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Paul Furse had..1...a no problems::':,:::-s.1:.'-:.S:c driving to Marivan\Iariran onor thetne IraqiIraqi in charge of securitysecurity for the area, II readread hishis namename fromfrom somesome oc:-:er of :::---. Korcestan\:lla:::: in-a 1962.--:l ByB-' 1966,-::!. when wene wereii'ere papers on his deskciesk and told the other check-points that hehe had t-..: "\'lin --.:. r-:-, s 'r_ad:.: just blown:'.:1.-.i upul,' aa refineryi=i-i:er inL:l iilethe saidsaici that they hadhaci to let us tirough."through." -..-. ', : K_-.. . . - - e: jc. l- , Colchicum,Coiciticunt, irisIris reticulatareiicttiuia andand a Fritillaria,Friiiiiariu, a wasiras theretiere anyaal certaintycertaiftry- wew-e had collectedcoilected -liF. crassifoliacrassifulia subsp.sibsp. 20cm.20cm highlirgh plant withriith severalseveral capsules on a stem,ste m, whichral:ich we-we felt L^,-l r^ k- .- .1^ irL L ,'t, n,!ca;; k," nlr^11nia phmi*iipot iii noraor the imp'"obable'probable F.F chloranthacklor*ttha which*"hich Paul Furse hadliLi\j toiU bet L something"^'r.^+Li-^rur/,L!,riii5 to!U doUU with',rira!, Ei . straussiiJ,/Ltttr.rtt butt)uL hadlrdsh^.1 alternateoI(L,trdtw claimedelahred *+ewe:4- there. there- The The factS€t thattlL"{ about about halfhalf aa dozen dczefl differentdi$erent lerfes.1ea...es. We r.rie should shculd haveha..'e beenbeen elatedelated atat findingfinding anan unidentifiableunidentifiable FritillariaFittllsia speciesryeers aPptearappear toto occuroccr:r within*ittrin ðe area made itit FritillariaFritillariabvt but we w.-erefn-rstratedwere frustrated at not findiogwhatfinding what wewe sorlght.sought. essential totqlave have a:-mother Dther looklook dat it in 2001. BelowBelolv us we could see another check-point and beyond to the This year *ewe Ka:.stayed e in Marivan_Marirzn I1It *aswas aa nostalgicnostalgic visit forfor our west aa tracktrack hairpinnedhairpinned up anan allall but vertical cliffcliffface. face. Every so Tehrani drit-sr,drive:. Babmm, *ao,who, in hisyouth,his youth, had spent a week in often a pick-uppick-up would climb or descend it. We returned to jailjail there, *tilewhile smuggling a a carcar iutointo kanIran from-Ilaq-from Iraq. ItIt is a Bahram and drove down to the check-point. We could not take vibrantvrbraila towntolrn wherewirere shaggy-turbaned*trr"gy-turtaned KurdsKurds cladcEFfijbaggy in baggy black our vehicle up the track but the soldierssoldiers were helpful.heipful. WeWe leftIeft it ("We're("We're reallyreaiiy into boiler-suitboiier-zuit cowtrylp#countryooli" saidsaid Norman) Norman) withlvitir them and startedstarteci walking.wailing. "There's"There's a teairouseteahouse wherew-here you jostiejostle withwiiii slick yotmgyoung sreet-touisstreet-touts ffiaineffirrainers selling seiiing whiskywiiisky can geaget a beerjustbeer just over tiiethe top." they shouted. iVeWe tirougirtthought theyiirey -----^:^l :^^ rr'^'vie - l:O:.- !!-^!---^!- ^f - - '-'1':^l- miniatures (youfu'oi: canca,r buybuy aa litretit-e ofofthe the realr-eal stuffstiif forfor- half the price wereWei-cJuhiit$. joking . We soonSOOiI gottsOI aa liftIiai inil-l thetiie backUduN ofUl ad pick-upplul\-up-:^l which,lvlltLll? *,,^l^ +a nnr! tho onriqq h:,11^.1 ;- r1.^..o c^fl. itrt is in Britarn).Britain). A*erAfter a memorablymemcrabli'uacomfcrtable uncomfortable night in what afterUilgi^A^. muchiiiijvii pausingijiiijSili,iS^^,,"i.^ toiU coolLUUi thetils engine,cii6iii!. pulledl,uIrLu rrrin auvabove l.uLrL some daralict nn,,ld couldc.ould be calledcalled 'less thanthan basic' accommodation',aeeam$cdation', 'sswe set off derelictULI i;:LL hr,ildi,.ocbuildingsUU::uiirSi fiiatat theil:Lthe tnn.LPtop. FrnmFrom there.-r,pthere we could looklnnk downdo,,r'n southsoutjr toto attemptattempt to to reach reach Per Per Wendelbo's Wendelbo's Iranian ka-man localitylocal$ for thousandsthor-rsands ofoffeet feet to the sun-scorcheds,-tn-scorched cultivationcr-rlttvation ofof aa vast plain.plain, F. c. subsp.subsp. pohminii.Ppoluninii . Per er visitedvtsited this area during a more peaceful It was onlyonlv then it dawned onon usus that we were inin Iraq and wew-e period when he waswas botanicalbotanical adviseradviser to thethe newnew Ariamehr Ariamehr had beentreen givengiven a lift1ift by a smuggler. "What are theythev running in Botanical Garden between 19741974 & 1976.1976. and out?" II askedasked Bahram..Bahram.. "Alcohol"Alcohol and electronic parts for Shortly after we leftleft the mainmain road, we hit the first check-point. satellite receivers into Iran and food and medicines intointo lraq,"Iraq," he Our passports were collectedcollected and after a longiong delay we were said. "So muchmuch forfbr thethe 'ethical 'ethicai foreignfbreign policy' of ourour summoned to thethe officerofficer inin charge.charge. "Tell"Teii him r,vewe oniyonly want to government," Ii thought. We foundfounci no FritiiiaridFritillaria on the top of look forior aa littlelittle flower,"fiower," Ii said.said. "No,"i{o, no,no, no,"no," saidsaid Bahram,Bahram, thetire mountainnrouniain :: onlyoruy bigbig fennelsfennels and masses ofoi an Ornithogalumi)rnitho2;ttitun "..:,L -r-^ ^rr n..-,- . r'. r-:- t ....- j-...- "Don't"Doii'i mention flowers.flow*ers. IIl'rro-w know thesetlrese people. I'llI'11 telliell himhinr whaiwhat withWiin theIiig oddOA'O l)luu(t,Draba, frtArabis utttJ anddttt.r^-r _MiniumL(tttttttltt )in theilie rockrock crevices.creiices. he wantswaats to hear."hear." AfterA,fter muchmuch discussiondiscussion our passports were WeY,/e lurched back downdo'"vn at highltgh speed,speed, slewing through the last returned.returaed. "He says r,vewe can go but don't walkvralk too far fromfrom the snow-patches,sssr,,,-patches, inin the back of another smugg!er'ssmuggler's pick-up.pick-up "Did road,"roael," WeWe passedpasserl throughthrough subsequent subsequent check-pointscheck-points withoutwitlout youyor: like Iraq ?" called one ofofthe the soldiers. We smiled and waved trouble. "What"What diddid youyou saysay to thethe officerofficerback-back there?" I asked. and drove back towards Marivan. ItIt waswas now-now dusk andand the "I"I saidsaid you wanted toto gogo forfor aa picnic,"picnic." saidsaid Bahram.. "As he was check-points were unmanned.utrmanned. 7---= -] OrderingOrdering from this list couldeould not be easier

