The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Crown Princess

Perianth white; cup canary, margined with orange. Foliage strong, drooping. Very distinct.

Edith Bell. Perianth alabaster-white, changing to pure white; cup canary, margined with orange. Very distinct.

Ethel. Perianth primrose; cup yellow.

Falstaff. Perianth white; cup lemon.

Gracilis. Perianth sulphur-white; cup plaited and tinted with orange, spreading.

Guinever. Perianth white, compact; cup canary, frilled. John Bain. Perianth large white; cup citron.

Little Dirk. Perianth passing from yellow to creamy-white, short, neat, compact; cup conspicuously edged orange-scarlet. The smallest of the group; very beautiful.

Little John. Perianth creamy-white, passing to white, compact; cup yellow, small, plaited.

Mary. Perianth white; cup suffused with orange, expanded. Model. Perianth clear white, compact; cup stained with orange, frilled. Ossian. Perianth white; cup yellow, large, broad expanding. Primrose Star. Perianth primrose, neat; cup yellow.

Princess Louise. Perianth white, sharply pointed; cup tinged orange, expanded. St. John's Beauty. Perianth white, large; cup lemon, tinged with orange. Sulphur Star. Perianth sulphur-white; cup canary, edged with orange. Thomas Moore Absolon. Perianth white; cup citron, elegantly expanded. Vanessa. Perianth yellow, passing to primrose, neat, compact; cup yellow, expanded. A perfect flower.

POETICUS (THE PURPLE-RINGED POET'S DAFFODILS).

Marvel. Perianth pure white; cup margined with saffron. A small, bladder-like, distended spathe, about 1in. long, appears weeks before the flower, and out of this, in due course, emerges the blossom. Very beautiful, and distinct. Ornatus. Perianth pure white, broad, and well formed; cup margined with scarlet. Early and very fine; one of the best and most useful. Tripodalis. Perianth pure white, reflexed; cup deeply margined scarlet. POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS (THE BUNCH-FLOWERED DAFFODILS). Apollo. Perianth primrose; cup deep yellow.

Bathurst. Perianth primrose; cup orange.

Bazelman Major. Perianth white, broad, large; cup stained orange. Florence Nightingale. Perianth white; cup deep orange. Extra fine; dwarf. Gloriosus. Perianth white; cup orange.

Grand Monarque. Perianth white, broad; cup yellow.

Grand Soleil d'Or. Perianth rich yellow; cup deep orange. Her Majesty. Perianth white, broad; cup orange.

Jaune Supreme. Perianth primrose; cup orange.

Lacticolor. Perianth pale lemon; cup yellow.

Louis Ie Grand. Perianth white; cup sulphur.

Paper White. Pure white. The earliest and most valuable for very early forcing.

Phyllis. Perianth yellow; cup orange.

Sir Isaac Newton. Perianth yellow; cup orange.

Sir Walter Scott. Perianth white; cup yellow.

Staten General. Perianth white; cup yellow.

The Scilly White. Perianth white; cup sulphur-white. White Perfection. Perianth white; cup sulphur-white. Fine new variety. MONSTROSITIES.

Jonquilla plenus (Double Yellow Jonquil). Flowers of a rich, full yellow, small, elegant, richly-scented.

Poeticus patellaris pleno albo cum croceo. This is the large Gardenia-flowered Double White Daffodil, seen in most gardens.

Tazetta nobilissimus. Flowers white, with yellow cup. This variety is cultivated by the Dutch.

Tazetta Romanus (Double Roman Narcissus). Flowers white, with orange cup.

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