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Narcissus pstubo-ncircissus. Natural Order: Amaryllidacece—Amaryllis Family. 
URING the early spring, as soon as the frost begins to leave 
the ground, among the first green things to appear are the 
tips of the tapering leaves of this plant, in company with 
the tulips, hyacinths and other early flowering bulbs. Nearly 
all the species of the Narcissus produce yellow flowers. The 
botanical name is derived from the Greek word narke , stupor, as it is 
supposed the odor of some of them possess sodorific influence when 
inhaled. They require a more than ordinarily rich soil, and the bulbs 
should be renewed when they begin to deteriorate through age. 
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'T'HE champions all of high degree, 
•*- Who knighthood loved, and deeds of chivalry, 
Throng’d to the lists, and envied to behold 
The names of others, not their own, enroll’d. 
— Drydeii. 
T\/TE ye call great: mine is the firmer seat, 
The truer lance; but there is many a youth 
Now present, who will come to all I am 
And overcome it; and in me there dwells 
No greatness, save it be some far-ofif touch 
Of greatness to know well I am not great. 
— Tennysott. 
HP HEY reel, they roll in clanging lists, 
And when the tide of combat stands, 
Perfume and flowers fall in showers, 
That lightly rain from ladies’ hands. 
— Tennyson. 
T TE is a man setting his fate aside, 
A Of comely virtues: 
Nor did he soil the fact with cowardice 
(An honor in him, Avhich buys out his fault), 
But, with a noble fury, and fair spirit, 
Seeing his reputation touch’d to death, 
He did oppose his foe. —Shakespeare. 
'T'HE daffodil most dainty is, 
1 To match with these in meetness; 
The columbine compared to this, 
All much alike for sweetness. 
— Nicholas Drayton. 
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,r PIS much he dares; 
And to that dauntless temper of his mind, 
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor. 
— Shakespeare. 
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