Parmenia
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Classification:
9 -[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Baylor Hartland

b 1836 d 1912

Ballintemple, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland

William Baylor Hartland
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1907
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
Pollen Parent: 
Unknown
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

According to the The Gardners’ Chronicle  issue May 6, 1899: “It is a cross from N. poeticus var. ornatus and another,  and is remarkable for its large size, the reflected condition of the white perianth segments, which are bent back nearly as in N. cyclamineus much more so than is represented in the illustration. The segments also overlap one another in a curious fashion…”

Origin of Name

Stated in The Gardners’ Chronicle May 6, 1899 issue: “We hope Mr. Hartland will not give it a Latin name.”

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ParmeniaParmenia, 9 -, William Baylor Hartland, Ireland, 1907
Photo #32670 Unknown Historic Source