SiPTEMBER 27 , 1913 . 
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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
POETAZ NARCISSI. 
Just about a year ago (G.M., September 
28, 1912, p. 743), I drew special attention 
to'the merits of the Poetaz Narcissi, and 
it is with not a little pleasure I return to 
the subject again, particularly because the 
vary with the knowledge of the |)erson 
questioned, and often there is a touch of 
inventive genius found in such answers. 
It may be as well therefore to again make 
it clear that for all practical purposes the 
poetaz group is of I)utc*h origin, and that 
ago at Hillegoin. The hybrid name of the 
rai'e at oiK'e suggests its origin. 
Some of our British raisers have turneil 
their atttnition to pmdaz varietii^i, and Mr. 
Engleheart has already given us Orient, 
and .Mr. I*. W. AVilliains is n'spon.vible for 
NARCISSUS KLONDYKE. 
A showy Poetaz varioty, with yellow perianth and deep golden crown or cup. 
such excellent 
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fibre and for planting i 
As pots and bowls. 
■Be in f Narcissi are steadily grow- 
'“Bcerninare being asked 
their origin, and the answers 
the beautiful varieties ive now enjoy Avere 
almost all raised by Messrs. Van der Schoot 
and Sons, Mr. R. Van der Schoot being, I 
believe, “the chief conspirator,” and the 
gentleman Avho mated Tazetta varieties 
with Narcissus poeticus ornatus many years 
Scarlet Grem, a red-crewned, apricot-yellow 
variety that does not appear in any list 
that has reached me this year. 
It must not be supposed "that Poetaz Nar¬ 
cissi are solely of use for pots or howls; 
they are good garden plants, and the bulbs 