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The speciesspecies in our listslists areare divideddivided into five distinct geographical a 1.l. for North America, 2. for South America, 3'3. for Southern areas.ur*ur. WithinWithin these areasareas theythey runrun inin alphabetical alphabetical order.order' TheThe Africa (S(S of the Sahara),Sahara), 4. forfor Eastern Asia and 5. forfor numbers appearingappearing beforebefore the names nrnrun inin numericalnumericai orderorder Australasia.Austraiasia. Garden hybridshybriris and selectionsseiections (with which we are (which(which means,rt"atrt we*" dodo notnot much rnucir likelike genericgeneric 'splitting).'spiitting)' TheseThese nottot much concerned)cotrcented) start withwith 6. numbers referrefbr to particularparticalar populations,populations, mainlymarnly in the wi1d,wild, thoughthough Cultivated seed,seed, which has become increasinglyirrcreasmgly evident in our cultivatedcuitivaied material rn4thoutwithout data isis givengivsn aa numbernumber also.aiso' WildYdiid lists, as werl'e build up stocksstocks raisedraised from seedseed ofof wildx"iid origin, isis collectionscoilecfiorswhich which cannotcamrot bebeful$identified fully identified wiflwill beformdbe found underunder a markedrnar-ked with+rith anm asteriskesterisk (*). TheThefield-data field-data givenglveainthese in these cases five-digit fieldfialdr.ili#er. number. ThisTllrs n'.rmt'ernumber refersrefr,s to acollec*'-iona collection made by refers to thet}e parents_p,ararts- Almc#,Almost all c.rltivaiedcultivated seedseed was collected us onoa a particular date only.only. Both setssets of numbersn'un',bers arear€ perrnanent'permanent. in 2001.2001. MostMost isis hand-pollinated hand-pollinated but itit willwill notnot necessarily necessarily The use ofof,population population referencesreferences is to avoid seed fromfrorn the samesano-e produce similar-lookingshaihr-looking seedlings.seedlings. AsAs our parent-stockspareat-st-ocks populationpopulatror: of plants6u"tt beingbeing distributeddistributed under a proliferationproliferation of representieprasent samplessamples ofof wildwild populations,populations, seedlingsseedlings will show the field-numbers.field-numbe.s. InIn somesome instances,instances, the samesame population of plants variation,u.iutio, presentpresent inin thethe wild. We attempt to preservepreserve thethe can be foundfound inin ourour ownowl field-notesfield-notes underunder aa multitudemultitude ofof field-field- genetic diversity oftheof the wildwild plantsplants notnot toto impose ourour concepts numbers, when it hashas beenbeen visitedvisited byby us in different years'years. When on them.Nomenclaturethem.Nomenciature foiiowsfollows thethe basic floras,floras, 'Flora'Fiora jepson another collectorcollector isis involvedinvolved theirfheir namename oror fieldfield numbernumtrer is quoted Europaea', Flora'Flora of Turkey', ?1ora'Flora kanica'Iranica"The 'The Jepson inin the datadata following follorning thethe plant plant name. name' dentifieddentified speciesspecies fromfrom Manual',hlanual', 'Flora'Fiora ofof Japan'Jap a',r, and and soso onon withwrth aa little htile editingediting andand Europe, W Asia & N AfricaAfrica havehave six-digitsix-digit numbers herqhere, though updating,updaticg, if tiusthis is felt to be relevant && helpfulhelpful to gardeners.gardeners' Europe,-tra-re W Asia & N they have anarr 0.0. beforebefore themthem onoa our our records records andand youyou maymay Collectionsfromiollectiorcfronr the republics oftheoftlre formerforflrer USSRIJSSR arenre usually sometimessorfisttffies seesee this onon aa label.label- The seven-digitsevar-digit nurnb'ersnumbers startwith listedlisteel underu,nder the names supplied.supplied' 689.040 : MUSCARIMUSCARIMCBEATIIIANUM MCBEATHIANUM * *Turkey, Turkey, Adana, Adana, ENE ENE of ofTufanbeyli. Tufanbeyli. 1200m. 1200m. OpenOpen areasareas amongamongPinttsinmoist, Pinus in moist, fineflne sand.said.

