DOUBLE TRUMPET 

 DAFFODIL. 



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uis jt^ct/f/o/no'ciss/f^. 



Mowers o' the spring 

 people at the slieariDg- feast 



Hl^] trumpet daffodils coustitute a 

 distinct and important section of 

 the great genus Narcissus ; and 

 they are, without doubt, the most 

 useful of all our garden Howers, 

 and emineutly gay when, in the 

 timid days of spring, they present 

 their golden Howers. The double 

 daffodils belong exclusively to the 

 garden. Those that enrich the 

 midland meadows in j^i''™'''"'© 

 time are invariably single, and 

 <if one distinct ty]>e, known as 

 the English daffodil. It is of 

 these more es]iecially that Shake- 

 speare speaks in the famous 

 passage in the " Winter's Tale " 

 where Perdita. sighs for " some 

 wherewith to welcome the voung 



" DiiffoiUls, 



That come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, 

 But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes 

 Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses 

 That die unmarried, ere they can behold 

 Bright Phcebus in his strength." 



