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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[May, 
3a. 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—pulchellus. 
3c. 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. Eawson—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, spreading 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 —A glaia —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 — lanthe — lo (stellatus)— 
Juno (galanthiflorus major)—Katherine Spur- 
rell—Leda—Madge Matthew—Mrs. Langtry 
—Mignonne—Maude—Minnie Hume—Maria 
M. de Graaf—Mrs. Barclay—Madame Patti 
1 - —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 illus- 
■ trating the main features of the group.) 
Bullion — conspicuus — conspicuus miuor— 
Lass o’ Gowrie — Golden Mary — major— 
Model, 
sulphm'eus— 
Amy—Herbert von Bismarck—Milton— 
Prince Bismarck, 
albidus— 
Ada — Beatrice Murray — Cinderella — 
Eclipse — elegans — Gazelle — General 
Murray — Jew'ell — John Stevenson — 
Lucy — Mrs. Darwin—Mis. Murray— 
Maurice Vilmorin — Miriam Barton — 
Piccio—Romeo— Sylvia—V ivian. 
albus— 
Betsy—Climax—Diana—Dirk de Graaf 
—Exquisite — Golden Star — Heroine— 
Jew'e ss — Lilliput—Lady Gray — Sensa¬ 
tion—Silver Star—William Ingram. 
6. poculiforviis —1—2-flowered ; flowers nodding, white, 
I 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. Bu 7 'bidgei—h&hit 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—A gnes 
Barr (delicatus)—Amoret—Baroness Heath 
—Beatrice Heseltine—Boz (luteus)—Blanche 
— conspicuus — Cowslip — Crown Prince — 
Crown Princess—Dandy (stellatus)—Edith 
Bell—Ellen Barr—Empress Eugenie—ele¬ 
gans—Ethel—Golden Gem—grachis—Guin- 
ever—Johanna—John Bain (granqiflorusj— 
J. Golden Read—Jeanie 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 plenus 
—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 Lincoln¬ 
shire, by Mr. T. S. Ware ; supposed to be the 
only double Narcissus raised since the time of 
Parkinson.—P.B.J—cemuus plenus—cernuus 
bicinctus—capax plenus (eystettensis. Queen 
Ann’s Double Sulphur Daffodil) [no person 
has yet satisfactorily determined which is the 
single form of this plant.—P. B.] 
5. incomparabilis — 
aurantius plenus (Butter and Eggs)—albus 
plenus aurantius (Eggs and Bacon, Orange 
Phcenix)—albus plenus sulphureus (Codlings 
and Cream, Sulphur Phoenix) [the supposed 
single form of this is semipartitus.—P. B.] 
6. odor us — 
minor plenus (Queen Ann’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 fore¬ 
going hybrids, No. 1 Hume’s hjbrid, No. 5 
Barr’s hybrid, and No. 8 Burbidge’s hybrid, 
bear names which are merely complimentary, 
the individuals thus complimented 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 eflbrts of these gentlemen that we are in¬ 
debted 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 Leichllin, 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. 
CELOSIAS. 
^fijirHESE are extremely valuable plants, 
i J[ I being very ornamental, of a free flower¬ 
s' ing habit, and of easy culture. For 
^ the decoration of the conservatory dur¬ 
ing the autumn months they are invaluable. 
To have them a considerable time in flower 
two sowings should be made, the first about 
the first week in April, and the second about 
the first week in May. The seeds should be 
sown in shallow pans, and these should be 
plunged in a very gentle bottom heat; they 
