-Narcissus 
Pseudo-Narcissus proper | ^ SglaJd^^*^^^ 
abscissus (muticus) 
cambricus 
connecting 
lobularis / 
links between 
'J'elamonius ]• 
Pseudo- 
[P.B.] 
Narcissus and 
major 
prmceps [P.B.J J 
maximus 
obvallaris [P^B.] 
major 
minor 
% 
pumilus 
nanus 
minimus 
bicolor 
moschatus 
r a connecting link 
lorifolius< between Pseudo- 
Narcissus <fe bicolor 
'albicans [P.B.] 
cemuus 
tortuosus 
Mediicoronati. 
III. Gantmedes— 
3. calathinus 
4. triandrus 
pulchellus 
cernuus 
concolor 
nutans 
IV. Qceltia— 
5. incomparahilis 
aurandus 
albidus 
6. odorus (calathinus, Hort.) 
1 fetus 
7. juncifolius 
apodanthus 
rupicolus 
Parvicoronati. 
V. Hermione— 
8. Jonquilla 
9. Tazetta 
dubius 
intermedius 
. bifrons « ■ 
primulinus 
bicrenatus 
radiatus 
pachybulbus 
orientalis 
canariensis 
mediterraneus 
ganymedoides 
polyanthus 
ochroleucus 
papyraceus (unicolor, niveus) 
Lana 
Barlm 
Panizzianus 
italicus 
chrysanthus 
Bertolonii 
aureus 
10. viridijiorus 
11. serotinus 
elegans 
obsoletus 
VI. Eunarclssus— 
1'2. poeiicus 
stellaris 
recurvus 
poetarum 
radiiflorus (angustifolius, Ait.) 
verbauensis 
VII. Aurelia— 
13. Broussoneiii 
[Five of the preceding 13 species are, practically 
speaking, out of court as garden plants.] 
1 
Vautumn flowerers 
Series II.— Hybrids, known or presumed. 
[Note. —Of these the first column of names represents 
what are regarded as primary types ; those in the second 
are regarded as secondary types.] 
Mediicoronati. 
1. Humei (Hume’s hybrid): incomparabilis X Pseudo- 
Narcissus 
albidus 
concolor 
2. Bachhousei (Backhouse’s hybrid) : 
3. Madeai (Macleay’s hybrid) ; Pseudo-Narcissus X 
Tazetta 
Nelsoni 
Bernardi [P. B.] 
Sabini 
tridymus 
