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curved dagger-point, compressed wcdge-sbapcd, 

 convex on the back, with a raised line along the 

 middle, flat at the sides and subcrenulate to- 

 wards the dorsal margin, one-celled, valveless, 

 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 of Virginia. 



Culture. — These plants are easily increased by 

 seeds, which should be sown on a bed of com- 

 mon earth in the spring, keeping them clear from 

 •weeds till autumn, and then transplantinj^ them 

 where they are to remain. They succeed best in 

 a rich moist soil, hi 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 

 are to remain in the autumn. 



They afford variety among other plants in the 

 borders. 



NAPELLUS. See Aconitum. 



NAPO-BRASSICA. See Brassica. 



NAPUS. See Brassica. 



NARCISSO-LEUCOIUM. See Leucoium. 



NARCISSUS, a genus containing plants of 

 the bulbous-rooted perennial flowering kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria 

 Monogijnia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Spathacece. 



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, cylindric-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 

 pistillum is a roundish germ, obtusely three- 

 sided, inferior : style filiform, longer than the 

 stamens : stigma bifid, concave, obtuse : the 

 pericarpium is a roundish capsule, obtusely three- 

 cornered, three-celkd, three-valved : the seeds 

 are many, globular, and appendicled. 



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

 cissus, Common DafTodil ; 2. N. poetiais, Po- 

 etic, or White Narcissus ; 3. JV. l>'^florus,Tv^o- 

 flowered Narcissus, or Pale Daflbdi! ; 4. N. li- 

 color. Two-coloured Narcissus ; 5. N. minor. 

 Least Daffodil : 6. N. triandrus. Rush-leaved 

 Narcissus, or Reflexed Daffodil ; 7 . N. orientalis, 

 Oriental Narcissus ; 8. N. Bulljocodiiim, Hoop- 

 Petticoat Narcissus ; 9. N. tazelta, Polyanthus 

 Narcissus ; 10. JV. serotimis. Late-flowering 

 Narcissus ; 11. A^. odorus, Sweet-scented Nar- 

 cissus, or Great Jonquil; 12. N. calalhinus, 

 Calathine Yellow Narcissus ; 13. N. jonqidlla, 

 Common Jonquil. 



The fiirst has a large bulbous root, from which 



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

 and an inch broad, of a grayish 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 lonsjitudinal angles ; at the top comes oirt 

 one nodding flower, inclosed in a thin spathe : 

 the corolla is of one petal, biino; 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. 



There are varieties with white petals and a pale 

 yellow cup, with yellow petals and a golden cup, 

 with a double flower ; with three or lour cups 

 within each other ; Tradcscant's large double ; 

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

 ed ; and the peerless DatTodil. 



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, which are of a grayco- 

 lour : at the top of thestalk comes out one flower 

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

 rolla snow white, spreaduig 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 probablv 

 may be found with more. When it has only 

 one flower, it may 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 yti- 

 lowi'sh hue, or rather a pale cream colour ; the 

 nectary wholly yellow, not having the orange or 

 crimson rim, and by its flowering at least three 

 weeks earlier; the top also of the flowering stem 

 verv soon after it emerges from the ground 

 bends down and becorrKS elbowed; whereas in 

 that it continues upright till within a short time 

 of the flower's expandmg. It is a native of several 

 parts of Europe, flowering in May. 



There are two or three varieties, as with 

 sulphur-coloured flowers, and with white re- 

 flexed petals, with gold-coloured borders. 



The fourth species resembles the first; buj- 



