ON DAFFODILS AND NARCISSI 149 



Daffodils enliven the border at a season when the 

 majority of the larger permanent occupants are only just 

 beginning to bestir themselves. They dance and quiver 

 in the spring breezes. They nod their golden heads 

 joyously. They are on the best of terms with the world, 

 and put the grower on the best of terms with himself. 

 They gleam as brightly as the sun itself. When they are 

 growing vigorously in well-prepared soil they will yield 

 armfuls of flowers for the house and church at Easter- 

 tide, and still make a brave show in the garden. 



