OLD-TIME AND MODERN 1 3 



"Continuous as the stars that shine 



And twinkle on the Milky Way, 

 They stretched in never-ending line 



Along the margin of the bay; 

 Ten thousand saw I at a glance, 

 Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. 



"The waves beside them danced: but they 

 Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: 



A poet could not but be gay, 

 In such a jocund company: 



I gazed — and gazed — but little thought 



What wealth the show to me had brought: 



"For oft, when on my couch I lie 



In vacant or in pensive mood, 

 They flash upon that inward eye 



Which is the bliss of solitude; 

 And then my heart with pleasure fills. 

 And dances with the daffodils.'' 



— William Wordsworth. 



THE TYPICAL DAFFODIL AND NARCISSUS 



Though "Narcissus" is the botanical title 

 of the whole family, the more showy large 

 trumpet forms have so dominated that their 

 popular name of "daffodil" has come to sig- 

 nify all the members of the family included 

 in the large crown and medium crown sec- 

 tions, embracing the intermediate hybrid 

 groups. The name "narcissus" is still re- 

 tained popularly for the small-cupped species, 



