| 单词 | narcissus |
| 例句 | Lovely as the basket was, there were flowers as lovely to fill it with, sweet-smelling narcissus and hyacinths and violets and yellow crocus, and most radiant of all, the crimson splendor of the wild rose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The first story about the creation of the narcissus is told only in an early Homeric Hymn of the seventh or eighth century, the second I have taken from Ovid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not the only story about the narcissus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The child angel had been cleared of moss and planted all around with snowdrops and white narcissus that poured out an overpowering scent. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The lord of the dark underworld, the king of the multitudinous dead, carried her off when, enticed by the wondrous bloom of the narcissus, she strayed too far from her companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That was true of the narcissus, which was not like ours of that name, but a lovely bloom of glowing purple and silver. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They are the largest narcissus and not just in flower. These miniature flowers are perfect for small spaces (and budgets) 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z In truth, Mr. Grant rarely encounters problems with deer nibbling his historic tea roses or his vast repository of pass-along bulbs: forgotten jonquils, crinums and narcissus. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Banks of creamy-gold narcissi are out and you can hear birdsong. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z This division also includes the popular paperwhite narcissus that are forced into early bloom indoors. Daffodil Planting Guide 2013-04-24T23:50:04.210Z At the moment, the garden is full of gem-colored tulips, sharp-scented narcissus and barristers in sharp suits going to and from court, pulling small, wheeled carry-on bags that hold their briefs, gowns and horsehair wigs. The other London underground: See the ancient city that lies beneath the modern metropolis 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Provide support for paperwhite narcissus and amaryllis stalks before they elongate and bloom. Forget flowers this year. Try decorating your holiday table with fruit. 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z In a large old room smelling of narcissi, Pasti sat me down and smiled through cigarette smoke. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z Bulb sale: Hardy Plant Society of Washington fall bulbs, tulips, narcissus, crocus, alliums, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community Corner: Oktoberfest events, cultural festivals 2012-10-05T20:58:03Z By the end of February, the rains relent and pastel shades of plum and narcissus initiate a progression of color and scent that lasts months. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Seattle 2011-03-24T19:18:50Z Orchids appear from time to time; and hundreds of narcissus and camassia add early-season interest. 'A gardening career was not what was expected of me': one man's journey from law to lawn 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z In the orbit of Washington, they generally start in Winchester and Richmond and move north to suburban Washington, Towson, Md., and Chambersburg, Pa. — basically following dates that should match peak narcissus season by locale. A reason to be thankful for a late spring? The daffodil explosion. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z I’m a fan of both of these indoor bulbs for the holidays, though a lot of people dislike the pungent fragrance of the paperwhite narcissi. What you need to know to care for holiday greenery They’re narcissus and they were used by ancient Romans as sleep medicine, or maybe poison, I’m not really sure. Florence Welch Thrives on Horror. And She Still Wants to Smell You. 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z SUN Hardy Plant Society of Washington sells fall bulbs, tulips, narcissus, crocus, alliums, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar 2012-10-03T19:44:10Z Each spring the narcissus arrive, the Kurdish national flower, usually right in time for the Kurdish New Year. In my father’s Iraq, his garden was a sanctuary 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z A well-adapted narcissus, for instance, will bloom beyond a year or two. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The most serious pest is the narcissus bulb fly. Daffodil Planting Guide 2013-04-24T23:50:04.210Z I realized that the smell of pine and paper-white narcissus are as important to festivity as shiny ornaments and tinsel. Motherlode Blog: What's Your Favorite Holiday Christmas Book? 2012-12-19T16:16:33Z The busy self-indulgent fella Will not learn what bliss is If he never takes the time to smell a Flower named narcissus. Style Invitational Week 1228: Drone for a loop 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z That is not true, because, following the myth of narcissus to its end, he is nearing the level of complete self-destruction. Dr. Lance Dodes on Trump's courtroom antics: "Decompensate to the point of gross paranoid psychosis" 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z A selection of crocus, narcissus and allium delivers seasonal flower power between February and May. Link your house and garden with curbside plantings | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Among the potentially murderous or mind-altering flora are datura, oleander, narcissus and pennyroyal. Review | In the galleries: Fiber-based materials yield remarkable art 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Canary yellow narcissus Baby Moon daffodils had started pushing up through the soil. