. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1060 NARCISSU: stout 2-e<igeil peduncle: fls. 1-3, usually 2, white, with a pale yellow cup, the tube greenish white and 1 In. long, the segments broad-obovate and overlapping, the corona % in. long, with a crisped edge. Var. &Ibus has white fls. S. Eu. 197
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1060 NARCISSU: stout 2-e<igeil peduncle: fls. 1-3, usually 2, white, with a pale yellow cup, the tube greenish white and 1 In. long, the segments broad-obovate and overlapping, the corona % in. long, with a crisped edge. Var. &Ibus has white fls. S. Eu. plant has a wide range in the wild state, but some persons regard it as a hybrid of JV. Tazetta and N. poeticiis. Apparently little known in this country. 12. posticus, Linn. Pheasant's Eve. Figs. 1461,1462. Strong-growing species, sometimes 1% ft. high, the bulb about 1 in. thick, the Ivs. equaling or exceeding the 2- edged peduncle and K in. broad, somewhat glaucous:. -"^ 1462. Double White NarcissusâN. a form of N. fl. solitary (rarely 2). fragrant, wide open, the obovate overlapping segments white, the very short, yellowish corona much crisped and red-edged. Mediterranean region. âAn old favorite, recognized bv the red-mar- gined, short corona. A double form of this (Fig. 1462) is a pure white, a rare color amongst double narcissi. Var. radiiJldrus, Burbidge (If. radiifldrus, Salisb.). More slender and Ivs. narrower: corona narrower and more erect: segments narrowed below so that they do not overlap. L H B Cvlhire of the JVa»rissu». âNarcissi are among the oldest of cultivated plants, but were much neglected for many years. During the last two decades there has spread a renewed interest in the family, with the usual result in such cases that the habitats have been closely searched for new forms , and new hybrids have been raised till we have now a surprising number of beauti- ful flowers available. Recently many of these have XAKCISSrS become so plentif
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