Narcissus biflorus

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Read about Narcissus biflorus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Narcissus biflorus, Curt. Primrose Peerless. Strong fragrant-fld. species, with globose bulb 2 in. or less in diam.: lvs. about 4 to a st., 1-2 ft. long and nearly or quite ½in. broad, and slightly glaucous, channeled, usually equaling and sometimes exceeding the stout 2-edged scape or peduncle: fls. 1-3, usually 2, white, with a pale yellow cup, the tube greenish white and 1 in. long, the segms. milky white, broad-obovate and over-lapping; the corona pale yellow, 1\8 in. long, with a crisped scariose erect edge; stamens and style barely exserted. S. Eu. B.M. 197. G. 13:55; 27:295.— This plant has a wide range in the wild state, but some persons regard it as a hybrid of N. Tazetta and N. poeticus. Apparently little known in this country. Var. albus, Hort., has white fls. 2113


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