NATURAL HISTORY. 
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DAFFODIL, or LONG-NECKED 
NARCISSUS. 
W HICH is called cou de chameau, i, e, 
camel’s neck, from the long Ilalk, 
when charged with flowers, reprefenting the 
neck of this animal. This flower is to be ad- 
mired for its being an agreeable ornament to 
the rural parts of a garden. They blofTom 
in the fpring, and grow about a foot high. 
The daffodil thrives bell; in a rich foil, with 
which the bulbs need only be covered ; it 
Ihould not be much expofed to the fun, from 
the flower deriving moll beauty from the 
latenefs of its appearance. The bulbs fliould 
be fet about four fingers diftant from each 
other, in order to afford fufficient room for 
their cxpanfion. It fhould be removed every 
three years. They flower in March. 
COLCHlCUM,<7rMEADOW SAFFRON, 
I S fo called from its growing in Colchis, a 
country in the neighbourhood of the king- 
dom of Pontus, famous for the fable of the 
golden apples, and the golden fleece. It is 
laid to be fo flrong a poifon as to kill dogs, 
from which quality it is called dog’s bane. 
Of the meadow faffron there is a variety of 
fpecies. 
