398 THE SNOWDROP FAMILY. 



Both have bulbous roots, with annual and solitary flower-stems, bear- 

 ing each a solitary blossom upon the summit. 



1. Flower-stalks three to eight inches high; flower pendulous, bell- 



shaped, the sepals oblong, concave, and pure white ; the petals 

 half their length, white, the mai'gins streaked with green. y^SjiowDROP. 

 Leaves long, lineai-, few, rather glaucous, and scarcely de- 

 veloped till after the flowers have withered 



2. Flower -stalks nine to twelve inches high; flower large, half-~^ 



pendulous, the sepals and petals equal in size, pale yellow, 



and more or less spreading, with a long projecting tube in the >-DAFFODrL. 



centre, of a deeper colour, and rather ragged at the edges. 



Leaves long, linear, and dark green 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Snowdkop — [Galdnthus nivalis.) 



Plentiful in meadows near Ringway. (J. P.) Abundant in the 

 woods and on hedgebanks between Marple old Hall and the river. 

 (Naturalized?) Fl. February, along with the hazle-nut. 

 Curtis, iii. 472 ; E. B. i. 19 ; Baxter, i. 33. 



Very common in gardens, where the flowers are often double. 



2. Daffodil — [Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus.) 



Meadows and in groves, not uncommon. Abundant in a meadow 

 between Prestwich Church and the dells beneath. In profusion by 

 the side of Ridding's Brook, Lymm, opposite the dropping spring. 

 The same in meadows near Marple Hall. Barlow Wood. Near 

 Jackson's Boat. Near Arden Hall. Trafford Park, opposite Eccles 

 Church, visible across the river. Very abundant at Mobberley, where 

 the flowers are gathered for the Manchester market. Ratclifie ; 

 Worsley ; and many other places. Fl. April. 

 E. B. i. 17 ; Baxter, i. 73. 



Very common in gardens, with the flowers double, and blooming a fortnight 

 earlier than the single ones in the fields. 



The pale narcissus, or Narcissus bijlorus, (E. B. ii. 270.) formerly grew wild at 

 Pilswortb, near Bury, but the ground is now cultivated, and the plant destroyed. 



The garden AmarylUdete comprise many pretty species of Narcissus, especially 

 the white " poets' narcissus," or N. pocticus, (E.B. iv. 275.) distinguislied by the pink 

 edge to its shallow cup ; along with tho same flower in the double condition, when 

 it is carnation-like and very fragrant, and commonly called " Sweet Nancy." The 