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Our yard is shady, which explains why our daffodils have been uncharacteristically shy, more “bashfullus” than narcissus. Perspective | We’re eagerly anticipating our daffodils — if they survive our dog, that is 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z It was he who created four themed “rooms” in the garden, planted, variously, with narcissus, Japanese cherry trees, deutzia, hybrid lilacs and honeysuckle. At Her Home in Suffolk, Olivia Laing Finds Fresh Inspiration 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z If you are prone to botanic speak, you can call a daffodil a narcissus. Daffodils: How to chose, place and care for the sunny spring staple 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Vendors not only sell tulip bulbs but also narcissus, snowdrops, carnations, violets, peonies and orchids. Blooming fakes: Amsterdam tourists hit by tulip scam 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The word “narcissus” is related to the Greek nárke, or torpor, numbness, a narcotic quality; it comes from the myth of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who became entranced by his own reflection. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the 1800s, larger farms sprang up as transport links improved and daily trains carried violets from Dawlish, snowdrops from Lincolnshire and narcissi from Cornwall. Celebrating the flower growers of Britain 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Behind the closed gates are newly-planted gardens, which have been filled with Diana's favourite flowers: white roses, scented narcissi and a carpet of forget-me-nots. Princess Diana remembered: 'I left flowers in 1997' - BBC News 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The season starts at Floret Farm with narcissus and tulips. Skagit Valley’s Erin Benzakein shares flower-growing and -arranging advice in her first book 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Other flavors — chamomile, hazelnut — often compete, but what’s odder still is that the predominant flavor seems to change: One moment you’re getting herbal tea; the next, narcissus; the next, an altogether fleeting fruit sensation. Roussanne, a Rhône Valley white wine that's both maddening and majestic 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z She begins harvesting narcissus in mid-March and continues with dahlias and sunflowers into early October. Local flower farmers say it’s hard work, but they’ve found a way to make it pay 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z In the back, oils used to dress candles lined the walls: narcissus, black tulip, myrrh and more. Looking to court luck or ward off evil? Step inside one of the nation's last remaining hoodoo shops 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z It noted 27 cases of poisoning linked to daffodils and narcissi last year. Supermarkets urged to move daffodils 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z And if poinsettias aren’t the customer’s favorite, the greenhouses sell narcissus paper whites, white hydrangeas and Christmas cactus as well, he said. Greenhouse and garden shop gear up for Christmas 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z She saw herself running, bronzed all over, along the sand; or through a field of flowers, narcissus and wild tulips; or in soft grass under grey olive trees. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The principal flowers are hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, narcissus and other bulbous plants, the total export of which is estimated at over �200,000. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z But the early June flowers, the big narcissus, snow upon the mountains, and a fine show of yellow wallflowers shone gay. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "There was a charming little description somewhere—about going out on the Campagna to gather the wild narcissus," he went on, after a pause. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The ground beneath them was bespattered with narcissi and anemones, the very olive trees looked gay. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Plant the greater part of the common border bulbs, as hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses and early tulips, about the end of the month, with a few anemones for early flowering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Continuous rows of orange trees in tubs, and beds of narcissus, irises, and tulips, with a wealth of trellised roses just coming into leaf, are full of the promise of beauty. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Other garden flowers mentioned in Alexander's observations are the sunflower, the iris and narcissus. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Like the similar land of Holland, these reclaimed fens are excellent for the culture of bulbs, and Lincolnshire has made quite an industry of sending narcissi to the London market. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z And baskets of flowers were obtained and scattered before him, and the heavy scent of the narcissi filled the air. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z In the fourth were roses, jessamine, tamarinds, narcissi, violets, lilies, anemonies, &c. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z In spring the Trinity bank of this ditch is bright with daffodils, the Johnian with narcissus. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z She was fastening up little bouquets of roses, lilies, heliotrope, nasturtiums, iris, narcissi, and the beautiful lotus. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z George's wooing seemed as flowery as the meadows about Avignon, white with fragrant narcissus, or as the gardens purple with Judas trees in spring. