September 17, *1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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acre in extent, and is walled all round. On the walls 
are Peach and Plum trees bearing heavy crops of grand 
fruit; also some Cherry and Pear trees. The culinary 
crops were looking well considering the severe drought. 
On the Peach-border were several rows of Sutton’s 
Earliest of All Tomato bearing a wonderful crop. A 
great deal more might be written about these well-kept 
gardens, but fearing I am taking up too much of your 
valuable space, I will close by thanking Mr. Molyneux 
for his kindness to A Visitor. 
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THE LONG-LOST DAFFODIL. 
A couple of years before Shakespeare died and was 
buried in the old church of Stratford-on-Avon—that is 
to say, in the year 1614—a book containing rude 
etchings of garden flowers was published in Paris, under 
the title of Jardin du. Roy, it being nominally, if not 
in reality, devoted to the illustration of flowers then 
valued and grown in the gardens of King Louis XIII. 
In this book is a sketch of what the late Adrian 
Haworth called Narcissus cyclamineus as far back as 
1831. Haworth does not appear to have known the 
book above alluded to, as he quotes an engraving of the 
same plant published in an anonymous folio of etchings 
known as the Theatrum Flora., and published in 1637. 
Haworth never saw the plant itself, either alive or as a 
dried specimen; but finding, 
during his researches, the 
figure as aforesaid in the 
Theatrum Florce, under the 
name of “Narcissus his- 
panicus minor luteus amplo 
calice foliis reflexis,” he at 
once recognised its specific 
distinctness, placed implicit 
faith in the drawing, and 
named it as above recorded 
in his latest monograph 
of the genus he loved so 
well. 
The next author to men¬ 
tion the plant was the 
Hon. and Rev. Dean 
Herbert, in his work on the 
Amaryllidacea, at p. 305. 
In the first line of his 
reference he blunders in 
confusing Eudbeck’s name 
with the Theatrum Flora, 
Rudbeck’s rare Campi 
Elysii of 1701 being quite 
a different work from the 
Theatrum Flora, of the 
authorship and draughtsman¬ 
ship of which little is now 
known. “N. cyclamineus 
(says Herbert), is another ab¬ 
surdity which will never be 
found to exist. It is, pro¬ 
bably, an execrable represen¬ 
tation of Ganymedes capax 
(N. triandrus albus), with 
the margin of the cup incorrectly given ; and looking 
at the rest of Eudbeck’s figures (Herbert does not 
appear to have ever seen Eudbeck’s book) I have no 
hesitation in rejecting it as a nonentity.” 
Herbert, like Haworth, never saw the plant living 
or dead, and so far as I believe or know, no mention of 
this plant is met with until I alluded to it, and 
reproduced the figure from the Theatrum Flora in the 
Gardeners' Chronicle, December 19th, 1885, p. 789, 
fig. 185. Up to this date no one appears to have seen 
the living plant since the artist of the Theatrum drew 
it in 1637, so that for a period of nearly 250 years the 
plant itself was utterly lost sight of by gardeners and 
botanists alike. The records had been referred to, but 
the reality was lost. Very soon after my paper appeared 
in the Gardeners' Chronicle, however, Mr. Johnston 
rediscovered the plant near Oporto, and Mr. Alfred W. 
Tait collected bulbs and gave them very generously to 
amateurs and others interested in Narcissi; and during 
the early part of 1887 this plant flowered in several 
gardens, and has been figured in the Botanical 
Magazine for August of the current year, t. 6950. 
Our illustration was prepared under the direction of 
Mr. Barr, and represents a portion of the ‘‘ Enchanted 
Island ” in Portugal, whereon this rare species abounds. 
Mr. Barr tell us that during the early spring months, 
when the plant is in full growth and blossom, the 
water in the adjoining stream rises so as to actually lave 
the roots of the plant, as shown in the accompanying 
illustration of the home of N. cyclamineus. 
Another rare Portuguese Daffodil is the pale sulphur- 
flowered N. (Ajax) Johnstoni, also found near Oporto, 
and named in compliment to the re-discoverer of the 
rare golden - blossomed Cyclamen - flowered species. 
These two plants, which undoubtedly represent the 
novelties of the current year, so far as Narcissi are 
concerned, are figured natural size in our illustration 
on p. 37, along with a three-blossomed scape of 
N. triandrus albus, another rare Portuguese plant. The 
drawings are by Mr. Moon, and have been placed at 
our disposal by Mr. Barr, who during the spring of 
1887 spent some months in the localities where these 
rare species naturally exist in Portugal. It may be 
worth while for me to observe here, that although N. 
cyclamineus is not figured in Rudbeck’s Campi Elysii, 
yet there are figures of nearly a hundred species and 
varieties of Narcissus in that work, and some of these 
are unknown in our present-day gardens. Professor 
Bayley Balfour, of Oxford, recently permitted me to 
see the most perfect copy of this book now existing in 
the Sherardian collection, and I also made tracings of 
the Narcissi from a copy of Part ii.— Liber secundus — 
in the British Museum. The first portion of this 
volume (Part i.) was almost entirely destroyed by fire at 
Upsal, soon after it was printed in 1702. It is most 
encouraging to lovers and cultivators of these lovely 
flowers to know that there yet remains a number of 
old varieties to be re-discovered of those figured by the 
old masters ; while as to the potentially hybrid and 
seminal variations, there is practically no limit in our 
gardens.— F. W. Burbidge. 
