April 18, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
339 
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS ISSUE. 
Hoop Petticoat Daffodils. 
(Narcissus Bulbocodium.) 
The typical form, of the above has a wide range of distribu¬ 
tion in the Spanish Peninsula. The flowers are inflated, bright 
yellow in colour, 1 in. to li in. long, and have a tube about 
the same length as the crown. The segments are i in. to in. 
long, and of the same colour as the crown, except that they 
have a green line on the back, and this is almost, if not quite, 
uniformly the casei throughout. The crown isi entire or 
slightly crenate on the margin, and enclose® the stamens and 
style. In a wild state there are several forms of tlxis species, 
some of which are clearly definable as distinct varieties, but 
others again run into one another by insensible gradations- 
N. B. lcbulatus is. distinguished by having a scolloped crown. 
N. B. obesus is an, early variety, having an inflated crown, and 
leaves lying squat on the ground. N. B. tenuifolius is also an 
early foam, with a six-loibed crown and the style extending 
beyond it. The most northern habitat of the 
Corbularias or Ho,op Petticoat Daffodils is at 
Bordeaux, in South-Western France, and from 
there they extend over the Pyrenees, and across 
the greater part of Spain and Portugal. The 
typical form and the variety N. B. obesus is 
also found in North Africa, as well as N. B. mono- 
phyllus. The habitats of these Corbularias are 
generally moist and boggy meadows in lowlands 
and up to some considerable elevation; and in 
their homes they stud the grassy meadows by 
thousands, like Primroses. 
N. B. citrinus, during the past twenty years, 
has been very generally imported to this country, 
and at the present day is probably the most 
frequently represented in gardens. The flowers 
are pale lemon-yellow, T|- in. to 2 in. long, with 
a crown 1 in. wide at the mouth, which is 
slightly crenate, and encloses the stamens and 
style. It is therefore the largest,, a® a rule, in 
the genus. It sometimes occurs, with pale 
creamy-white flowers. Our illustration of N. B. 
citrinus will give an idea of the whole genus in 
as far as general aspect is concerned. 
N. B. Graellsii lias a pale primrose-yellow 
flower about, |- in. long, and as wide. The style 
projects beyond the crown. Mountains of Oas- 
' tille. 
from their native habitats we noticed that they were liable 
to' vary, much in the same way as nearly all other trumpet 
Daffodils are now known to do'. The original snipped or trun¬ 
cate form of the trumpet gives way to, a, beautiful revolute 
margin, making - a rim, as it were, of greater or less width to 
the trumpet, and greatly increasing its beauty. Mostly all 
Daffodil cultivators admire those varieties' which are well 
marked in this respect. There is no other reason for the 
application of King of Spain to this variety than this revolute 
trumpet'. It is, nevertheless, very distinct and a,s, easily dis¬ 
tinguished as Queen of Spain or any other forms of N. John- 
stoni to which names' have been given. Our illustration shows 
a clump of King of Spain growing on the rockery of Messrs. 
Barr & Sons in. their Long Ditton nurseries. 
Iris bucharica. 
Whether or not this new form of bulbous Iris, deserves the 
title of species or variety is not a question which we here set 
Narcissus Bulbocodium citrinus. 
N. B. hedraeanthus is distinguished by having a, small yellow, 
stalkless flower and a lobed crown, beyond which the stamens 
and style project. Each bulb produces one leaf only. Moun¬ 
tains of Jaen. 
1 N. B. monophyllus also has a, solitary leaf, but sometimes 
! more. The flower is nearly without, a stalk, and pure white, 
with a, beautiful crenate crown, beyond which the style pro- 
, ject-s. It is the most beautiful of all the Hoop Petticoat 
Daffodils, and flowers during December, January and February. 
It is better for frame or greenhouse protection, and well 
deserves it. North of Algeria. 
N. B. nivalis is the smallest of all the Corbularias, being 
about in. long, and wide, and orange-yellow in colour. The 
style and stamens extend beyond the crown. Each bulb lias 
two to three erect leaves. On the mountains of central Spain 
and Asturias it ascends to a considerable altitude, ranging 
I between 2,000 ft. and 5,000 ft. 
Narcissus Johnstoni King of Spain. 
The slender, graceful habit of N. Johnston! gives it an 
elegance that is seldom found in the more ordinary forms of 
the old Lent, Lily. In the typical form the flowers are of a 
beautiful soft, bright yellow, which seems to run through the 
varieties which have been named. The most striking feature 
; is the truncate character of the trumpet. Soon after the 
importations brought large, numbers of bulbs into this country 
ourselves to determine ; suffice to say that specific names have 
been given to much less deserving and less distinct forms of 
Iris and other subjects. 
It is undoubtedly most nearly allied to I. orchioides, with 
the structure of which it agrees in almost every particular. 
The last-named species has pretty bright yellow flowers, with 
two or more black spots on the petals, and a, black line run¬ 
ning down each side of the crest. From this I. bucharica 
merely differs by being white, with the exception of the upper 
half of the falls and the crest, which are bright yellow. The 
broad claw seems' slightly more auricled than I. orchioides, but 
this may be due to the sharp bend or knee, to the fall. The 
narrow ridge forming the crest of the fall is finely toothed on 
the edge, and of great depth, recalling in appearance a cock’s 
comb. The habit of the plant is precisely like that of I. 
orchioides, and vigorous plants bear a flower in the axil of 
almost every leiaf from the base of the stem upwards. The 
order of expansion is from the top of the stem downwards, so 
that a, long succession of bloom is ensured. The illustration 
of this was prepared from a photograph taken in the nursery 
of Messrs. Barr & Sons, at, Long Ditton, Surrey, on the 3rd 
inst,, but we had seen flowering specimens at various places 
for three or four weeks previously. The various foams of I. 
orchioides come from Turkestan, and the specific name of the 
beautiful Iris under notice would suggest that, it come® from 
Bokhara. 