(Racemes(Racemes pfpf open-mouthed, ice-blueice-biue toto whitewhite flowersliowers fromtiom porcelain-blue budsbuds on 10cm.I0cm. stems. A charmrng,charming, deltcatedelicate andand none-too-none-too- r easyeasy littleiittie species we discovered in 19851985 andanci which was namednameMuscari atatiheRBG the RBG Edinburgh.Etiinburgh. NeedsN-eecis carefulcrefui wateringw-arering inin theihe alpine-house.)aipine-house.) . . (20+) (20r) DD \ * 690.150:690.150 :MUSCARI1VDRUM MUSCARI MIRUM (Subgen.(Subgen. Leopoldia) * Turkey, Mugla, SESE ofof Altinyayla.Altinyayla. 1650m.1 650m. Open, stony slope on serpentine ridge. l (Recently(Recently described & distinct in fiower,flower, tbliagefoliage && seed.seed. Subtle ratherrather than spectacular in dulidull gold & purple. Not anan easyeasy speciesspecies toto maintainmaintain andanci grow wellweli in our experience, it neecisneeds care in watering andanci must be hanci-poiiinatecihand-pollinated toto set seed.)seeci ) (10)(1U) EE 690.20169l.20l: : MUSCARIMUSCARI MUSCARIMIMUSCARIMI * * Turkey, Turkey, Burdur, Burdur, W W of of Yesilova. Yesilova. 1280m. 1280m. Loose, Loose, serpentine serpentine talustalus onon openopen slope.slope. (Local,(Local, SWSW Turkish'Iurkish endemic,endemtc, always on serpentmeserpentine in ourour experience.experience. Grey-greenGrey-green leaves & racemesracemes ofgreyish-rvoryofgreyish-ivory tiowersflowers opening tiomfrom purple- brown buds.bu

690.700 : MUSCARI PSEUDOMUSCARI (Subgen.(Subgen. Botrycmthus)*Bofiyanthus) * Iran,Irar, Mazandaran,Mazatdararq SS ofof Chalus. 1500m.1500m. Ledges on limestonelimestone cliffs.clifls. (A lovely endemicendemic ofof thethe ChaiusChalus gorgegorge onon thethe wetter,wetter, Caspian slope ofofthe the Ehurz,Elburz, described as MM. chalusicumchalusicum inin the 1960's,1960's, thoughthoughM. M. pseutlomuscaripseudomuscari has priority. RefrnedRefined heads of china-biuechina-blue bells, operopen at the mouths, not pinched in.) (15+)(r5+) BB

691.200691.200: : MUSCARI TENUIFLORUMT'ENUIF'LORUM (Subgen.(Subgen . Leopoldia)Leopotdia) * Turkey, Kayseri, S ofPinarbasi. 1200m.1200m. Limestone fissures. (To 50cm.50cm high & distinct fromfromM. M caucasicumcaucasicum & M.M comosumcomosam inin the black teethteeth of thethe tbrtilefertile perianths. perianths. Violet Violet sterile sterile tlowers.) flowers.) . . (15+)(15+) A NarcissusN-areissus n : wildwild daffodilsdaffodils from ![/alesWales toto the edge ofof thethe SaharaSahara

Unlike most ofof the mainmain generagenera ofof 'bulbs''bulbs'in in this section, which Blanchard (JVIB),(JWB), whose lifetime's workwork with this genus isis have thethe centrecentre ofof their their diversity diversity && distributiondistribution inin Turkey,Ti.rrkey, unrivalled. We follow the nomenclature used in his monograph, Narcissusly'arcissus isisvery very much a western genus, spread SS fromfrom Britain 'NarcissusT{arcissus -- A Guide to WiidWild Daiiodiis',Daffodils', thethe bestbest referencereference work totr: NWlCff AfricaAf ica andard centredcentted onon Spain.Spain. Manylvfaly speciesspeoies fromfium higherhigller onorr thefhe genus.genus. itir cancan bebe described described as as an arr informed inlomred gardener'sgarderrer's rainfallrairifall areas oror moist,moist, montanemoi'rtarre habitatshabitats inin SpainSpain & Portugal compromise as farfar as namesftai:?l€s areare concerned. coacerned. AA thoroughthorough growgror.'1, wellr.vell outsideoutside inin UKLrK gardens.gardens. Some,Some, however,hor.vever, fromfrom drier botanical revision ofofthe the g-^nusgenus r,votrldwould appear to be badly needed areas,areag especiallyespecially the MoroccanMoroc€en ones, need a dry, summersurnmer rest. but it wouldrvould be ver;,very unlikely toto suitsuit bothboth botanistsbotanists & gardeners, A great manymany ofof thethe originalonginal wildwild collectionscollections from&om which the soso itit isis perhaps perhaps better better unwritten. unwritten- ManyMany speciesspeeies are bothboth followingfotlowing cultivated seed has been grown, were made by John extremely variable & ill-defined.ill-defined.

