N A R C 
c. Pfeudpnarcifius aureus Anglicus maximus, or Wil- 
mer’s great double daffodil. This differs from the com¬ 
mon fort, N° i, only in the largenefs of the leaves and 
flowers, and the ftatelihefs of growth. The ftalk is two 
feet high, the flower great and fair, each leaf of it twice 
as large and broad as the former, diverfely intermixt with 
a row of paler and of deeper-yellow leaves, both growing 
deeper by (landing. “ This we had (fays Parkinfon) 
from Vincent Sion, born in Flanders, dwelling on the 
Bank-fide,an indultrious and worthy lover of fair flowers, 
who cheriflied it in his garden for many years until the 
year 1620, when it flowered, and he fliewed it to Mr. John 
de Franqueville, of whom he fuppofed he received it; 
who, finding it to be a kind never.knoum to us before, 
caule^i him to refpeft it the more, as it is well worthy. 
And George Wilmer, of Stratford Bow, efq. having like- 
wife received it of him, as myfelf did alfo, would needs 
appropriate it to himfelf, and call it by his own name, 
which fince hath fo continued.” 
y. Narciffus latifolius omnium maximus amplo calice 
ilavo, five nompareille, the great nonefucii, or incompa¬ 
rable daffodil. Stalk two feet high at the leaft. Flower 
large, Angle, confiding of fix very pale yellow large leaves, 
almoft round at the point, with a large cup in the middle 
fomewhat yellower, the bottom whereof is narrow and 
round,rifing wader to. the mouth, which is very large and 
open, unevenly cut in or indented about the edges: this 
cup doth well referable the chalice, that in former days 
with us, and beyond the feas is flill, ufed to hold the fa- 
cramental wine. The flower hath fometimesten or twelve 
leaves,and.a cup much larger. Mr. Miller confiders this 
as a fpecies diilinft from our common daffodil ; from 
which it differs in having longer leaves, of a darker green, 
and higher flovver-ftalks; the fegments of the petal alfo 
are rounder, and fpread open flatter; the cup is about 
half the length of the petal, and is edged with a gold- 
coloured fringe. It flowers in April; and varies more 
than any other. The roots, the firft year, produced very- 
double flowers; the fix outer fegments longer than the 
others and w'hite, the middle very full of fhorter petals, 
fome white, others yellow, collefted into a globularfigure. 
Some of thefe roots, the following year, produced flowers 
lefs double, with no white petals, -but the larger petals 
fulphur-coloured, and the others yellow. From this they 
afterwards degenerated to half-double flowers; and at 
laft to Angle flowers, with a cup half the length of the 
petal, in which manner they continued to flower many 
years: w'e may conclude,^therefore, that the laft was the 
natural Hate of the flower. In this flate Mr. Curtis has 
figured it (121) as a diftinft fpecies. He fays, that the 
petals are ufually pale yellow, and the n eft ary inclining 
to orange, which towards the brim is more brilliant in 
fome than in others. In its double flate it is well known 
to gardeners by the name of butter-and-egg narciffus; 
and of this there are two varieties ; one with colours like 
the Angle one above-mentioned ; the other, with petals of a 
pale fulphur colour, almoft white, and the neftary bright 
orange, which is named in the Dutch catalogues orange 
phoenix, is the moft ornamental among the feveral varie¬ 
ties, and has flowers fo large as frequently to require lup- 
port. If the bulbs be not taken up yearly, they will de¬ 
generate, as Mr. Miller reprefents. He received roots of 
it from Spain and Portugal. 
Parkinfon enumerates other varieties, as 
Narciffus maximus grifeus calice flavo, the peerlefs 
grey daffodil: which has the fix outer leaves of the flower 
of a gliftering wliitifh-grey colour, and the cup yellow', 
longer than that of the preceding. 
e. Narciffus latifolius, flavo flore, amplo calice, the 
fmaller yellow nonpareiile, or the lady Matteneffes daffo¬ 
dil, by which name it was known in the Low Countries, 
Clufius having received it from her. The leaves of this 
are fhorter and narrower, the ftalk notfo high, the flower 
fmaller, the cup and petals both pale yellow, yet more 
yellow than in the former, the cup fmaller, and neither fo 
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fmall in the bottom, nor fo large at the edges, nor fo 
crumpled at the brims. 
