THE NARCISSUS. 
Botanical Name, Narcissus poeticus. —Class, Hexan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white, with a 
crimson circle round the nectary. — Native 'place , 
Europe. 
Sentiment. 
EGOTISM, SELF-LOVE. 
ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
This flower is said to have been, formerly, a 
young shepherd, who was so enamoured of 
his own fair form and face, as to be totally 
insensible to the charms of every nymph who 
approached him ; these, unfortunately, were, 
in most cases, not so insensible, and there¬ 
fore sighed—but sighed in vain—for the 
beautiful Narcissus. The legend proceeds to 
state that, one day, tired with the chase, the 
shepherd threw himself on the green turf, be- 
