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in this country should be taken out of the pots and dried slowly in 

 the shade, as the heat of the sun very much damages the bulb. 



"And the hyacinth, purple and white and blue, 

 Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew 

 Of music so delicate, soft, and intense, 

 It was felt like an odour within the sense." — Shelley. 



Following the Hyacinth, the beautiful family of Narcissus blossoms, 

 the varieties of which are invaluable for rendering the garden bril- 

 liant till the bedding plants are placed out of doors. Mr. Barr has 

 studied these, and shown at the Horticultural Society numerous 

 varieties. The Narcissus minor from the Pyrenees is interesting from 

 its very dwarf habit, not three inches high. The Narcissus Bulbocodium 



Fig. 3qB.— Corbutaria conspicua 

 = Narcissus Budbocodium. 



Fig. 390. — N. Jonqnilla. 



Fig. 400. — N. maximus. 



(fig- 398), or Hoop Petticoat Daffodil, is a beautiful kind. There are 

 other specimens of daffodil which grow naturally in our fields. 



" Daffodils, 

 Which come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty."— Shakspeare. 



The Jonquil {Narcissus Jonquilla, fig. 399) is deliciously scented. 

 There are many floriste' varieties, which may be grown in pots one 

 year, and then planted out in the open border. They appear to 

 deteriorate very little with me, but increase and produce a multitude 

 of bulbs, each sending up splendid trusses of flowers. 



N juncifolius is a pretty dwarf species. N. maximus (fig. 400) 

 has a noble flower, probably a variety of the common daffodil 

 {N. Pseudo-Narcissus). N incomparabilis, from Southern Europe 