693.800 : NARCISSUSNARCISSLTS ASSOANUSASSOANU S (N.(N. junciJbiius,juncifolius, N.N requienii)requienil) ** France, Haute-Pyrenees, ValleeValiee d'Ossoue.ci'Ossoue. 1500m.1 500m. SS & W-facingW-facing limestonelimesrone cliffscliti's && slopesslopes. (Beautiful,(Beautiful, littie, little, clear clear yeliow yellow jonquil. jonquil. A A deiight delight in in a pota pot but but accommodating accommodating in inthe the garden.) garden.) . .(i0+) (10+) B

694.10069J.100 :: NARCISSUSNARCISSL,S ATLANTICUSATLAI{TICUS * * Morocco, Morocco, High High Atlas, Atlas, above above Amizmiz. Amizmiz. 2000m. 2000m. AmongAmong scrub,scrub, inin soft,soft, moistmoist loam. Ex the 1936,19i6, E.K.E K. BallsBalls typetype coll.coll. (A(A veryvery focalIocal plant in the wild &, afteralter over 6060 years, stillstill rare in cultivation, where it is by no means easy toro grow.grow. SweetlySweetiy scented,scenteci, creamy creamy whitewhite jonquilsjonquiis carriedcarrie

694.800:694.800 :NARCISSUS NARCISSUS BUJEI BUJEI * *Spain, Spain, Cordoba, Cordoba, Sierra Sierra de de Cabra. Cabra. Ex Ex JWB IWB 87-13. 87-13. (An(An unexpected unexpected trumpet-daffodiltrumpet-daffodil quitequite recentlyrecently describeddescnbed fromtiom southern Spain. Thought by some toto be a racerace oftheof the mysterious fl.N hispanicushispanicusbutmaintained but maintained at specificspecific level in one ofofthe the latestlatest SpanishSpanish floras.floras. About 30cm. high with concolorous yellow flowers.)fiowers.) (10)(lo) DD

696.250696.250: : NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUMBULBOCODIUM var.var. NIVALIS NfVALIS * * Spain, Spain, Avila, Avila, Sierra Sierra de de Gredos, Gredos, NENE ofof PicoPico Almanzor.Almanzor. 1800m.1800m. In turf on steep, open slopes. (A(A miniature alpine hoop-petticoat hoop-petticoat with with bright-yellow bright-yellow flowers flowers & &thready, thready, upright upright tbliage.) foliage.) . . .. .(20+) (20+) B

696.410696.410: : NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUMBULBOCODIUM subsp. subsp. OBESUS OBESUS * No* No data. data. From From a veryavery fine, fine, free-flowering free-flowering formform growngrown byby D. Batterham. Dark leavesIeaves & rich soft-yellow tlowersflowers withwith large,large, satisSinglysatisfyingly obese, obese, horizontal horizontal coronas. coronas. Good Good outside outside in in UK UK gardens. gardens. (10+) (10+) C

696.600 : NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUMB{ILBOCODIUM var.var. PALLIDUS PALLIDUS * *Morocco, Morocco, High High Atlas, Atlas, Tizi Tizi Gourane Gourane above above Amizmiz. Amizmiz. 1800m.1800m. SchistSchist fissures. (Cultivated(Cultivated seedseed fromltom our 19821982 coll.coll. Recently named NN. jacquemondii,(jacquemondii,(q.v.), q.v.), by Fernandez Casas.) . (15+) (15+) CC 696.700:696.7A0: NARCISSUSNARCISSUS BULBOCODIUMBULBOCODIUM subsp.subsp. PRAECOX PRAECOX * *Morocco, Morocco, High High Atlas Atlas Mts., Mts., Moulay Moulay Brahim Brahim gorgegorge belowbelow Asni.Asni. 1000m.I000m. Humus-filledt{umus-lilled pockets on Iimestonelimestone boulders. (A robustrobust & distinct race. Big,Big, sofi-yellowsoft-yellow flowers with nuurower,narrower, more funnel- shapedshaped trumpets thanthan similarlysimilariy colouredcoloureci N.-trfl romieuxiiromisuxii forms, in iatelate winterwinter oror earliestearliest spring.spring. Alpine-house Alpine-house in in UK.) UK.) ...... (10+) (10+) C 696.701696.701: : NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM subsp.subsp. PRAECOXPRAECOX * Morocco,Morocco, Atlas, Tizi-n-Test. Ex Ex R.& R.& R.Wallis R.Wallis 88-26 88-26 (10+)(10+) C 698.251 : NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUMBULBOCODIUM var.var. TENUIFOLIUSTENUIFOLIUS * *Portugal, Portugal, Oliveira Oliveira do do Hospital. Hospital. Ex Ex Salmon Salmon && BlanchardBlanchard 185.185. (Vigorous,(Vigorous, floriferous, deep yellow,yellow, dwarfhoop-petticoat dwarf hoop-petticoat with with dar( dark, thready thready leaves. leaves. Excellent Excellent alpine-house alpine-house plant.) plant.) .. . . (15+)(15+) B

699.500 : NARCISSUS CALCICOLACALCICOLA ** Portugal, Portugal, Algarve, Algarve, Benafin. Benafin. ExEx JWB fWB 90-09.90-09. (A(A tidy,tidy, littlelittle relative of N.N scaberulusscaberulas inin Sect. Apodanthae, endemic to Portugal & of very restrictedrestricted distributiondistribution inin thethe wild.wild. GlaucousGlaucous keeledkeeied leavesIeaves & II5cm. 5cm. stems with 2-5 flowersfio*"rrwithcup-shapedcoronas&entirelyofarich, with cup-shaped coronas & entirely of a rich, deepyeilow. deep yellow. Achoicespeciesseidomseenincuitivation.) A choice species seldom seen in cultivation.) ...... (10+)(10+) E

