N A R 



N A R 



curved dagger-point, compressed wedge-shaped, 

 convex oiTihe back, with a raised line along the 

 middle, flat at the sides and subcrcuulate to- 

 wards the dorsal margin, one-celled, va'.velcss, 

 or sometimes but seldom opening by two valves: 

 the flowers are in heads, and the fruit orbicular, 

 depressed, consisting of eight or ten joints. It 

 is also a native < f Virginia. 



Culture. — These plants are easily increased by 

 s, which should be sown on a bid of com- 

 mon earth in the spring, keeping them clear from 

 ds till autumn, and then transplanting them 

 where thev are to remain. They succeed best in 

 a rich moist soil, in which they will grow very 

 luxuriantly, and must be allowed room. 



The first sort may also be increased by part- 

 ing the roots, and planting them out where they 

 to remain in the autumn. 



They afford variety among other plants in the 

 boru 



NAPELLUS. See Aconitlm. 



NAFO-BRASS1CA. See Bkassica. 



NAPUS. SeeBBASSiCA. 



NARCISSO-LEl COIUM. See Leucoium. 



NARCISSIS, a genus containing plants of 

 the bulbous-rooted perennial flowering kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexamlria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Spathaccce. 



The characters are : that the calyx is an ob- 

 long spathe, obtuse, compressed, opening on the 

 flat^side, shrivelling : the corolla has six ovate, 

 acuminate petals, flat, equal, inserted into the 

 tube of the nectary externally above the base : 

 nectary one-leafed, cylindrie-funnel-form, co- 

 loured on the border : the stamina have six awl- 

 shaped filaments, fixed to the tube of the nectary, 

 shorter than the nectary : anthers oblongish : the 

 pisuilum is a roundish germ, obtusely thrce- 

 J, inferior: stvle filiform, longer than the 

 stamens : stigma bifid, concave, obtuse : the 

 pericarpium is a roundish capsule, obtusely three- 

 tornered, three-celled, three-valved : the seeds 

 are many, globular, and appcndicled. 



The species cultivated are: \.N. psettdo-nar- 

 i, Common Daffodil ; 2. A", poeticus, Po- 

 etic, or White Narcissus ; 8. N. lljloms, Two- 

 flowered Narcissus, or Pale Daffodil ; 4. N. ii- 

 color, Two-coloured Narcissus; 3. A. mim/r, 

 Least Daffodil : C. A*. IrianJrus, Rush-leaved 

 Narcissus, or Reflexed Daffodil ; 7- A", oriental'!-,, 

 Oriental Narcissus ; 8. N. Bulbocodium, Hoop- 

 Petticoat Narcissus ; 9- A*, taxeita, Polyanthus 

 Narcissus; 10. A", serotinus, Late-flowering 

 Narcissus; 11. A", odonis, Sweet-scented Nar- 

 us, or Great Jonquil; 12. N. calaihimu, 

 Calathine Yellow -Narcissus; 13. X. jonquil la, 

 Common Jonquil. 



The first has a large bulbous root, from which 



come out five or six flat leaves, about a foot long, 

 and an inch bn colour, and a 



little hollow in the middle like the keel of a boat : 

 the stalk rises a foot and half high, having two 

 sharp longitudinal angles; at the top conns out 

 one nodding flower, inclosed in a thin spathe : 

 the corolla is of one petal, being connected at 

 the base, but cut almost to the bottom into six 

 spreading parts ; in the middle is a bell-shaped 

 nectary, called by gardeners the cup, which 

 is equal in length to the petal, and stands erect : 

 the petal is of a pale brimstone or straw colour, 

 and the nectary is of a full yellow : the seeds are 

 roundish, black. It is a native of many parts of 

 Europe, flowering in March. 



'I here are varieties with white petals and a pale 

 yellow cup, with yellow- petals and atrolden cup, 

 with a double flower ; with three or four cups 

 within each other ; Tradescant's large doftb'c ; 

 long-tubed flowered; short-tubed ; dwarf-stalk- 

 ed : and the peerless Daffodil. 



Many other varieties have likewise been no- 

 ticed by writers. 



The second species has a smaller and rounder 

 bulb than the first : the leaves are longer, nar- 

 rower, and flatter : the stalk or scape does not 

 rise higher than the leaves , w hich are of a gray co- 

 lour : at the top of the stalk conies out one flower 

 from the spathe, nodding on one side : the co- 

 rolla snow white, spreading open flat, the petals 

 rounded at the points : the nectary or cup in the 

 centre is very short, and fringed on the border 

 with a bright purple circle : the flowers have an 

 agreeable odour, appear in May, and seldom 

 produce seeds. It is a native of Italy, &c* 

 flowering in April. 



There are varieties with double white flowers, 

 with purple-cupped flowers, and with yellow -cup- 

 ped flowers. 



The third usually produces two flowers : it fre- 

 quently occurs, however, with one, more rarely 

 with three ; in a high state of culture it probably 

 mav be found with more. When it has only 

 one flower, it mav easily be mistaken for one of 

 the varieties of the second sort, but may be di- 

 stinguished from it by the petals being of a yel- 

 lowish hue, or rather a pale cream colour : the 

 nectary wholly yellow, not having the ora:. 

 crimson rim, and by it^ flowering at least three 

 weeks earlier: the top also of the (lowering stem 

 very soon after it emerges from the ground 

 bends down and becomes elbowed: whereas in 

 that it continues : 'ill within a short time 



of the Sower's expanding. It is a native of sew ral 

 parts of Euro; ing in M 



There are two or three varieties, as with 

 sulphur-coloured fli :id with white re- 



! petals, with gold-coloured borders. 



fourth species resembles the first; but 



