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Like to the summer rain, 
Or, as the pearls of morning dew. 
Ne’er to be found again.” 
The poet’s narcissus (Narcissus poetica) is the white 
flower, with a narrow red rim round the nectary, which 
we often see in the spring flower-bed. It deserves culti- 
vation, for its beauty justifies its name. It grorvs wild in 
some parts of England, but is not very common. Several 
of the Amaryllidae are ornaments of the conservatory, and 
display the most brilliant colours. 
