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not  strictly  bulbous  plants,  and  the  Winter  Aconite  also, 
•were  largely  grown  in  this  country.  We  have  recently 
turned  our  attention  to  Ireland,  and  found  there  the  finest 
strains  of  Anemones.  The  Ranunculus,  practically  a 
neglected  plant,  is  nmv  but  little  grown.  We  import  Ixias 
and  Sparaxes  from  Guernsey  and  a  few  other  subjects, 
which  are  grown  only  to  a  limited  extent.  The  Roman 
Hyacinth  comes  from  abroad  ;  so  do  the  early  Gladioli. 
But  the  Daffodil  is  now  essentially  an  English  flower,  and 
there  is  every  probability  that  the  bulb  industry  of  our  own 
country,  and  especially  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  Daffodil, 
will  grow  rather  than  diminish  in  the  years  to  come. — 
Richard  Dean,  Y.M.H. 
Galtonia  candicans. 
GALTONIA  CANDICANS. 
This  stately  compeer  and  meet  associate  for  scarlet  Gladioli  in 
beds  or  borders,  will  be  known  to  some  of  our  readers  as 
Hvacinthus  candicans.  It  is  a  splendid  bulbous  plant,  and  one 
which  has  for  many  years  been  employed  in  larger  beds,  these  con¬ 
taining  Gladioli,  as  we  say,  and  Kniphofias  and  similar  flowers.  It 
flowers  during  July,  August  and  September,  the  beautiful, 
scented,  drooping  white  flowers  shooting  erectly  to  4ft  high.  The 
illustration,  kindly  lent  by  Messrs.  Dicksons.  Ltd.,  Chester, 
affords  an  accurate  impression  of  its  character.  The  bulbs  are  as 
easy  to  cultivate  as  either  Hyacinths  cr  Kniphofias;  indeed, 
what  suits  these,  will  also  answer  for  Galtonia.  The  plants  are 
easily  increased  by  detaching  the  offsets  from  the  bulbs  in  Sep¬ 
tember  or  October,  and  replanting. 
The  Forms  of  the  Narcissus. 
It  is  a  common  circumstance  that  all  novelties,  the  result  off 
the  hybridist,  must  show  changes  of  form,  perhaps  in  one  distinct 
line,  perhaps  in  many,  as  in  the  present  instance,  so  that  either 
as  natural  hybrids  picked  up  by  the  explorer  after  rarities,  cr  the 
production  of  the  stay-at-home  manipulator,  there  is  now  a 
wonderful  diversity  of  form  among  Narcissi.  Form,  indeed,  has 
for  some  years  appreciably  marked  the  status  of  many  sorts. 
The  true  Narcissus  or  Daffodil  of  old  England  was  undoubtedly 
N.  pceticus,  to  which  the  name  of  parvi-coronatus  has  been  given 
in  Mr.  Baker’s  monograph  of  1869.  This  section  is  not  repre¬ 
sented  in  any  of  the  cuts  on  the  opposite  page,  but  is  well  known 
by  its  flattened  white  petals  and  its  tiny  cup.  The  finest  forms 
at  present  in  commerce  comprise  ernatus  and  re  cur  v  us,  the  old- 
fa'shioned  Pheasant’s  Eye.  Both  sorts  require  high  culture.  It 
is  deliciously  scented.  Grandiflorus  and  Almira  are  newer  sorts,  the 
last-named  the  more  promising  of  the  two.  The  double  posticus 
derived  from  Constantinople  three  centuries  ago  is,  when  in  good 
form,  exactly  like  the  top  bloom  of  Golden  Phoenix  (see  figure). 
It  was  asserted  and  finally  proved  by  Mr.  Barr  to  be  a  form  of 
patellaris.  It,  like  the  ethers,  affects  high  culture.  It  has  been 
named  the  Gardenia  Narcissus,  but  the  old  English  name,  Sweet 
Nancy,  is  much  prettier. 
In  the  same  group  is  N.  biflorus,  a  supposed  natural  hybrid 
between  a  pceticus  and  N.  polyanthus  or  a  Tazetta.  The  bloom 
is  primrose  coloured  and  inexpressibly  sweet.  N.  Tazetta,  also 
derived  from  Constantinople,  is  best  known  as  the  species  that 
provides  the  charming  Soled  d'Or,  Grand  Monarquo,  &c.,  the 
lovely  Paper  White  and  The  Pearl,  which,  I  believe,  was  long 
grown  on  the  Scilly  Islands  as  the  Scilly  White. 