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699.807699.g07: : NARCISSUSNARCTSSUS CANTABRICUSCANTABRTCUS (subsp.(subsp. cantabricus) * Morocco, Djebel Zerhoun. ExEx aa T.T. NormanNorman coll.coll. (An(An excellent,excellent, reliable,reiiable, free-floweringfree-flowering tbrm. form. profuse, Profuse, prr"-*hit" pure-white hoop-petticoat hoop-petticoat tlowers flowers in in early early winter winter brighten brighten the the alpine-house.) alpine-house.) . .. .(10+) (10+) C

699.830699.g30 : NARCISSUS CANTABRICUSCANTABRICUS var.var. FOLIOSUS FOLIOSUS * *No No data. data. Seed seed from from Ivor Ivor Barton'sBarton's stock, stock, long-cultivated long-cultivaled underunder thisthis name AAfineplantforthealpine-house,floweringinlatewinterwithaprofusionofwhitehooppetticoats'.... fine plant for the alpine-house, flowering in late winter with a profusion of white hoop petticoats . ' " (15+)(15+) CC 699.845 : NARCISSUSNARCTSSUS CANTABRICUSCANTABRTCUS subsp. MONOPHYLLUSMONOPHI'LLUS ** Spain,Spairl Sierra sierra de de los los Filabres. Filabres. ExEx JWBJWB 86-14.86-14. (John(John is convinced that this is distinct : tlowersflowers "Unifbrrnly"uniformly icysparkling icysparkling white white & & single single leaves, leaves, threadlike, threadlike, sinuous sinuous & &prostrate.) prostrate.) (15+)(15+) 1)D

699.850699.g50 : NARCISSUS CANTABRICUSCANTABRICUS var.var. PETUNIOIDES PETUNIOil)ES * Selfed* Selfed seed seed from from the the original original clone clone of of this this spring-floweringspring-flowering taxon,taxorl described by Fernandes from materialmateria.l grown by John Blanchard's fbther.father. (It({t should have had a clonalclonql name.)taffie.) AllAII willwiil be white but some willwiil have the distinct, flat, round corona oftf theth" parent.p-"r,t. TheThe namename cancan bebe appliedappiied legitimatelyiegitimateiy only to these . ' . ' . (10+) (10+) EE 700.000?00.000 :: NARCISSUSNARCISSUS CORDUBENSISCORDUBENSTS Spain, Spain, Malaga, Malaga, Serrania Serrania de de Ronda, Ronda, SW SW of of Ronda. Ronda. J.W.J.W. BlanchardBlanchard 99-15.99-15. (A(A fine,fine, scented, deep yellow jonquil, nearnear N. Jbrnandesll,fernandesii, with up to 31 flowersflo*"t* on 20-30cm.20-30cm. stems.stems. Pots oror thethe bulb-frame.)bulb-liame') ' (10+)(10+) CC 700.002 : NARCISSUS CORDUBENSISCORDUBENSTS ** Spain, Spain, Cadiz, cadiz, Grazalema ctrazalemato to Ubrique.ubrique. Ex a J.w.J.W. Blanchard coll.coll. (A(A fine,fine, scented,scented, deep yellow jonquil, nearrear N.N fernandesii.Jbrnandesii.rJpto Up to 3 flowers onon 20-30cm.20-30cm. stems.stems. Accommodating Accommodating in in pots pots or or the the bulb-ftame.) bulb-frame.) . . (15+)(15+) B

