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Mermaid, the upper one of these narcissi, is 
unusually large, with white perianth and 
bold, creamy colored crown. The lower 
flower, Cleopatra, is a magnificent yellow 
of the trumpet type 
LEADERS OF THE 
NARCISSUS RACE 
Of the Hundreds of Named Varieties , | 
These Are Among the Best 
TRUMPET TYPE 
All yellow: Cleopatra, Olympia, King Al¬ 
fred, Van Waveren’s Giant. White: Peter 
Barr, W. P. Milner. Bicolor: Duke of Bed¬ 
ford, Weardale Perfection, Spring Glory, 
Glory of Noordwijk. 
INCOMPARABILIS TYPE 
(Large chalice-cupped): Bernardino, cream 
and orange; Great Warley, white and clear 
yellow; Bedouin, white and orange-scarlet; 
Will Scarlett, orange-red and cream. 
BARRII TYPE 
(, Short-cupped): Masterpiece, cream and 
orange; Red Beacon, ivory, sulphur and 
orange-red. 
b LEEDSII 
(Eucharis-flowered): Czarina, white and 
citron; Sirdar, silvery white and cream; St. 
Olaf, white, cream and sulphur; Lord Kitch¬ 
ener, white and primrose; Mermaid, white and 
cream; Queen of the North, white and lemon. 
TAZETTA HYBRIDS 
Admiration, sulphur-yellow and scarlet; 
Klondyke, yellow and golden; Mignon, white 
and orange-scarlet; Elvira, yellow and orange. 
POETICUS TYPE 
Cassandra, white and dark red; Horace, 
white and dark red. 
BEST FOR NATURALIZING 
Emperor, Empress, Madam Plemp, Sir \\ at- 
kin, Conspicuus, Katherine Spurrell, Mrs. 
Langtry, Poeticus recurvus, Poeticus omatus. 
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Sir Watkin is one of 
the most satisfactory 
kinds for naturalized 
planting. Its perianth 
is sulphjcr color, and 
its yellow cup is 
tinged with bright 
orange. A bold, hand¬ 
some flower 
Another splendid 
trumpet narcissus is 
Olympia, in two 
shades of yellow. It 
is excellent both for 
growing outdoors and 
for forcing to produce 
winter blossoms in 
the house 
