NARCISSUS. 
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Linnaeus makes It native of the Pyrenees, in which he 
is followed by Mr. Curtis : according to the Kew Cata¬ 
logue, it is from Portugal. Clufius fays that a French 
herbarift, named Nicolas le Quelt, or Quilt, who fearched 
the Pyrenees and Spain every year, introduced it in 1599. 
It was cultivated in England in 1629, as appears from 
Parkinfon. It feems afterwards to have been loft, and to 
have been re-introduced lately. 
9. Narcifl'us orientalis, or oriental narcifl'us : fpathe one 
or two-flowered; nediary bell-fhaped, trifid, emarginate, 
three times Ihorter than the petals. This is a broad¬ 
leaved fpecies, having the appearance of N. tazetta. Co¬ 
rolla white ; neclary eredl, half or one-third of the length 
of the petals, trifid, yellow, with the lobes emarginate. 
Of this there are feveral varieties. Native of the Le¬ 
vant. Cultivated in 1758 by Mr. Miller. It flowers in 
May. 
10. Narcifl'us trilobus, or nodding jonquil: fpathe fub- 
multiflorous; nediary bell-fhaped, fubtrifid, quite entire, 
Ihorter by half than the petals. This refembles N. jon- 
quilla, but the nedtary is cylindric, more than half the 
length of the petals, not curled, but obfcurely tliree- 
lobed. Native of the fouth of Europe. 
11. Narcifl'us odorus, fweet-lcented narcifl'us, or great 
jonquil: fpathe one or two flowered; nediary bell-fhaped, 
fix-cleft, even, Ihorter by half than the petals; leaves femi- 
cylindric. Flower deep yellow, three times as large as 
that of N. tazetta, fometimes one only from a fpathe, 
fometimes more : nedtary not fringed, but divided at the 
mouth into fix blunt lobes. Parkinfon fays, it bears two 
or three very large fair flowers, with a large and more 
open cup than any other of the rufli-daffodils, both of a 
fair yellow colour, yet the cup a little deeper, and a little 
crumpled about the edges. This fpecies, which, as its 
name implies, pofl'efl'es more fragrance than many of the 
others, is a native of the fouth of Europe, flowers in April, 
and varies with double flowers. Mr. Miller takes no no¬ 
tice of it, except merely as a variety of N. jonquilla. He 
cultivated it in 1758. It flowers in April and May. 
12. Narcifl'us calathinus, or Clufius’s narciflus: fpathe 
many-flowered ; nedtary bell-fhaped, almoft equalling the 
petals ; leaves flat. This refembles N. tazetta very much, 
but the petals area little larger and fharper: the nedtary 
is the fame length with the petals. Leaves two or three, 
a foot or more in length. Stem (lender, ftrong, a foot in 
length. Flowers two or three from a fpathe, very elegant, 
large, and loofe: petals yellow: cup half an inch long, finu- 
atedat the edge, of a deeper yellow colour. It has the odour 
of the jonquil. Clufius firftobferved this in flower in April 
1595, in the garden of Theodoric Clutius or Cluyts, pre- 
fedt of the Academic Garden at Leyden : both Cluyts and 
Cornelius van Hille, a minifter at Rotterdam, gave him 
bulbs of it. Native of the fouth of Europe and the Levant. 
13. Narciflus tazetta, or polyanthus-narcifi'us : fpathe 
many-flowered ; nediary bell-fhaped, plaited, truncate, 
three times fhorter than the petals; leaves flat. Bulb 
large, roundifh. Leaves three or four, long, narrow, 
plane. Scape or flower-ftalk upright, broadifh ; angular, 
concave, from ten or twelve to eighteen inches in height. 
Flowers fix or feven to ten from one fpathe, very fragrant, 
cluftered, white or yellow. Native of Spain and Portu¬ 
gal, the fouth of France, Italy, and Japan ; Mr. Miller 
adds the iflands of the Archipelago, and Parkinfon the 
neighbourhood of Conftantinople. Clufius obferved it 
at the end of January 1565 in Spain and Portugal, and at 
the beginning of February at Gibraltar. Ray found it 
in Italy between Lerici and Mafia, and between Mafia 
and Lucca, in April; alfo about Montpelier in February 
and March. 
