By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 349 



amplo calyce. Theatr. Fl. t. 20. Pseudo-narcissus albo flore. 

 Clus. Auct. cum Ic. 



In the days of Parkinson, this species was as common 

 as it is now scarce, being mentioned by all the old botanists. 

 It requires shade and pure loam, but will not refuse to live 

 in other soils. The flowers have a slight citron-like perfume, 

 and it is unquestionably the Narcissus Moschatus of Linnaeus 

 who was induced to give it that doubly erroneous name, 

 partly by a blunder of Casper Bauhin. 



Ajax Longiflorus. MSS. Narcissus moschatus «. Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. n. 924. cum Ic. bond. Narcissus cernuus. Roth. 

 Catalect.fasc. I. p. 43. Narcissus tortuosus.. Haworth Diss, 

 p. 179. Narcissus albus calyce praelongo flore pendente. 

 Rudb. Camp. Elys. lib. 2. p. 73./. 16. Pseudo-narcissus Hispa- 

 nicus flore albo medius. Park. Par. p. 100. Pseudo-narcissi 

 flore albo varietas. Clus. Cur. Port. p. 14. 



Both these milk-white Daffodils were cultivated at Paris, 

 in the time of Henry the Fourth : and I saw at Fontain- 

 bleau, in 1786, a fire-screen, said to have been given by him 

 to the fair Gabrielee, on which they were most naturally 

 embroidered in coloured silks, still fresh : they were repre- 

 sented growing out of the earth, with several flowers in each 

 bunch, and the crown of this species straw-colour, which it is 

 for a day or two : at the bottom was the following title and 

 date, Conquelourdes blancs, 1598. The flowers of this species 

 smell like Ginger, and it will grow in any soil, preferring, 

 nevertheless, a moist loam. I found it in the field at Mill 

 Hill, where the seeds ripened every year, but in the borders 

 of the garden, which was nearer the gravel, very seldom. 



Corbularia Tenuifolia. MSS. Narcissus tenuifolius 



