. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. TINY OE EUSH DAFFODIL. X,ii ,S7f6 JHnr^fvhn^ UK family of Eusb .laffudil^ is ;i large ona, tiut the jilaul befoii' us is I/le rush daf- fodil, and very different from the basket-lluwered daffodil, the gay corlnilaria which sometimes hears (he name. There arc not many eultivators of the rush (ir tiny daffodil, tin its smalluess is an offenee against the popular ex- pectation. Its beauty prij- elaims itself to those who have eyes to see, for it is one of the loveliest of the family. For a quick lesson in the characters of nar
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. TINY OE EUSH DAFFODIL. X,ii ,S7f6 JHnr^fvhn^ UK family of Eusb .laffudil^ is ;i large ona, tiut the jilaul befoii' us is I/le rush daf- fodil, and very different from the basket-lluwered daffodil, the gay corlnilaria which sometimes hears (he name. There arc not many eultivators of the rush (ir tiny daffodil, tin its smalluess is an offenee against the popular ex- pectation. Its beauty prij- elaims itself to those who have eyes to see, for it is one of the loveliest of the family. For a quick lesson in the characters of narcissi, it may be com- pared with corbularia, all the forms of which are classed by Parkinson as F-'it''s jinicifoliiix, because of their narrow, rush-like leaves. The comparison will show striking differences in the leaves, and much more striking dilferences in the flowers, and enable any one not learned. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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