The  Burbidgei  section  is  the  result  of  a  cross  between  N. 
poeticus  and  N.  incomparabilis.  There  is  not  a  cut  of  this  either, 
but  the  flowers  are  round,  rather  small,  with  the  perianth  either 
white'  cr  yellow,  and  the  cup  small,  varied  in  colour.  The  one  I 
like  best  is  Vairessa,  but  Baroness  Heath  and  John  Bain  may  also 
be  grown.  They  are  capital  for  cutting.  I  have  purposely 
referred  to  these  first,  because  amongst  them  we  have  the  oldest, 
the  prettiest,  the  sweetest,  and  the  easiest  cultivated  forms. 
The  Magni-Coronati  section,  of  which  the  English  Daffodil  is 
the  commonest,  contains  the  most  magnificent  forms.  They  are 
the  old  Bastard  Daffodils  cr  pseudo-Narcissi.  Henry  Irving  comes 
very  near  the  type,  but  with  the  trumpet  enlarged.  In  many 
places  the  true  pseudo  fails  to  bloom  satisfactorily,  but  generally 
N.  obval laris  succeeds,  Golden  Spur,  Glory  of  Leiden,  Shake¬ 
speare,  Emperor,  Maximus  (see  plate),  I.  B.  Berkeley,  and  Prince 
Alfred,  are  each  excellent.  Of  the  lovely  bicolor  forms  the  more 
desirable  are  Horsfieldi,  Grandee,  Wear  dale  Perfection.  Among 
the  wholly  white  or  sulphur  tinted  varieties,  N.  Albicans,  Mrs. 
Thomson,  and  Madame  de  Graaff  should  be  certainly  grown, 
Pallidus  proeebx  where  it  will  grow,  and  Princess  Ida,  a  most 
charming  variety,  and  good  doer. 
N.  Johnstoni  Queen  of  Spain  belongs  to  this  section,  and 
Santa  Maria  a  very  early  kind.  The  Swan  Neck  or  W.  Goldring 
has  drooping  flowers  of  much  the  same  form.  Then  there  are 
Minimus,  Minor,  and  Nanus,  all  three  dwarfs.  Dcublo  forms  of 
this  group,  Telamonius  plenu's,  and  Capax  plenus. 
The  group  between  the  last  and  the  first  is  called  Medio- 
coronati,  and  is  remarkable  for  the  large  number  cf  hybrid  forms 
of  which  it  is  mainly  composed.  Of  these  the  most  beautiful  is 
certainly  the  Incomparabilis  section,  and  of  these  the  finest  is  Sir 
Watkin,  a  variety  with  a  queer  modern  history,  but  an  old 
English  flower,  supposed  tc  be  the  “Great  Nonpareilla”  of  Parkin¬ 
son.  White  Queen  is  an  expensive  pure  white,  reckoned  by  connois¬ 
seurs  the  finest  of  this  type,  and  Brigadier  and  Lady  Margaret 
Boscawen  are  other  grand  forms.  Gloria  Mundi,  Stella  Superba, 
C.  I.  Blackhouse,  Queen  Sophia,  Red  Star,  and  Lulwcrtb  Beauty 
also  deserve  special  notice. 
There  are  three  double  forms  in  this  section,  cf  which  the  most 
beautiful  is  Sulphur  Crown.  The  plant  is  too  tender  to  do  well 
except  in  a  warm  position.  Codlins-  and  Cream  is  the  quaint 
common  name  of  this  form. 
Of  the  Leedsi  section  are  a  few  that  cannot  be  denied  a  place 
in  the  most  contracted  of  gardens.  Such  a  one  is  Mrs.  Langtry, 
here  portrayed.  In  every  respect  it  is  exquisite.  Some  people, 
however,  prefer  Minnie  Hume,  and  Duchess  of  Westminster  ought 
to  be  added.  Some  cf  t lie  Barri  section  are  almost  equally  charm¬ 
ing,  especially  Barri  conspicuus,  Flora  Wilson,  the  Now  Sea  Gull, 
and  Albatross.  In  addition  I  would  crave  a  little  room  to  draw 
attention  to  the  little  Rush  Daffodil,  N.  JcnquilLr,  the  Camper- 
nello  Jonquil,  NT.  odorus. 
The  forms  of  N.  triandrus  are  of  exquisite  beauty,  and  N. 
Cyclamineus  should  certainly  find  a  place  on  account  of  the 
recurved  flowers. 
I  have  to  apologise  for  neglecting  Nelscni  Major,  the  best  of 
a  section  so  called  after  an  old  raiser  of  Daffodils.  The  Hoop 
Petticoat  (N.  Bulbocodium),  and  some  others  do  not  succeed  in 
the  open,  but  they  are  certainly  worth  the  trouble  cf  growing 
in  pots,  planting  the  bulbs  quite  close  together.-  R. 
