The Classification of Daffodils 
Division I 
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 oth- 
er 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 oth- 
er groups. 
Division IV 
DOUBLE NARCISSI. Distinguishing character: 
Double flowers. 
Division V 
TRIANDRUS NARCISSI. Distinguishing charac- 
ters: Characteristics of Narcissus triandrus clear- 
ly 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 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 charac- 
ters: Characteristics of any of the Narcissi Jon- 
quilla 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 
hybrids. 
Division XI 
MISCELLANEOUS NARCISSI. All Narcissi not 
falling into any of the foregoing Divisions. 
The awards made to Daffodils, from the highest 
downwards, are: 
¥.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) asa variety for cutting; 
(p) asa variety for cultivation in pots, pans or 
bowls; 
(f) asa market variety for forcing; 
(m) as a market variety for cutting from the 
open; 
(g) asa variety for garden decoration; 
(r) asa variety for the rock garden; 
(a) asa variety for the alpine house; 
* award made after trial. 
We have also listed the Awards made since the 
beginning of 1930 by the General Bulb Growers’ 
Society of Haarlem, Holland. Such awards are in- 
dicated 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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