. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE POET'S DAFFODIL jyareis.'>/{^ poeticas. Readers of old books may lie sometimes perplexed by refer- ences to daffodils and bastard daffodils, and may even ask why the English narcissus of the meadows is called a pseudo- narcissus. There are two ex- planations at hand. According to the legeEti the flower sprang from the dead form of the beautiful boy, who, turning from the favouring smiles of Echo, by whom he was l)eloved, to admire his own image in the water, fell in and was drowned, the victim of self-love. As the fl
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE POET'S DAFFODIL jyareis.'>/{^ poeticas. Readers of old books may lie sometimes perplexed by refer- ences to daffodils and bastard daffodils, and may even ask why the English narcissus of the meadows is called a pseudo- narcissus. There are two ex- planations at hand. According to the legeEti the flower sprang from the dead form of the beautiful boy, who, turning from the favouring smiles of Echo, by whom he was l)eloved, to admire his own image in the water, fell in and was drowned, the victim of self-love. As the flower was named " Nar- cissus^' to keep him in re- membrance, the question will arise, which amongst many kinds is the fabled narcissus? The flower now figured was and is the veritable remem- brancer ; it is the true narcissus of the poets, and of its mythical origin let those doubt who dare. It follows that other narcissi are pseudo-narcissi, and as such wo. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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