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He had watched them in spring time when the young corn was ripening near their walls and the children came out to look for the sweet scented narcissi. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Drink to the presence of beauties with the languorous eyes of the narcissus. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z For her the slim narcissus stored the cool rain; and for her the anemones forgot the Sicilian winds that wooed them. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Their food consists of the bloom and shoots of various alpine shrubs, grasses and flowers—the Spanish gorse, broom, rosemary, and piorno, as well as certain narcissi, mountain-berries, and the peasants' scant crops of rye-grass. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The fields of narcissus and daffodils cultivated for the market would be more beautiful if the blooms were not systematically picked before fully open, to be sent to London. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z A window-box of narcissus in full bloom breathed a perfume, as deadening as the juice of poppies, on the air. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Then, with a firm step and innocently, she crossed a little slope, and came into a valley, a valley of grass; there the brook flowed away between multitudes of irises and narcissi. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z If he does not get Consuelo, he is lost, he is—like a withered narcissus. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z The lawn was blue with violets, and there were quantities of yellow flowers, crocuses, narcissi everywhere, roses just beginning. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z About Marazion daffodils, narcissus, and violets are cultivated largely for the London market. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z They went to gather flowers—irises and crocuses, lilies, narcissus, hyacinths and rose-blooms—that grow in those fields. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z He crouched down suddenly in the reeds of the brook among the irises and narcissi, and she saw him stealing away through the high grass. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Early its walks were fringed with little rock-plants, Sprays and tufts of blossom, white, yellow, and blue, And all about were sprinkled stars of narcissus, And swathes of tulips all over the garden grew. Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z "Then go and get me some jonquils and narcissuses." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The day is fresh-washed and fair, and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus in the air. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Through a field of narcissi, through the planted violets, past a little vineyard on to the plain below—there the golf course is. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Some were narcissus and hyacinth, evil-tasting and slimy, and he threw them aside. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z On one farm, however, upwards of 20 acres are devoted to narcissi alone, whilst gladioli, lilies and irises are grown on a smaller scale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z That white and dazzling expanse consists of nothing less than a mass of the most magnificent narcissus blossoms, growing in serried profusion, distilling in heavy fumes a fragrance of paradise upon the balmy evening air. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z A crow flaps by the window, and there is a whirl of tulips and narcissus in the air. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z I do not like the perfume of a narcissus. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z On the head of the narcissus gleams as bright his diadem, As the crown of China's Emperor decked with many a costly gem. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z There seems some danger of the home culture of the narcissus being over-done, and the florists’ chrysanthemum appears to be produced in excess of the demand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Wandering in the golden sunshine, among fragrant pine woods and pastures, knee-deep in narcissus, the party soon split up as such parties will. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z I smell tulips and narcissus in the air, but there are no flowers anywhere, only white dust whipping up the street, and a girl with a gay spring hat and blowing skirts. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Afterwards, going home, she saw a flower-girl crouching in a doorway with a bale of wet daffodils and narcissi in her arms. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z "And he never knows enough to have narcissus or daffodils, or any of those stylish flowers!" excitedly broke in Cathy, with dilated eyes. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z This would represent upwards of 3� million bunches of flowers, chiefly narcissi and anemones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The air was heavy with the scent of narcissus and roses; languid and glowing with the rich warmth of early summer. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z I smell the stars ... they are like tulips and narcissus ... Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z I think the white ones are mostly wild narcissi. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z And, even in this high situation, lovely narcissus and pink carnations were blooming in January. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z No flower has entered more largely into the development of the industry than the narcissus or daffodil, of which there are now some 600 varieties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Been ravaging the narcissus fields?” he said, as they came up. