DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 295 
NARCISSUS,—Darropi1, Jonquit. 
(Named from the youth Narcissus, who, as the poets tell us, was changed in. 
to this flower.] 
“No gradual bloom is wanting ; from the bud, 
First born of the spring, to summer's murky tribes : 
Nor Hyacinths of purest virgin white, 
Low bent, and blushing inward ; nor Jonquilles 
Of potent fragrance ; nor Narcissus fair, 
As o’er the fabled fountain hanging still.” 
Mostly hardy, bulbous-rooted plants, many of them too 
well known for description; all suitable to ornament the 
garden. They may be planted in October or November, 
in any good garden soil, about three inches deep, and need 
not be taken up oftener than is necessary to separate the 
roots when they become matted together, as they will in 
three or four years. 
Narcissus bifloérus.— The Two-flowered Narcissus, 
Pale Daffodil, or Primrose-peerless, is of a pale-cream 
color, with a yellow cup in the center; a very pretty spe- 
cies. 
N. Pseudo-Narcissus, is 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 another; the Great Yellow 
Incomparable, double and single. The double variety is 
called Butter and Eggs Narcissus, by the English, and by 
the Dutch, Orange Phenix, and is considered the hand- 
somest of all the varieties. It has large and small petals; 
the large, lemon color, filled in with small orange-colored 
ones. All these varieties flower the last of April. 
N. odorus.—The Great Jonquille, is yellow; the scent 
of it so powerful as hardly to be endured. 
N. Jonquilla.—The Common Jonquille, is yellow, and 
has a cup deeper colored than the petals. There is a va- 
riety with double flowers, 
