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Daftodils, 

 " That come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty." 



So too, Anna Warner in " Daffy-down- Dilly." 



" Daffy- Down -Dilly came up in the cold, 

 Through the brown mould. 



Although the March breezes blew keen on her face, 

 Although the white snow lay in many a place." 



The tubular crown forms an opening to the flower- 

 tube, at the base of which honey is secreted in three 

 honey-glands. This opening is about an inch long, 

 and is wider at the crown, allowing insects to enter 

 bodily. Those that have a proboscis of 6 mm. can 

 thus reach the honey. The stamens are not so long as 

 the pistil, hence insects touch the latter first, and 

 afterwards they are dusted with pollen. There is thus 

 provision for cross-pollination. The flowers are con- 

 spicuous; but being early-flowering they are not 

 visited so much as other flowers, which are less con- 

 spicuous and that flower later, and little seed is set. 

 The capsule is leathery, and when ripe the seeds, 

 which are set free on the opening of the valves, may 

 be wind-dispersed. 



Quite a large number of names are given by 

 Britten and Holland for the Daffodil, as Affadil, 

 Affoodile, Asphodel, Averill, Belle-blome, Bellflower, 

 Bellrose, Bulrose, Butter-and-eggs,Cencliffe, Chalice- 

 flower, Churn, Cowslip, Yellow Crowbells, Daffadilly, 

 Daffa-down-dilly, Dafi'odil, Daffodilly, Dafl"y, Dilly, 