700.200 : NARCISSUSNARCTSSUS CUPULARIScupuLARrS * * Italy, Italy, Sardinia. Sardinia. 800m. 800m. Ex Ex a aT. T. Norman Normaa coll. col1. (Dwarf; (Dward palepale yellowyellow to creamcrearnlazetta, tazetta, 15-20cm.L5-20cm' high. Listed in the past as N.N tazettatazetta subsp.s,tbsp. aureus (it(it would be this inin 'FloraFlora Europaea') & N.N bertoloniibertofonii priwulinusprimulinus.) ) .' . (8)(8) BB 700.310 : NARCISSUSNAECTSSUS CYCLAMTNEUSCYCLAMTNEUS ** No No data. data. Little-known Little-known in in the the wild wild & & thought thought to to be be all all butbut extinctextinct butbut wellwell establishedestablished in UKuK gardens, where it can sow itselfitsell-when when suited inin ratherrather heavy,heavy, acidacid loam.Ioam. GrownGrown beforebefore 1608 but 'lost''lost' fortbr 300300 yearsyears untiluntil rediscoveredrdiscovered inin Portugalporrggal inin 1885.t gg5. Parentparent ofofa a multitudemuititude ofof largerlarger hybrids,hy6rids, thethe wildwiiri plantpiant isis stillstili unrivalledunrivalied - an irresistible,irresistibie, little,Iittle, brilliantbriliiant yellowyeilow daffodil,dafodii, liirelike no oiherother in its extraordinarilyextraordinariiy longlong, narrow trumpetirumpei andand fullyfully reflexed perianth segments. . . . ' ' (20+)(20+) BB 700.3217ffi321: : NARCISSUS DUBIUSIIUBIUS ** Spain. Spaio.ExM- Ex M. SalmonSalmon 528.528. NoNo furtherfurther data. (Smallest(Smallest ofof SectionSection Tazzettae,Tazzettae" sometimes separated into its ownovm Subsectionsubsecti onDabiae,& Dubiae, & thought toto havehave originatedoriginated fromfrom aa hybridhybrid betweenbetweetN. N papyraceuspaTryraceus & N.N assoanus.assoa\rus. An attractive little,littie, white-floweredwirite-fiowered miniature toz7eta,tezzet4which which seldomseitiom sets much seed & remainsremains little-knownlittie-known in cultivation.)cuitivation.) . . ' ' ' (10+)(i0+) DD 700.980700.9g0 : NARCISSUSNARCTSSUS EUGENIAEEUGENIAE * * Spain, Sparn, Teruel, Teruel, Montes Montes de de Tarascon Tarascon aboveabove Valdolinares.Valdolinares. 1500m.1500m. In turfturf. ExEx JWBJWB 87-1487-14 (From a type-locality coil.coll. of this dwarf,dwar{ snow-meltsnow-melt trumpet daffodil,daffodil, openingopening itsits yellowyellow flowers on very short stems.stems. Currentlycurrently included as ua srbrp.subsp. oiofN N. pseucionpseudonarcissus rcissus &&beautifully beautifully illustratedillustrated onon p. Z;73 of John'sJohl's monograph-)monograph.) (8)(8) EE ". ' 701.004 : NARCISSUS FERNANDESHFERNANDESII ** PueblaPuebla de de DonDon Rodrigue.Rodrigue. ExEx JWBI$/B 86-01.86-01. ' ' (10+)(10+) Cc 701.020:701.020: NARCISSUS NARCISSUS FERNANDESH BERNANDESTT * No* No data. data. From From several several J.W. J.W. Blanchard Blanchard coils. colls. of ofthis this yellowyell0w jonquil,jonquil, distributeddistributed locallylocally alonga10ng thethedrainageoftheTagus. drainage of the Tagus. AApoortydetinedspeciesinaconfusinggroupbutallvariationsareworthwhile-) poorly defined species in a confusing group but all variations are worthwhile.) .. - -. " ' (20+)(20+) BB 701.850701.850: : NARCTSSUSNARCISSUS JACQUEn/IONDtrJACQUEMONDII (see(seealso also 696.600696.600 :'.Narcissasbulbocodium Narcissus bulbocodium (subsp.(subsp. vulgaris)talgarislvat.pallidus) var. pallidus)* * Morocco, High Atlas Mts., AsniAsni toto Amizmiz. Anizrniz.Ex Ex aa J.W.J.W. Blanchard coll. (From a type-locality coll. ofthisof this recentlyrecently namednamed littlelittle hoop-petticoat'hoop-petticoat. A goodgooci alpine-housealpine-house plantplant with pale to deeperdeeper primroseprimrose flowersflowers inin earlyearly spring later thanthan N.bN.b. . subsp.subsp. praecox)praecox). (15+)( 15+) D

701.870 : NARCISSUS JEANMONODHJIANMONODII (N(N. bulboccodium bulboccodium subsp.subsp. nivalis as applied by Maire in'Florein 'Flore de l'AfriqueI'Afrique du Nord) ** Morocco, HighFlgh AtlasAtlas Mts., above Tizi-n-Tichka. 2000m.2000m. InIn turfturf (Previously(rreviousiy listed under 696.200696.200 as N.N b.b- subsp.subsp. nivalis ofofMaire, Maire, -While thistiris is a dwarf,tiwarf, snow-meltsnow-meit plantpiant ofof therhe High}Iigh Atlas,Atias, While we diddi

702.102iLL.tt|: : NARCISSUS LONGISPATHUSLONGISPATHUS ** Spain, Spain, Jaen, Jaen, Sierra Sierra dede Cazorla.Cazorla. ExEx JWBfV[B 86-16 (Pale(Pale form.)form') ' (10+)(10+) DI)

702.4507A2.450: : NARCISSUSNARCTSSUS NEVADENSIS NEYADENSTS * *Spain, Spain, Granada, Granada, Sierra Sierra Nevada, Nevada, upper upper Rio fuo Monachil Monachil valley. valley . 2200m.22AAm. Wet-flushwet-flush onon W-facingw-facing slope. (Isolated,(Isolated, veryvery locallocal Sierrasierra Nevadan endemic,eniemic, much easier to growlhangrow than -ntN longispathuslongispathus & generally best outsideoutsicie in the UK.UK' DiffersDifrers fromfrom.&l N longispathuslongispathusmainiy mainly inin itsits whitewhite a& paiepale yeiiow,yellow, bicJouredbicoloured fiowers.flowers. UsuaiiyUsually about 30cm. high.)irigh.) ' ' ' ' ' (15+)(15+) Cc

