MYOSOTIS NARCISSUS. 



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beneath taller subjects ; or in small 

 beds or borders in moist soil. Division. 

 Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget- 

 me-not). Now popular in conse- 

 quence of being used for flower- 

 beds in spring ; 1 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in spring and early summer ; blue, with 

 yellow throat, as large as those of M. 

 palustris, in long loose racemes ; limb 

 of corolla spreading out flat, longer 

 than the tube; calyx rather shorter 

 than pedicels, cut nearly to the base 

 into narrow segments. Leaves, oblong- 

 lanceolate, bluntish, clothed with soft 

 hairs. There is a white, a rose-coloured, 

 and a striped variety. Europe, and in 

 the North of England and Scotland. 



In beds in the flower-garden in 



spring, and should be grown in a wild 

 state abundantly by wood-walks in 

 copses, etc. It sows itself freely in 

 woods ; for garden -use it should 

 be sown in beds in August every 

 year. 



Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely). A 

 graceful-looking plant with a peculiar 

 but grateful odour, and with sweet- 

 tasted stems ; 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 spring and early summer; white, in ter- 

 minal compound umbels; involucre 

 wanting; leaves of involucels lance- 

 shaped, finely ciliated. Fruit from to 

 nearly an inch long, with 5 very promin- 

 ent ribs, often clothed with minute stiff 

 hairs. Leaves, rather villous beneath, 

 ternately decompound; leaflets deeply 

 divided and toothed. Root fusiform. 

 Britain and several parts of Middle 

 and Southern Europe. By wood- 

 walks, and in semi-wild places in any 

 soil, or occasionally used among fine- 

 leaved perennials. Division. 



Narcissus bicolor (Two-coloured 

 Daffodil). Somewhat like the Com- 

 mon Daffodil, but handsomer and 

 distinguished from it by having the 

 tube of the flower of the same length 

 as the ovary, and the limb of the petal 

 of a pure white, expanding nearly 



horizontally, the crown being of a 

 handsome yellow, with 6 very short 

 lobes, notched at the edges, and 

 swollen at the base. Flowers, in early 

 spring. Southern Europe, chiefly 



in the Pyrenees. Borders, fringes 



of shrubberies, and naturalization, in 

 grassy places. Division. 



Narcissus Bulbocodium (Hoop-petti- 

 coat Narcissus). A very beautiful 

 and distinct Daffodil, now too seldom 

 in our gardens; 4 to 10 in. high. 

 Flowers, in spring ; 1 on eacb 

 stem ; rich golden yellow, with the 

 crown or cup usually erect, gradually 

 and regularly widening from the base 

 to the margin and longer than the divi- 

 sions. Leaves, erect, half round, dark 

 green, and somewhat rushy-looking, 

 in tufts. Native of Southern France, 

 Spain, and Portugal. There are two 

 varieties, viz. , lobulatus and serotinus. 

 On sunny spots in the rock- 

 garden, or warm borders devoted to 

 choice hardy flowers. It is not 

 sufficiently plentiful, or I should re- 

 commend it to be naturalized on snug 

 banks in the pleasure-ground. It' 

 should always have well-drained and 

 free sandy soil. Division. 



Narcissus incomparabilis (Tncompar- 

 dbleDaffodil). Anne showy kind, most 

 frequently seen in the double form, 

 in which it is often called "butter and 

 eggs ;" 12 to 16 in. high. Flowers, in 

 spring; solitary, slightly fragrant; 

 outer divisions spreading, slightly 

 overlapping, 1 in. long, 4 or f in, 

 broad, usually of a paler hue than the 

 crown, which is orange yellow, about 

 4 in. deep and f in. wide, nearly 

 erect, much plaited at the throat, and 

 furnished with 6 deep imbricated 

 lobes. Leaves, 3 or 4 to each flower- 

 stem, about 1 ft. long and 4 in. broad, 

 bluntly keeled, greyish. Bulb pear- 

 shaped, 1 to ijin. thick, with light 



brown coats. Southern Europe. 



Borders, fringes of shrubberies, and 



