A TRUE OR TRUMPET DAFFODIL 
(Narcissus pseudo-narcissus) 
The normal forms are all yellow hut the 
variety shown above (Narcissus bicolor 
grandis) with white petals and yellow 
trumpet is a familiar one in gardens. 
Narcissus grow natively in Central 
Europe and the Mediterranean region 
ranging eastward through Asia and 
China to Japan, some of the hardier 
Trumpets being found as far north as 
England and Sweden 
THE STAR OR CHALICE- 
FLOWERED NARCISSUS 
A member of the medium-crowned group, 
Narcissus incomparabilis is by some con¬ 
sidered a hybrid of Pseudo-Narcissus and 
poeticus types. A native of southern France, 
Spain, and the Tyrol, it has firmly estab¬ 
lished itself in the affections of American 
gardeners. Flowers frequently 3-4 inches 
across, and in many varieties including 
double forms; one of the larger bi-colors 
is pictured here 
Do T o u Know 
POET S NARCISSUS OR PHEASANT'S EYE 
Belonging to the short-crowned group, Narcissus poeticus 
from the Mediterranean region is an old favorite and 
readily recognized by its red-margined corona; extensively 
used for forcing indoors as well as in the spring garden. 
11 has been much used also in hybridizing and is the parent 
of some of the most fascinating forms with larger cups as, 
for example, variety Horace. It is to poeticus that the 
legend of Narcissus has attached itself and this species 
is popularly spoken of as Narcissus in contradistinction 
to the yellow Trumpet Daffodil 
T HE Narcissus or Daffodil family is one of the most fascinating and possibly one of the most 
confused of popular garden groups in ordinary parlance. There is, however, a very simple 
way of fixing the main distinctions in mind and this is by thinking of the tube and cup as a 
sort of funnel upon which the rays are slid back and forth, the relative position of rays 
upon funnel or tube determining the division to which the flower belongs. Roughly, the cultivated 
Daffodils or Narcissus are divided into three main groups: 1) The True or Trumpet Daffodils, 
whose crowns equal or surpass the perianth-segments in length (see Large Trumpet and Hoop- 
petticoat Daffodil); 2) The Star or Chalice-flowered Narcissus with crowns about half the 
length of segments (see N. incomparabilis center below); 3) The Narcissus in which the crown 
is very short or reduced to a rim (see N. poeticus below, and N. jonquilla on opposite page). 
Of course there are many in¬ 
termediate forms and in order to 
correctly classify the numerous 
hybrids the Royal Horticultural 
Society of England has adopted 
eleven divisions, but for general 
purposes it may be sufficient to 
hold the three chief garden groups 
—long-crowned or Trumpet, 
medium-crowned, and short- 
crowned—clearly in mind. In 
addition there is a tender, short 
cupped cluster-flowered, poly¬ 
anthus or tazetta group—quite 
distinct 
THE HOOP-PETTICOAT DAFFODIL 
(Narcissus bulbocodium) 
Although sometimes known as Medusa’s Trum¬ 
pet Daffodil, this little plant is distinctly dif¬ 
ferentiated from the other Trumpets by the 
rush-like, slender leaves over-topping its blooms, 
and by its declinate stamens 
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