300 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



To Pan we dedicate the pine, 

 Whose slips the shepherd graceth ; 



Again the ivy, and the vine, 

 On his swoln Bacchus placeth." 



NARCISSUS. 



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 NARCISSEJE. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Named from the youth Narcissus, who, as the poets tell us, was 

 changed into this flower. Also named Daffodil. Some of the species 

 are called Jonquils. French, narcisse, jonquille. Italian, narcisso, 

 giunchiglia. 



THE Two-flowered Narcissus *, Pale Daffodil, or Prim- 

 rose-peerless, is of a pale cream-colour, with a yellow cup 

 in the centre. It grows wild in England and many other 

 parts of Europe, and flowers in April. 



Of the Common Daffodil there are many varieties : with 

 a white flower, and yellow cup ; a yellow flower, and deep 

 golden cup ; a double flower, with several cups, one within 

 the other; Tradescanfs Daffodil, " which," says Mr. 

 Martyn, " may well be entitled the Prince or Glory of 

 Daffodils ;" the Great Nonsuch ; the Great Yellow Incom- 

 parable Daffodil, which, when double, is called by gar- 

 deners, Butter-and-egg Narcissus. It is called in the Dutch 

 catalogues the Orange Pho2nix, and is considered the 

 handsomest of all the varieties. There are many others, 

 which it is not necessary to specify. They mostly flower 

 in April. This in France has many names : as, le narcisse 

 sauvage ; le faux narcisse ; campane jaune [yellow bell] ; 

 aiau i aioidt. In Italian, narcisso giatto [yellow narcissus], 

 trombone giallo [yellow trumpet]. 



The Sweet-scented Narcissus, or Great Jonquil, is a 



* Italian, tazzettaccia. 



