60 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 NARCISSUS JOHNSTONII {Cultivated in Britain). 



QUEEN OF SPAIN. 



Amaryllidacece. — (Corbularia group). — Flowers yeUow; outer 

 segments much contracted; tube in centre composed of con- 

 fluent stamens. 



Toxic Pri7iciple.—NARCISS'INE, 



To ivhat strange end hath some strange god made fair 

 The double blossom of two fruitless flowers ? 



Swinburne: " Herma'phroditusy 



NARCISSUS PSEUDO-NARCISSUS {British). 



AFFADIL — AVEREL — BELL ROSE — BUL ROSE — COMMON DOUBLE 

 DAFFODIL — CROW BELLS — CHALICE FLOWER — DAFFIDOWN- 

 DILLY — LENT LILY — LENT ROSE. 



Amaryllidacece. — Herbaceous perennial. — Leaves sword- 

 shaped. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; composed entirely of petals; 

 white or yellow. — Fruit a 3-celled capsule. — March-April. 



Toxic PrwcfjpZe.— NARCISSINE. 



Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, 

 And take the winds of March with beauty. 



Shakespeaee. 



NARCISSUS POLYANTHUS. 

 NARCISSUS TAZETTA {Cultivated in Britain). 108. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS — FRENCH DAFFODIL. 



Amaryllidacece. — Spathe many-flowered; nectary some- 

 what elongated. — I ft; perennial; May. — pale yellow, or white; 

 nectary yellow. 



Toxic PrmcipZe.— NARCISSINE. 



. . . in the spritig the narciss shows its head 

 Nor withers till the rose has flamed to red. 



Wilde: '' Desespoir.'' 



