Daffodil. 
Natcissus pseudo~narcissus. Naturat Orper: Amaryllidacee—Amaryllis Family. 
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\ URING the early spring, as soon as the frost begins to leave 
\@, the ground, among the first green things to appear are the 
Sate of the tapering leaves of this plant, in company with 
supposed the odor of some of them possess sodorific influence when 
inhaled. They require a.more than ordinarily rich soil, and the bulbs 
should be renewed when they begin to deteriorate through age. 
sifike Chivalry. 
HE champions all of high degree, 
Who knighthood loved, and deeds of chivalry, 
Throng’d to the lists, and envied to behold 
The names of others, not their own, enroll’d. 
—Dryden. 
E ye call great: mine is the firmer seat, E is a man setting his fate aside, 
The truer lance; but there is many a youth Of comely virtues: 
Now present, who will come to all I am Nor did he soil the fact with cowardice 
And overcome it; and in me there dwells (An honor in him, which buys out his fault), 
No greatness, save it be some far-off touch But, with a noble fury, and fair spirit, 
Of greatness to know well I am not great. Seeing his reputation touch’d to death, 
Shennyson. He did oppose his foe. — Shakespeare. 
HEY reel, they roll in clanging lists, HE daffodil most dainty is, 
And when the tide of combat stands, To match with these in meetness; 
Perfume and flowers fall in showers, The columbine compared to this, 
That lightly rain from ladies’ hands. All much alike for sweetness. 
—Tennyson. —WNicholas Drayton. 
) IS much he dares; 
And to that dauntless temper of his mind, 
— Shakespeare. 
\ He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor. 
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