. . AA: : $2.00$?.00; ; £1.50t1.50 ; DM4,DM4,- - ;; FF14.FF14" - CC:$4.00;f.2.50;DM7,- : $4.00 ; £2.50 ; DM7, - ; FF23.E',E',r.l - Er 57.00s?fio: ; £4.50f/{o: ; DM12,nMl?. -- ; FF41.nH'41 - BB: $3.00 ; £2.00f,2.00 ; DM5,DM5'- ;; FF18,FFl8" - DD:$5.00;f.3.50;DM9,- : $5.00 ; £3.50 ; DM9, - ;; FF32.PF32.- - FF: $9.00 ; £6.00f,6.00 ; DM16,rlMl6, -- ; FF55,FF55.- - 702.472702.472: : NARCISSUS NOBILIS ** Spain, Leon, PuertoPuerto de San Glorio. EiEx an A. Edwards coll. (A(A splendid, bicoloured trumpet-r**Oo! daffodil from N poriugalPortugal & N Spain, where it cancatr occur in extensive coionies.colonies. Ascending flowers with whitewhite segments surrounding I deep-yellowdeep-yeliow coronas on 50cm.50cm. stems.stems. Differs in several characteristics from -nIN. bicolor and is selciomseldom seenseen inin cultivation.)cultivation.) (8) B \ 702.500:7Az.S00: NARCISSUS OBVALLARIS UK, Wales, belowFfostrasol.below Ffostrasol. 150m. Open grassland & deciduous woodland. (Our lovely, local '! Welsh trumpet daffodil. Really an imaginary taxon but generally, if not consistently, different to more eastern British colonies ofofy'y'. N. pseudonariissaspseudonarcissus in its horizontal toto upward-facingupward-facing flowers flowers which which tend tend to to be be concolourous concolourous rather rather than than bicoioured.) bicoloured.) . .. . (20+) B

702.680:7A2.6g0: NARCISSUSNARCISSUS PANIZZIANUSPANIZZIANUS * Spain,Spairq Cadiz,Cada,tear near Grazalema. (An excellent, dwarf;dwarfl whitewhitetazzeta. tazzeta. The namename (originally applied to a NW Italian plant) may or may notnot be correctly applied. Successive stems, 30cm. or Iessless high, bearingbearing clusters of up to 8, scented, white flowers,flowers. ForFor decades,decades, grown grown by by John John Blanchard Blanchard outside outside in in Dorset, Dorset, in in a abed bed against against a S-facinga S-facing wali.) wall.) . (10)(I0) C

702.7027t2"702: : NARCISUSI{ARCISUS PAPYRACEUSpApyRACEUS * Cyprus. Ex a C.C. Mountfort coll.co1l. (A fine, vigorous tazetta,tazdta,long long grown by John Blanchard as N. pachybol&us.pachybolbus. Possibly most safelysafely labelled N.N papyraceuspapyraceus Cyprus form. Clusters of scented, white tlowersflowers.) .) - . . ((8)8) B 705.100 : NARCISSUS ROMIEUXII (subsp. romieuxiiromieuxiivar.romieuxii) var. romieuxii) * Morocco, MiddleMiddle AtlasAtlasMts., Mts., above Ifrane.lfrane. 1700m1700m. Leafsoil over clay in mixed woodland. (From a splendidsplendid colony, as numerous as bluebellsbluebelis in a British wooci,wood, from which we first collected in 1962, best-known under the fieid-numberfield-number 805.805. ExtremelyExtremely variable variable in in form form & & colour colour &om from cream cream to to deeper deeper yellows.) yellows.) {20+)(20+) B 705.200 : NARCISSUS ROMIEUXIIROMEIIXII var. RIFANUS ** Morocco, RifRif Mts., Iguermalet.Iguermalet. Ex J.W. Blanchard 89-28 (From authenticauthenlic material ofthisof this delightfirl,delightful, pale-yellowpale-yellow hoop-petticoat, hoop-petticoat, provingproving toto be a good grower under glass in the UK.)uK.) . . (15+)(15+) B 705.405:705.405 : NARCISSUSNARCISSUS ROMIEUXIIROMmUXII subsp.subsp, ALBIDUSALBIDUS var.var. ZAIANICUS * Morocco, ZaianZaianMts., Mts., near Oulmes. Ex JWBIWB 89-23. (Wild(Wild collected seedseed fromftom this moist, lower altitude localitylocality has produced anan amazingamazing rangerange ofoftbrms, forms, includingincluding some really splendid clones - possiblypossibiy a group of hybrids or intergrades,intergrades, like thethe Ifrane rVN romieuxii population.popuiation. The name is probably not worth much botanicallybotanicaily-"i"r"* - pickoutapaleyellowonetopick out a pale yellow one to callcalild N.r.a. r.d. var.var. zaianicuslxtiqnicust AAdiversityof diversity of creams&creams & softcitronyellows.) soft citron yellows.) ...... (15+) B

705.50070s.500 : NARCISSUS RIIPICOLARUPICOLA (subsp.(subsp, rupicola)rupicota) * Spain, Avila, Sierra de Gredos, NE ofofPico Pico Almarzor.Almanzor. 1800m. In turf on open slopes. (A(A neat member of Sect. ApodanthaiApodanthae with flat, clear-yellow flowers & glaucous leaves. A plant of acid soils in nature, this is a rather choice,choice, small,smali, fughhigh attitudealtitude representativerepresentative of thethe type-racetype-race and one of the lastlast -fuarcissasNarcissus to flower with with us.) us.) (10+)(10+) C

705.520 :: NARCISSUS RUPICOLARUPICOLA ** NoNo data. data. Derived Derived fromfrom stock grown byby JohnJohn Blanchard's father. Its origins are unknown but it has always been designated as'Earlyas 'Early Form'. Flowering a month before the preceding, this is a slightly largerlarger plant and increases more vegetatively.vegeiativeiy. It mayrnay have a more southern or loweriower elevationeievation origin or it may be a form oflflr.of Nr. subsp. marvieri.).marvieri'). (10+)(10+) C

