Narcissus pseudo-narcissus
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Read about Narcissus pseudo-narcissus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Narcissus pseudo-narcissus, Linn. (Ajax Pseudo-Narcissus, Haw.). Common daffodil. Trumpet Daffodil. Lent Lily. Fig. 2438. Strong plant, 12-18 in. tall, with bulb 1½−2in. and more diam.: lvs. 4-6, glaucous, narrow but flat, erect, usually about reaching the blossoms: fl. about 2 in. long, horizontal or ascending, pale yellow, the segms. and corona usually of different shades, the corona deeply crenate or almost crenate-fimbriate, more or less plicate; stamens inserted near the base of the perianth, much shorter than crown; style little longer than stamens. From Sweden and England to Spain and Austria.— Exceedingly variable in size, shape and coloring of fls. There are full double forms (common daffodil) in which the corona disappears as a separate body and supernumerary segms. are present. This is one of the hardiest and commonest of narcissi. This species is the Trumpet narcissus, so named from the long corona. The Ajax daffodils are of this species and its derivatives, separated by Salisbury, Haworth and others as a distinct genus (Ajax). The normal forms are Yellow Trumpets, but the Bicolor Trumpet, var. bicolor, Baker (N. bicolor, Linn.), has pure white, spreading and much imbricated segms. and yellow corona. To this variety Baker refers Ajax breviflos, Haw. (B.M. 1187), and Horsfieldii, Burb. Horsfield and Empress are trade forms belonging in this group, the former being the earlier of the two. The White Trumpets are var. moschatus, Baker (N. moschatus, Linn.; B.M. 1300), which has cream-white or white fls., the perianth-tube obconic and nearly as broad as long, the segms. more or less ascending, twisted, sulfurtinged and becoming pure white, crown about as long as segms., the throat crenate-plicate and about 1 in. across. Gn. 78, p. 89. J.H. III. 60:443. G.28:231; 36:192. To this set, Baker refers N. candidissimus. Red., N. longiflorus, Salisb. (B.M. 924), with twisted segms. shorter than crown; Ajax albicans, Haw., with large fl. and more imbricated segms.; A. cernuus, Haw., with a more drooping fl. and tube longer than broad, the segms. sometimes longer than crown. The cernuus of the trade (Fig. 2439) has segms. equaling and sometimes exceeding the trumpet. Other main forms or types of N. Pseudo-Narcissus are var. major, Baker, to which Baker refers N. hispanicus. Gouan, Ajax propinguus, Haw., A. maximus, Haw., A. spurius, Haw., A. Telamonius, Haw., A. lorifolius, Haw., and others. More robust and larger than the type of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, the fls. 2−2½in. long, tube obconic. long and broad, segms. mostly spreading not imbricated and lemon-yellow; crown same length and shade as segms., and with a much crisped margin. B.M. 51; 1301- Spurius of the trade belongs here, with a hooded perianth and trumpet wide open at mouth; Golden Spur and Henry Irving are forms of it. The garden form maximus (Fig. 2440) has a very large fl., deep golden yellow, segms. twisted at ends, crown with spreading limb. G. 6:505; 25:132 (as maximus superbus); 28:145. J.H. III. 43:274. Obvallaris, Hort. (Tenby daffodil) is a sub-variety of var. major. It is a distinct form of medium size, somewhat dwarf, very floriferous, almost self-yellow, the perianth wheel-like with rather short segms. Gn. 63, p. 245. Var. minor, Baker (N. minor, Linn. Ajax minimus, Haw.), is much smaller in all its parts than the type of N. Pseudo-Narcissus; lvs. 3-4 in. long and ¼in. broad: fls. to 1¼in. long, with obconic tube and oblong sulfur-yellow segms.; crown deeper yellow, with deeply 6-lobed spreading throat. The garden minimus (Fig. 2441) is very small in all ways; said to be the smallest and earliest Trumpet narcissus. Gn. 76, p. 563. G. 36:171. Var. muticus, Baker (Ajax muticus, Gay). General stature of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with somewhat broader lvs.: fl. to 1½in. long, with obconic tube and sulfur- yellow segms.; crown deep lemon-yellow, as long as segms., ¾in. diam., the throat very truncate: from the Pyrenees. Gn.W. 5:593. Var. Johnstonii, Baker (N. Johnstonii, Hort.), is described by Baker as "a Portuguese form with a tube ¾in. long, ⅓in. broad at the throat, a pale truncate corona, and style much longer than the stamens." Bourne calls N. Johnstonii "a typical hybrid. Found wild in Portugal (Pseudo - Narcissus x triandrus). Slightly variable in form. In color from soft sulfur to pale lemon. Long straight, funnel-shaped corona; perianth-segms. somewhat reflexed. Is best grown in grass or coldframes According to Bourne, "the recognized type fl. of N. Pseudo-Narcissus is the wild daffodil of England. Trumpet yellow; perianth-segms. pale sulphur." White varieties are found wild here and there in England. There are many hybrids and intermediate forms with Latin names. See supplementary list, page 2113.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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