NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS. 
PEERLESS NARCISSUS. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLLIDE.E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Portugal. 
1 foot. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1629. 
No. 514. 
The British garden is, in spring, as greatly in- 
debted to the genus Narcissus as to any one that 
ornaments its compartments. Winter is no sooner 
past, and vernal breezes come, heralded by crocus- 
es and primroses, than the Narcissus minor, — poeti- 
cus, — jonquilla,and others of this genus, adjust their 
golden attire in the green room, and prepare to 
step on the stage of nature. Showers hasten their 
approach — They quickly join in the grand specta- 
cle of Flora’s drama. 
In connexion with this genus we formerly men- 
tioned the name of Haworth, a gentleman who is 
now no more; but whose suavity of manners, and 
readiness to communicate information, we assert 
from experience, must have endeared him to every 
one with whom he came in contact. Supercilious- 
ness and knowledge are but rarely the tenants of 
an individual mind. Mr. Haworth published a mon- 
agraph of Narcissineae; and this extensive genus, 
which has about eighty species recorded in British 
catalogues, he nearly doubled, chiefly by research in 
the works of old authors. He arranged the whole un- 
der sixteen genera, in lieu of one ; founding their char- 