705.600 : NARCISSUS RUPICOLA subsp. MARVIERIMARYIERI * Morocco, MiddleMiddle Atlas,Atlas, SS ofofKsar-el-Ksiba. Ksar-el-Ksiba. 1700m.1700m. N-facing,limestoneN-facing, limestone slope with Quercuseuerczts &&. Cedrus. (The(The yellow race endemic toto Morocco. LargerLarger && flowersflowers earlierearlier here than the Spanish race but not quantifiablyquantifiabtdiferent. different. Not Not so so easy easy in in our our experience. experience. Needs Needs carefui careful watering watering & & a warmer,a warmer, drier drier resl rest in insummer.) summer.) . . .. . (10+) C 705.701IOS.7A:]: : NARCISSUS RUPICOLA subsp. WATIERIWATmRI * Morocco, HighHigh AtlasAtlas Mts., above Tizi-n-Tichka. 2300m. Moist or shaded sites on rocky slopes.slopes. (One(One ofof thethe mostmost-beautiful beautiful ofofwild wild daffodils.daftbdils. The incomparable, crystalline-white race from the great massifs ofofthe the central High Atlas.Atias. We have only foun

706.6217$6.621: : NARCISSUS TAZETTA (subsp. tazetta) Italy, Sicily, Mte.Mte. Peloritani. 1100m.I 100m. (NE(NE SicilianSicilian tazettastazettas wewe havehave seenseen have been ofofsuperlative, superlative, classic form : seesee the the frontispiece frontispiece ofJohn ofJohn Blanchard'sBlanchard's monographmonograph (Plate 2) from thethe adjacent MadonieMadonie Nebrodi : broad, pure-white segments surrounding the orange-yellow, cup-shaped coronas, on stems of about 30cm.) . . (8)(8) C * 707.3207A7 320: : NARCISSUS TRIANDRUSTRIANDRII S (var.{var. triandrus)triondrus) * No data. AA delightfuldelightful species with up to 6 elegant white flowers, their tepals reflexingretlexing back tiomfrom thethe cup-shapedcup-shaped coronas,coronas, on 20-30cm. stems. The sole member of Sect. GanymedesGarrymedes: : this type-racetype-race is fromfrom NW SpainSpain&adjacentNPortugal.Nottheeasiesttogrow:acoolsiteinacid, & adjacent N Portugal. Not the easiest to grow : a cool site in acid, sandysandysoiiseemstheideaiinthelJK. soil seems the ideal in the UK. .. '. ' (15+)(15+) B 707.700707.700: : NARCISSUS VIRIDIFLORUSyIRIIIIFLORUS Morocco,Morocco, Ww of Tetouan.Tetouan. M. JacobiJacobi coll. (Almost(Almost alwaysalways flowering without leaves, the umbels ofofup up to 5,5, heavily scented, rather bluish, olive-green flowers open in autumn on 20cm. stems. A low altitude, coastal plant of heavy soils distributed fromfrom herehere inin Morocco,Morocco, SS to nearnear AgadirAgadir on the Atlantic. Not easilyeasiiy grown, under glass of course, in the UK, possibly due toto iowlow light intensiiyintensity in in winter. winter. Needs Needs a a long, long, warm warm summer summer rest rest and and plenty plenty water water when when in ingrowth.) growth.) (i0+)(10+) E 709.010709.010:NECTAROSCORDIIMSICULUM(subsp : NECTAROSCORDITM SICULUM (subsp. siculum)siculum)* * NoNodata.Tall,handsomeAllium-relalivefromtheWMediterranean data. Tall, handsome A/hum-relative from the W Mediterranean area. Stems of about 1.2m.1.2m. carrycany umbelsumbels ofof droopingdrooping creamy creamy bells, bells, tinged tinged with with green green & & tlushed flushed with with pink. pink. Easy Easy. . . . . (15+) A

738.100 :: ORNITHOGALUM ARCUATUMARCUATUM *x Turkey, Turkey, Van,Vaq W of Yukari Narlica. 2200m.2200m. StonyStony alluviumalluvium in dried riverriver bed.bed. (A tall, handsome species,species, in effect a giant versionversion of O. narbonensenarbonense, distributed distributed from E Turkey into NW Iran & N lraq.Iraq. Cylindrical racemes -UK.) of manymany.hit" white ffo*"ru,flowers, with green fascia outside, on 1.5m. stems. Restrained but quite easy outside in the UK.) . . - . . (20+)(20+) B

709.502:70g.S0Z: PANCRATIUMpANCRATIUM ILLYRICUMILLYRICUM ** France,France, Corsica,Corsic4 Venaco SSESSE ofof Corte.Corte. c.500m.c.500m. ExEx anan A.A. EdwardsEdwards coll.coll. (A(A splendidsplendid bulb inAmaryllidaceae,inAmary{lidaceae, endemicendemicto to Corsica & Sardinia.Sardinia SlowSlow fromtiom seedseed butbut hardyhardy inin the UK.UK. WeWe grew itit ininDorset Dorset : itsits spectacularspectacular umbels of exquisitely sweet-scented, whitewhite'lilies'on 'lilies' on 30cm. stems always drew the attention of all who saw it.) ' ' (5)(5) E 809.500g0g.500 : RANUNCULUS ABNORMIS * Spain, AvilqAvila, Sierra de Gredos, NE ofofPicoAltna1zor.1800m. PicoAlmanzor. 1800m. Among rocks in melt-water gulleys. (A beautiful, tuberous-rooted species,species, whichwhichgoes goes dormantdormant asas thethe ground driesdries inin summer.sufllmer. Branching, 10cm.l0cm' stemsstems with many varnished,va*isfr"d, lemon-gold buttercups,buttercups, eacireach withwith upup to to 10 'petals','petals', fromfrom tufts tufts ofof grassy grassy foliage. foliage. Choice Choice but but not not difficult.) difficult.) . .. . QA+)(20+) D

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