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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[July, 
a pasture about a mile from Baveno, near 
Lago Maggiore, on the side of the road to 
Milan, the bulbs being found single and 
scattered about the pasture, not growing in 
tufts.” 
VII. Aurelia. 
Broussonetii, flowers white; figured by Bur- 
bidge, plate 47. 
We now come to the plants which are either 
known to be, or are supposed to be of Hybrid 
origin, and propose to describe briefly the garden 
varieties of each, ranging them in groups under 
their respective types, which are first briefly defined. 
MEDIICOEONATI. 
Humei (incomparabilis X Pseudo - Narcissus), 
nodding flowers with straight cup, nearly as 
long as the dog-eared floppy perianth; tube 
variable in length. 
Hume’s White, perianth and trumpet silvery 
white ; a very graceful plant. L. 
Hume’s Sulphur (albidus), perianth sulphury 
white, trumpet yellow, a very distinct 
plant. L. 
Hume’s Concolor, perianth and trumpet uni¬ 
form yellow, a very remarkable hybrid. L. 
Hume’s Giant (monstrosus) perianth yellow 
changing to sulphur, trumpet yellow ; flower 
very large and of extraordinary character. 
Ij. 
Backhousei, bold habit; flowers horizontal with 
distinct basal tube, and long cup nearly 
equalling the spreading perianth. 
Backhousei, perianth sulphury white, spreading, 
trumpet yellow; a remarkably fine hybrid. B. 
Cupid, perianth sulphur-white, trumpet yellow, 
medium sized flower. Leichtlin. 
Daisy, perianth sulphur-white, trumpet yellow, 
medium sized flower. Leichtlin. 
H. J. Elwes, perianth large yellow, with large 
deep yellow trumpet; a wonderful hybrid. 
Macleai (Pseudo-Narcissus x Tazetta), sturdy 
habit, 1—2-flowered; flowers small, hori¬ 
zontal, with short tube, spreading perianth, 
and cylindrical cup. 
Macleai, perianth white, yellow cup, small neat 
flower. 
Major (Sabini), perianth large white, cup yellow. 
*Paekinsoni, perianth white, cup yellow. No. 1 
of the three natural hybrids found on the 
Pyrenees by Mr. H. E. Buxton in 1881 may 
prove to be this plant. 
Nelsoni, 1-flowered; flowers horizontal, with short 
tube below the broad spreading perianth, the 
cup cylindrical, rarely expanded at the mouth. 
Nelsoni, perianth large white, cup yellow, 
straight, and usually suffused with orange on 
first expanding. L. 
Aurantius, perianth broad, white, flat, and 
spreading, cup suffused with orange scarlet, 
ribbed and expanding at the mouth. L. 
Expanses, perianth broad, white, flat, and spread¬ 
ing, cup yellow and expanded. L. 
Margaret Jones, a hybrid of Mr. Leichtlin’s, 
Empress X Poeticus grandiflorus, perianth 
sulphur-white, somewhat wavy, cup yellow. 
Major, perianth large white, cup yellow and 
straight, usually suffused with orange on first 
opening; a tallish grower. L. 
Minor, perianth white, cup ymllow, small flower 
and comparatively dwarf; it may be distin¬ 
guished by the pistil projecting a trifle beyond 
the mouth of the cup. L. 
Pulchellus, perianth white, cup yellow ; it can 
be easily distinguished by the perfect campa- 
nulate shape of the well-imbricated flowers, 
and their somewhat drooping character on 
first opening. L. 
William Backhouse, perianth white, cup yel¬ 
low ; this is evidently the same cross as the 
foregoing, but without the colouring matter; 
the cup is pure yellow, thus showing that Mr. 
Leeds and Mr. Backhouse used similar flowers 
in crossing. B. 
Bernaedi, perianth white, cup yellow, sturdy foli¬ 
age. The Hon. Mrs. Barton, Straffan House, 
County Kildare, collected this handsome 
hybrid a few miles from Luchon, on the 
Pyrenees, 1878, and it has been verified by 
Mr. Burbidge as the type Bernard!. 
No. 1: this on further investigation may prove to 
be Macleai Parkinsoni, re-introduced by Mr. 
H. E. Buxton, 1881, and found on Pic Ente- 
cade, near Luchon. Mr. Buxton brought 
home at least three varieties, that is No. 1, 
and the two following, and although they 
have all the appearance of being produced 
by the same cross as Mrs. Barton’s plant, 
they are very different in habit, the leaves 
being more numerous, and the flowers smaller 
and more abundant. The members of the 
Daffodil Conference may be assured there is 
some interesting work in store for them in 
1885. 
Eritton Decoy, perianth white, cup yellow 
edged with orange. 
H. E. Buxton, perianth white, cup suffused with 
orange-scarlet. 
Tridymus, near Nelsoni, but with a somewhat 
more obconical tube, 1 to 3 usually 2-fl jwered; 
flowers varying much in size. 
A. Eawson, large bold yellow well-imbricated 
flowers, of which there were two on the speci¬ 
men, but Mr. Eawson expects three or four 
flowers on his plant in 1885. Eawson. 
Duke of Albany, perianth sulphur, cup orange. 
B. 
Duchess of Albany, perianth sulphur, cup 
yellow. B. 
Grand Duke of Hesse, perianth creamy white, 
cup yellow. B. 
Innocence, perianth small sulphur white, cup 
yellow. B. 
Princess Alice, perianth creamy white, cup 
orange. B. 
S. A. DE Graaff, large bold yellow well-imbri¬ 
cated flowers changing to primrose, cup 
yellow. B. 
Tridymus, perianth and cup yellow; plant some¬ 
what recumbent. B. 
Leedsii (montanus X Pseudo-Narcissus), 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 ; 
it differs from incomparabilis in the paler hue 
of its cup. The group VincenU has been 
partly included under Leedsii. 
Amabilis, perianth large, white, and spreading, 
cup long and conspicuous, changing from 
primrose to white. L. 
Acis, perianth white, elegant cup stained with 
orange, changing to white. B. 
Aglaia, perianth white, cup changing from 
stained orange to white. L. 
Alexis, perianth white, elegant cup, changing 
from stained orange to white. B. 
