NARCIS'SUS CA'P AX. 
CAPACIOUS NARCISSUS. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGXNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMAIIY LLIDACEA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
France. 
6 inches. 
April. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 1073. 
The name, Narcissus, is derived from the Greek, 
and signifies stupor. 
This showy species of Narcissus is a very old 
inhabitant of British gardens ; common in some 
districts, whilst unknown in others. Our own ac- 
quaintance with it we owe to the kind attentions 
of the Rev. H. C. Carleton, of Arrow, Warwick- 
shire; whose vicarage garden is known as a model 
of nice keeping, and refined taste. Here the Nar- 
cissus capax has long been a favourite ; and, as in 
its double state we could not determine its species, 
we referred it to the Rev. Mr. Bree, by whom it 
had been distributed. Amongst other information 
from Mr. Bree, for which we are greatly indebted 
to him, we have the following reply to our en- 
quiries respecting this Narcissus. 
“ The plant you inquire about can, I think, be 
no other than the Queltia capax of Haworth, (see 
his paper in the Philosophical Magazine for June, 
1830) and the Assaracus capax, var. plenus, of his 
Monograph of the Genus Narcissus. I well re- 
member having given it to him, years ago, and he 
remarked to me that he had lost sight of it for 
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