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the petals are white, thenectary is dark yellow and tudinal furrow on one side; they are seldom 



larger, with a speading, waved, notched border, more than eight or nine inches long : the flower- 



Gouan thinks it is easily distinguished by its stalk slender, taper, about six inches long : petal 



leaves, which are scarcely a palm in length and scarce half an inch long, cut into six acute seg- 



halfaninch in breadth; by its large flower, meats : thenectary or cup is more than two 



with cordate-ovate petals, imbricate at the base, inches long, very broad at the brim, lessening 



and sulphur-coloured; and by the nectary hav- gradually to the base, formed somewhat like the 



ing a reflex mouth, twelve-cleft or there- old farthingale or bell-hoop petticoat worn by 



abouts, the lobes also being toothed and curled : 

 the scape is the length of the leaves, or a little 

 shorter, and thick, ft is a native of the South 

 of Europe, flowering in April and May 



the ladies. It is a native of Portugal, flowering 

 in April or May. 



The ninth species has a large, roundish bulb : 

 the leaves three or four, long, narrow, plane: 



There is a large variety, which approaches in the scape or flower-stalk upright, broadish, 



its general appearance very near to the first angular, concave, from ten or twelve to eighteen 



sort; but it is a much taller plant, and has its inches in height: the flowers six or seven to ten 



leaves more twisted, as well as more glaucous : from one spathe, very fragrant, clustered, white 



the flower, but especially the nectary, is much or yellow. It is a native of Spain and Portugal, 



larger, and the petals are more spreading. It &c, flowering in February and March. 



is oba fine deep yellow colour, having sub-va- 

 rieties with double flowers, and is a native of 

 Spain, flowering in April. It is sometimes 

 known bv the title of Great Yellow Spanish-Bas- 

 tard Daffodil. 



The fifih is nearly related to the first sort, but 

 is three times smaller in all its parts : the scape 

 is scarcely striated: the spathe is greenish : the 



There are a great many varieties : the principal 

 of which are ; with yellow petals, with orange, 

 yellow, or sulphur-coloured cups or nectaries ; 

 with white petals, with orange, yellow, or sul- 

 phur coloured cups or nectaries; with white petals, 

 with white cups or nectaries ; and with double 

 flowers of the different varieties. 



The flower catalogues contain about a hun- 



flowers more nodding: the petals distinct at the clred sub-varieties under these heads. It may be 

 base, lanceolate, straight, not oblique or ovate : observed, that "the varieties with white petals and 

 the margin of the nectary six-cleft, waved, white cups are not so much esteemed as the 

 curled. But though the flowers are not so large others ; there are, however, two or three with 

 as those of the other species, when the roots large bunches of small white flowers, which are 

 are planted in a cluster, they make a very pretty valuable for their agreeable odour, and for flower- 

 show, and have this advantage, that they flower ing later than most of the others. There is also 

 somewhat earlier than any of the others. It is one with very double flowers, the outer petals 



a native of Spain. 



The sixth is of the same size with the second, 

 but the leaves arc narrower by half and channel- 

 led : the spathe one-flowered: the whole corolla 

 snow-white : the petals ovate-oblong : the nec- 



white, those in the middle some white, others 

 orange-coloured," which " has a very agree- 

 able scent, flowers early, and is generally called 

 the Cyprus Narcissus," and is the most beautiful 

 of all the varieties when blown in glasses in 



tary bell-shaped, shorter by half than the corolla, rooms or other places. 



with the margin straight, and unequally crenu- The tenth has a small bulb : the leaves few, 



late: the stamens three, seldom six : theanthcrs narrow: the stalk jointed, nine inches high : the 



dark yellow, shorter than the nectary. In corolla white, cut into six narrow segments : the 



nurseries the flowers are of a pale yellow, having cup yellow. It flowers late in the autumn, and 



two and sometimes three flowers from a spathe. is a native of Spain, Italy, and Earbary. 



It is a native of Portugal. The eleventh species has the flower deep yel- 



Therc are varieties with cup and petals wholly low, threetimesaslargeas thatof the ninth, some- 



of a gold colour ; with yellow with a white cup; times one only from a spathe, but frequently 



and w ith white, with a yellow cup. more: the nectary not fringed, but divided at the 



The seventh species is broad-leaved, having mouth into six blunt lobes. It possesses more 



the appearance of the ninth sort: the corolla is fragrance than many of the others. It is a na- 



whitej the nectary erect, half or one-third of tive of the South of Europe, flowering in April 



the length of the petals, trifid, yellow, with the and May. 



lobes emarginate. It is a native of the Levant, It varies with double flowers, 



flowering in May. The twelfth resembles the ninth very much, 



There are several varieties. but the petals are a little larger and sharper; the 



The eighth has small bulbs : the leaves very nectary is the same length with the petal : the 



narrow, having some resemblance to those of leaves two or three, a foot or more in length : 



the Rush, but a little compressed, with a longi- the stem is slender, strong, afoot in length : the 

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