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PHLOX DRUMMOND! 
When looking over the Portland Nursery of Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons, at Eeading, a few days ago, I was much 
struck with the effectiveness and beauty of the improved 
varieties of Drummond’s Phlox. Since Drummond 
sent home this Phlox from Texas, it has been in culti¬ 
vation in this country for about half a century, during 
which time it has become greatly improved, especially 
during the last twenty years, and this Phlox has done 
well this season, notwithstanding the hot and dry 
weather. I have seen it growing in several places this 
year, and always in the best condition, so it may safely 
be assumed that, provided plants be got out early in 
good soil, and can have a fair start, they are certain to 
do well. Like the Verbena, the plants make a dense 
growth, and soon cover the surface of the bed with a 
thick screen of foliage, keeping the roots cool and moist, 
and thus helping the quick development of the flowers. 
I can remember Drummond’s Phlox when it had a 
tall, straggling habit of growth, the flowers thin and 
somewhat starry, and the colours limited in number. 
It is very different now ; its habit of growth has been 
dwarfed, rendered more compact, and altogether more 
desirable for bedding. Possessing these advantages, the 
Phlox Drummondi can safely be recommended for 
bedding purposes. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons divide their annual Phloxes 
into several groups, and anyone desirous of studying 
the characteristics of these can do so at Eeading during 
the month of September. First of all, there is the 
group of varieties comprehended under Phlox Drum¬ 
mondi grandiflora. In the foreground I place that fine 
form known as Grandiflora splendens, the flowers of the 
richest blood-crimson, with a white centre in the form 
of a star, the pips large, stout, and of the finest form. 
I know no Verbena that can compare with this for 
brilliancy, and a bed of it makes a superb floral picture. 
The best varieties are Alba, pure white ; Black Warrior, 
deep black crimson ; Carminea alba oculata, carmine 
with a white eye; Chamois Rose, delicate salmon-rose ; 
Coccinea, scarlet ; Violacea albo-oculata, violet with 
white eye. All the varieties named have large and 
perfectly-formed flowers, and they are all distinct and 
striking. Another group is under the head of Phlox 
Drummondi grandiflora elegans. Here we get a very 
showy class, the large and well-formed flowers having 
conspicuous white centres of such great size that there 
is only space left for a decided ring of marginal colour. 
The varieties are Carminea, 
margined with carmine ; 
Rosea, rose border; and 
Violacea, violet margin. 
They come true from seeds, 
and a mixture of these 
three colours would make 
a very showy bed. A third 
group is formed of dwarf 
and compact-growing types, 
having striking colours, the 
habit not more than 6 ins. 
in height, the plants 9 ins. 
or 10 ins. across. This 
type comes very true from 
seed, and while showy and 
useful in any garden, is 
particularly well adapted for 
those of small size. One of 
the most striking is Chamois 
Rose, pale bright salmon- 
rose, a delicate but bright 
hue of colour. Others are 
Alba oculata, white with 
violet eye; Atropurpurea 
albo-oculata, purple with 
white eye ; Cinnabarina, 
bright cinnabar; Fireball, 
crimson-scarlet ; Snowball, 
pure white; and Victoria, 
dazzling deep scarlet. 
Then we get a small group 
named Hortensireflora, be¬ 
cause of their dense blooming 
qualities. They are the 
most profuse of all, and in 
habit intermediate between the compact and Grandi¬ 
flora types. There are four colours—viz., Rosea, 
brilliant rose ; Alba, pure white; Coccinea, bright 
scarlet ; and Violacea, violet. 
"When we come to Phlox Drummondi Heynholdi, 
we reach a type that is well adapted for pot-culture, 
because so compact in growth and so very free. The 
first type of this Phlox was observed growing in the 
gardens of the castle of Reinhardsbrun, in the Grand 
Duchy of Gotha—the favourite residence of the late 
Prince Consort. Mr. Ernest Denary called there on 
one occasion and pointed out this seedling to the 
gardener, Mr. Heynhold ; the seed was saved and 
passed into the hands of Mr. Benary, and this novelty 
was distributed for the first time in 1868, and the name 
of Heynholdi was given to it in honour of the raiser. 
Mr. Benary paid great attention to this section, and 
obtained from it several new varieties, which are great 
improvements upon the one first named ; and in a 
communication made to me respecting this Phlox, lie 
states:—“I have found, by experience, that all the 
section are specially adapted for growing in small pots.” 
Then they are abundant and persistent bloomers. 
Two of the very best are Alba, white, and Cardinalis, 
scarlet. Phlox Drummondi Graaf Gedo is a very 
compact growing type, perhaps of all the best adapted 
for pot culture. This I take to be a very dwarf selection 
from P. Heynholdi, and, like the last-named, the seeds 
are always scarce. 
The new double white Phlox Drummondi must, I 
Home of the Long-lost Daffodil: Nakcissus cyclamineus. 