4. Narciffus bicolor, or two-coloured narciffus : fpathe 
one-flowered ; neftary bell-fhaped, with the margin 
fpreading, curled, equalling the petals. This refembles 
the common daffodil; but the petals are white, the nec¬ 
tary is dark yellow and larger, with a fpreading, waved, 
notched, border. Gouan fays it is eafily diltingijifhed bj* 
its leaves, fcarce a palm in length, and half an inch in 
breadth ; by its large flower, with cordate-ovate petals, 
imbricate at the bafe, and fulphur-coloured; and by the 
neftary having a reflex mouth, twelve-cleft or there¬ 
abouts, the lobes alfo being toothed and curled : the fcape 
is the length of the leaves, or a little fhorter, and thick. 
Native ofthefouth of Europe, flowering in April and 
May-. Cultivated in 1629 by Parkinfon. 
5. Narciffus major, or great daffodil: (heath (ingle- 
flowered ; cup of the neftary bell-fhaped, ereft, the length 
of the oblong oblique petals ; its margin fpreading, lobed, 
and crifped; leaves twifted. This is the largefl of the 
genus, and bears the moft magnificent flowers : though it 
has long been known in this country, it is confined to the 
gardens of the curious. It approaches in its general ap¬ 
pearance very near to the common daffodil, but it is a 
much taller plant, and has its leaves more tw'ifted, as W'ell 
as more glaucous : the flower, but efpecially the neftary, 
is much larger, and the petals are more fpreading. It 
anfvvers to the preceding in every refpeftt but colour, 
which is always a fine deep yellow. It is reprefented in 
the annexed Plate, at fig. 1. It varies with double flowers. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers with us in April. 
6. Narciffus minor, or fmall daffodil: fpathe one- 
flowered ; neftary obconicai, ereft, curled, fix-cleft, 
equalling the lanceolate petals. The little daffodil is 
nearly related to the common fort, but is three times 
fmaller in all its parts : the fcape is fcarcely ftriated : th6 
fpathe is greenifli: the flowers more nodding: the petals 
diftinft at the bafe, lanceolate, ftraight, not oblique or 
ovate: margin of the neftary fix-cleft, waved, curled. 
Though the flowers are not fo large as thofe of the other 
fpecies, yet, when the roots are planted in a duller, they 
make a very pretty fhow’, and have this advantage, that 
they flower fomewhat earlier than any of the others. 
Native of Spain. Cultivated in 1629, according to Par¬ 
kinfon. 
7. Narciffus mofehatus, or mufk-narciflus : fpathe one- 
flowered ; neftary cylindric, truncate, fubrepand, equal¬ 
ling the oblong petals. Neftary cylindric, with the 
mouth obfeurely repand, neither toothed nor curled. 
Native of Spain. 
8. Narciffus triandrus, rufli-leaved narciffus, or reflexed 
daffodil : fpathe one or two flowered ; flowers drooping; 
petals reflexed ; three of the ftamens longer. This is of 
the fame fize with N. poeticus ; but the leaves are nar¬ 
rower by half, and channelled. Spathe one-flowered ; co¬ 
rolla know-white; neftary bell-fhaped, fhorter by half than 
the corolla, with the margin ftraight, and unequally cre- 
nulate ; anthers dark yellow, fhorter than the nefttary. 
The N. triandrus of our nurferies near London is pale 
yellow. Mr. Curtis's figure has turn flowers from a fpathe, 
and there are conflantly fix ftamens, three reaching no 
farther than the mouth of the tube. See fig. 2. 
Parkinfon’s figure has three flou'-ers from a fpathe. He 
deferibes it as having three, four, or more, (now-white 
flowers, (landing upon long green footftaiks, every flower 
hanging down his head, and turning up his fix narrow 
and long leaves, even to the very v footftalk again : from 
the middle of the flower hangeth down a long round cup, 
as white as the leaves, within which are contained three 
fmall white chives tipt with yellow, and a fmall long 
pointell, thrufting out beyond the brims of the cup. 
Parkinfon has deferibed feveral others with reflexed pe¬ 
tals, probably varieties of this. One wholly of a gold- 
colour, both cup and petals; a fecond yellow with a white 
cup; a third white with a yellow cup. 
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