fore the old names, have been applied to those 
plants which seemed the most nearly to resemble 
the original Grecian s})ecies. 
Considering that the Narcissus minor is as 
hardy as the common Daffodil, and increases as 
rapidly, it may have been reasonably expected to 
be met with almost as frequently, but this is not 
the fact. It is far from common, although so 
])leasing a spring flower. Like Snowdrops, Aco- 
nites, and some others of this class, it may be said 
to occupy no space, for it presents itself in nature’s 
gay carpet, performs its allotted part, and then 
quickly leaves its place to be taken by a successor. 
It does but spring up — leaves and flowers in part- 
nership, to reflect and brighten the animating 
gleams of an April sun, and manufacture odour 
for the garden’s atmosphere; then the flower quits 
the gay stage, leaving the foliage behind for a 
short season to collect ethereal stimulants — the na- 
tural debt owed by vernal breezes for the perfumes 
dispensed from its floral laboratory. This done, 
and the creative gasses materialized and deposited 
in the bulbs, the leaves then follow their more 
showy associates, and the Narcissus is forgotten 
till spring again puts into activity the accumulated 
stores of the preceding year. 
Thus, we see the never-ending circles in which 
Divine Wisdom and Goodness are perpetually ope- 
rating for the uses and enjoyment of mankind. 
Unaided by us the seasons revolve, and the flowers 
spring forth. Well may the Psalmist burst into ex- 
clamation, “O let your songs be of Him, and praise 
Him; let your talking be of his wondrous works,” 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 21.5. 
