FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
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Ord. xcvi.— amaryllide^e. 
Gen. Br. 3. F. 2. Sp. Br. 5. F. 3. 
Narcissus, L. Daffodil. 
Br. sp. 3. F. 2. 
N. Pseudo-narcissus , L. Common Daffodil. H. 376, B. 
299. — F. Mar. Apr. P. 
Woods at Kinaber, with Galanthus nivalis , both in pro- 
fusion, but neither perhaps indigenous, Mr A. Croall. 
This early favourite of the garden, that, as Shakspeare 
says, 
I 
“ Comes before the swallow dares, 
And takes the winds of March with beauty,” — 
has probably no claim to be considered a British plant, but is 
hardy and easily naturalized. Wordsworth once came upon 
“ A host of golden daffodils, 
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze,” 
and, after describing their appearance, he adds, — 
“ The waves beside them danced ; but they 
Outdid the spariding waves in glee : 
A poet could not be but gay, 
In such a jocund company. 
I gazed — and gazed — but little thought 
What wealth the show to me had brought ; 
For oft, when on my couch I lie, 
In vacant, or in pensive mood, 
They flash upon that inward eye 
Which is the bliss of solitude ; 
And then my heart with pleasure fills, 
And dances with the daffodils.” 
N. poeticus , L. Narcissus of the Poets. H. 376, B. 299. 
— F. May. P. 
Den of Fullerton, but only a plant here and there, Air A. 
Croall. 
It must be pleasant to meet in a wild spot with the 
“ Narcissus fair, 
As o’er the fabled fountain hanging still.” 
but, like the former, it has the look of another clime. One 