There are more varieties of the polyanthus-narcifi'us 
than of all the other fpecies ; for, the flowers being 
very ornamental, and coming early in the l'pring, the 
florifts in Holland, Flanders, and France, have taken great 
pains in cultivating and improving them. The principal 
varieties are thefe ; 1 
a. Petals yellow ; with orange, yellow, or fulphur-co- 
loured, cups or nedlaries. 
|3. Petals white; with orange, yellow, or fulphur-co- 
loured, cups or nedlaries. 
y. Petals white; with white cups or nedlaries. 
S. Double flowers of the different varieties. 
The Dutch and London Catalogues contain about an 
hundred fub-varieties under thefe heads, with pompous 
names, which are too fubjedt to the light breath of fafhion 
and caprice to be enumerated here. 
14. Narcifl'us bulbocodium, or hoop-petticoat narcifl'us : 
fpathe one-flowered; nediary turbinate, larger than the 
petals ; genitals declining. ' Bulb fmall. Leaves very 
narrow, having fome refemblance to thofe of the rufh,but 
a little compreffed, with a longitudinal furrow oji one 
fide; they are feldom more than eight or nine inches long. 
P'lower-flalk (lender, taper, about fix inches long.- petal 
fcarce half an inch long, cut into fix acute fegments; the 
nediary, or cup, is more than two inches long, very broad 
at the brim, lefl'ening gradually to the bafe, formed fome- 
what like the old farthingale or bell-hoop petticoat worn 
by the ladies. It is a native of Portugal, whence Mr. 
Miller received the roots ; but it was alfo cultivated in the 
time of Parkinfon, though now, amid the multitude of 
novelties that flow in upon us from every quarter, it is 
not common in our flower-borders. Mr. Curtis informs 
us that he hasfeen it grow abundantly in fome gardens in 
Hampfhire. It flowers in April or May. 
15. Narciflus ferotinus, or late-flowering narciflus: 
fpathe one-flowered; nediary fix-parted, veryfhort; leaves 
awl-ihaped. Stalk jointed, nine inches high. Corolla 
white, cut into fix narrow fegments ; cup yellow. It 
flowers late in the autumn. Native of Spain, Italy, and 
Barbary. 
16. Narciflus jonquilla, or common jonquil : fpathe 
many-flowered; nediary bell-fhaped, fhort ; leaves awl- 
fhaped. The jonquil, from the narrownefs of its leaves, 
like thofe of rulhes, has its name, and is called by old 
authors IV. juncifolius. There are two or three of them 
ufually on a plant, and they are angular, flefhy, and almoft 
round. Scape round, hollow, producing a top from three 
to five flowers from a fpathe, fometimes no more than 
two, very fragrant petals orbiculate or mucronate, both 
they and the cup yellow. Native of Spain. Cultivated 
by Gerarde in 1597. It flowers in April and May, and 
varies with double flowers. The common jonquil is 
fhown at fig. 3 on the Plate; and its bulb, or root, at 
fig. 4. 
Propagation and Culture. All the hardy forts of daffo¬ 
dil and narciflus may be planted in large borders of the 
flower-garden, where, being intermixed with other bulbs, 
they afford an agreeable variety. They will thrive in al¬ 
moft any foil or fituation, and even under the (hade of 
trees, where they will produce annually in thefpringgreat 
quantities of flowers for feveral years together without 
tranfplanting, and make a good appearance before the 
trees come out in leaf. They increafe abundantly by oft'- 
fets. The double forts fhould be takenup yearly, topre- 
vent their becoming fingle. 
For raifing the fine forts of polyanthus-narcifi'us from 
feeds, which is the way to obtain new varieties, you muft 
be very careful, in faving your feeds, to gather none but 
from fuch flowers as have good properties, and particu¬ 
larly from fuch only as have many flowers upon a llalk, 
that flower tall, and have beautiful cups to their flowers. 
From fuch you may expedt to have good flowers produced ; 
but, if you low ordinary feed, it is only putting yourl'elf 
to trouble and expenfe to no purpofe, fince from fuch 
feeds there can be no hopes of procuring any valuable 
flowers. Having provided yourfelf with good feeds, you 
muft procure either fome (hallow cafes or flat pans, made 
on purpofe for the raifing of feedlings, which fhould have 
holes in their bottoms, to let the moifture pals off; thefe 
muft be filled with frefli light landy earth, about the be¬ 
ginning of Auguft, (that being the feafon for fowing the 
feeds. 
