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round London the herb- folks bring prodigious 

 quantities in the spring of the year, when in 

 bloom, root and all, and sell them about the 

 streets." Still, in spite of the efforts of the " herb- 

 folk " and others, there are wild daffodils yet to be 

 found in parts of England and Holland. And, on 

 good authority it is stated, all the uniflowered 

 varieties of to-day are sprung from it ; and of 

 those varieties one may say, as Parkinson did of 

 the Bastard Daffodils of Divers Kinds, " There is 

 much variety in this kind ; . . . but it is needless 

 to spend a great deal of time and labour upon such 

 . . . flowers, except that in the beholding of 

 them, we may therein admire the work of the 

 Creator, who can frame such diversity in one 

 thing. But this is beside the text, yet not 

 impertinent." 



