264 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



In love the sad forsaken wight 



The willow garland weareth, 

 The funeral man, befitting night 



The baleful cypress beareth. 

 To Pan we dedicate the pine, 



Whose slips the shepherd graceth 

 Again the ivy, and the vine, 



On his swoln Bacchus placeth." 



NARCISSUS. 



NARCISSE.E. 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. 



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 ; Tradescant's Daffodil, " which," says 

 Mr. Martyn, " may well be entitled the Prince or Glory 

 of Daffodils ;" the Great Nonsuch ; the Great Yellow In- 

 comparable Daffodil, which, when double, is called by 

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

 Dutch catalogues, the Orange Phcenix, 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 



