Revised System For The Classification of Daffodils 
Division | 
TRUMPET NARCISSI Distinguishing character: One 
flower to a stem; Trumpet or Cup as long as or 
longer than the Perianth segments. 
(a) Perianth colored: Trumpet colored, not paler 
than the Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Trumpet colored. 
(c) Perianth white; Trumpet white, not paler than 
the Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into the other 
groups. 
Division II 
LARGE-CUPPED NARCISSI Distinguishing char- 
acters; One flower to a stem; Cup more than one- 
third but less than equal to the length of the Peri- 
anth segment. 
(a) Perianth colored; Cup colored, not paler than 
the Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Cup colored. 
(c) Perianth white; Cup white, not paler than the 
Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into other | 
groups. 
Division III 
SMALL-CUPPED NARCISSI Distinguishing char- 
acters: One flower to a stem; Cup not more than one- 
third the length of the Perianth segments. 
(a) Perianth colored; Cup colored, not paler than 
the Perianth. 
(b) Perianth white; Cup colored. 
(c) Perianth white; Cup white, not paler than the 
Perianth. 
(d) Any color combination not falling into the other 
groups. 
Division IV 
DOUBLE NARCISSI Distinguishing character: 
Double flowers. 
Division V 
TRIANDRUS NARCISSI Distinguishing characters: 
Characteristics of Narcissus triandrus clearly evi- 
dent. 
(a) Cup not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth segments. 
Division VI 
CYCLAMINEUS NARCISSI Distinguishing char- 
acters: Characteristics of Narcissus cyclamineus 
must be clearly evident. 
(a) Cup not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth segment. 
Division VII 
JONQUILLA NARCISSI Distinguishing characters: 
Characteristics of any of the Narcissi Jonquilla 
group clearly evident. 
(a) Cup not less than two-thirds the length of the 
Perianth segments. 
(b) Cup less than two-thirds the length of the Peri- 
anth segments. 
Division VIII 
TAZETTA NARCISSI Distinguishing characters: 
Characteristics of any of the Narcissus Tazetta 
group clearly evident. 
Division IX 
POETICUS NARCISSI Distinguishing characters: 
Characteristics of any of the Narcissus poeticus 
group without admixture of any other. 
Division X 
SPECIES AND WILD FORMS AND HYBRIDS. All 
species and wild, or reputedly wild, forms and hy- 
brids. 
Division XI 
MISCELLANEOUS NARCISSI. All Narcissi not fall- 
ing into any of the foregoing Divisions. 
The awards made to Daffodils, from the highest 
downwards, are: 
F.C.C.—First Class Certificate. 
A.M.—Award of Merit. 
P.C.—Preliminary Commendation. 
Awards may be qualified in one or more of the 
following ways: 
(e) as an exhibition flower; 
(c) as a variety for cutting; 
(p) as a variety for cultivation in pots, pans or 
bowls; 
(f) as a market variety for forcing; 
(m) as a market variety for cutting from the open; 
(g) as a variety for garden decoration; 
(r) as a variety for the rock garden; 
(a) as a variety for the alpine house; 
* award made after trial. 
We have also listed the Awards made since the be- 
ginning of 1930 by the General Bulb Growers’ So- 
ciety of Haarlem, Holland. Such awards are indicated 
thus: H. The awards made to Daffodils at Haarlem 
are: 
F.C.C.H.—First Class Certificate. 
A.M.H.—Award of Merit. 
F.C.F.A.H.—First Class Forcing Award. 
E.F.A.H.—Early Forcing Award. 
F .A.H.—Forcing Award. 
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