AMARYLLIS FAMILY 



the narcissus blooms mom by mom with fair clusters, crown of 



the great goddesses of yore." ' 

 This Narcissus was not only the theme of the ancient poets; 



it was also a decorative flower, used largely in connection with 

 death and burial. That it was so used be- 

 fore the Christian era in the making of 

 funeral wreaths is known from the actual 

 evidence of specimens of the Narcissus 

 tazetta flowers which after long entombment 

 were unearthed in 1888 from an ancient 

 cemetery at Hawara. 



JONQUIL 



Narcissus jonqHilla. 



One of the long-cultivated species of Narcis- 

 sus; quite hardy in the Middle West. Native 

 to southern Europe and northern Africa. 



Leaves. — Glossy, dark-green, very narrow, and 

 rush-like. 



Flowers. — Two to six on the stem; the tube 

 greenish-yellow, slender, cylindrical, about an 

 inch long; segments yellow, slender, obovate, 

 scarcely overlapping; corona very short, crenate, the same color as the 

 segments. 



There has been a curious interchange of name between this 

 species which is the real Jonquil, and the Trumpet Daffodil, 

 which is often called Jonquil. It is, upon the whole, best to use 

 the names as the books record them. The Jonquil leaves are rush- 

 like, not flat; the flowers slender and delicate, in a cluster, pushing 

 out from ^ common enclosing spathe. The plant is somewhat 

 at a disadvantage in comparison with the Trumpet Daffodils, 

 because of its very delicacy. 



1 " QDdipus at Colonus " — Sophocles. 



Jonquil. 



Narcissus jon- 

 qUilla 



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