NARCISSUS. 269 



' ' Some within the house lay tears of daffodils, and tough glue from 

 the barks of trees, for the foundations of the corahs, and then suspend 

 the tenacious wax." MARTYN'S TRANSLATION. 



Thomson celebrates the sweetness of the Jonquil, or 

 Sweet Narcissus : 



" No gradual hloom is wanting ; from the bud, 

 First-born of Spring, to Summer's musky tribes ; 

 Nor hyacinths, of purest virgin white, 

 Low bent, and blushing inward ; nor jonquils, 

 Of potent fragrance ; nor Narcissus fair, 

 As o'er the fabled fountain hanging still." 



THOMSON'S SPRING. 



Virgil, in one passage in the fifth pastoral, speaks of 

 the Narcissus as purple ; and Mr. Davidson, in a note on 

 that passage, observes that Dioscorides also speaks of a 

 species of Narcissus which is purple. Several of them 

 have a ring of purple : 



" Pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso." 



" In lieu of the soft violet, in lieu of the empurpled narcissus." 

 DAVIDSON'S TRANSLATION. 



NASTURTIUM. 



TROPJEOLUM. 



TROPJEOLE-dE. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Called also Indian-cress. French, la capucine. Italian, fior cap- 

 pucino; caprivola. The botanical name of this plant is the diminutive 

 of trop&um, a trophy. 



THE Nasturtium is a Peruvian plant; yet, in warm 

 sheltered situations, will grow and flower in the open air, 

 which is extraordinary in a native of so warm a country. 

 They will, however, flower earlier and better when raised 

 in a hot-bed. Where this aid cannot be allowed them, 

 the seed may be sown in autumn, one in a pot; and 

 should be kept in the house till spring. Early in spring 