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The bride, loaded with the richest jewels, resembles a proud narcissus in the morning dew. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z She unclosed her eyes and came out to him, the tears still shining on her cheeks: a pale, ardent woman—strangely like a narcissus. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Heat did not go beyond 70° Fahrenheit; the earth was covered quickly with emerald green, from out which sprang narcissus and violets. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z On some flower farms a dozen or more acres are devoted to narcissi alone, the production of bulbs for sale as well as of flowers for market being the object of the growers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The sunset glow fell redly on the purple heads of the Savoy Alps, and the thick, heavy perfume of narcissus came floating in, triumphing over the savoury odours of fleshpots. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z All the acacias and mimosas in the gardens before the villas were waving their golden tassels in the breeze, and the scarlet anemones and the yellow narcissi were making a carpet under foot. A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream 2011-03-04T03:00:54.547Z Only the smell of the narcissi reassured her, and changed the trend of her thoughts, for they reminded her of Charles Bramham and his acres of flowers seen from the hilltops. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Brazil's manager once said that there must be a narcissus quality in all referees. Who's the sycophant in the black? 2011-03-04T00:06:01Z The Scilly Isles are important as providing the main source of supply of narcissi to the English markets in the early months of the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Standing there among the narcissus, gazing around upon the radiant scenes spread in lustrous splendour about her, she made a wondrously beautiful picture. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Late narcissi and early roses made the air heavy with scent. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z At dinner-time, white and fateful as a narcissus with a broken stalk, the girl faced Abinger's curious eyes across the table. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z But when we came nearer we saw it was narcissus, growing there wild; later we saw whole fields of it. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The narcissus bulbs are usually planted in October, 4 in. by 3 in. apart for the smaller sorts and 6 in. by 4 to 6 in. for the larger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z And in a twinkling he had possessed himself of the two huge bunches of narcissus which she had gathered. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Soft sunlight, and everywhere the scent of narcissi, the blaze of golden daffodils. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Collecting a few bundles of the narcissi that bloomed abundantly about the cottages, he sent them to Covent Garden Market. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The Empress narcissus we placed on both sides of the pool just beyond the iris. The Idyl of Twin Fires The polyanthus varieties of narcissus are likely to continue the most remunerative to the flower-growers of Scilly, as they flourish better in these isles than on the mainland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The 16th March, plenty of Hyacinthus cæruleus and albus in the open borders, with anemones; and now my favourites, the great tribe of narcissuses, show all over the garden and fields. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The long grass in an orchard shone with the drifted stars of thousands of narcissi, which a faint breeze woke to a tremulous twinkling. Beggars on Horseback A well-known example is daffodil, which was originally affodyl, a corruption of asphodel, a name of unknown meaning, originally given to the iris, and transferred to narcissus. Springtime and Other Essays I graze my splendid flocks of white lambs upon the mountains, where the green grass is pied with narcissi. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Nearly 20 acres are devoted to narcissi, which are grown for the bulbs and also, together with tulips, for cut flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z But the profusion of the violets, the pomp of the red anemones, the perfume of the white narcissus, the hyacinths and sweet alyssum, all growing wild, who shall describe them? Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu For the pot plants there are hosts of things; freesias, cyclamen, marguerite-carnations, primulas, Christmas roses, arums, azaleas, kalmias, spireas, chrysanthemums, narcissus, roman hyacinths, and so on. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The narcissus bloomed here very fragrant, contending wild-eyed with daisies and buttercups. Carnival Outside the chancel rails were ranged rows of growing bulbs in pots, hyacinths, narcissus, the finer variety of daffodils, great trumpet-like heads of white and cream, orange and gold. Lady Cassandra Around Boston narcissi are also extensively grown for the market, both bulbs and cut blooms being sold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z That evening Janet, who was dressed in white, had a great bunch of the sweet wild narcissus at her belt. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu My young Gaul and his young freed-woman stain with their blood the couch broidered with narcissi. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Very few care for my favourite flower—the narcissus. Seeds of Pine We were gathering flowers with her, in the plain of Enna, in a spring morning, when there sprang up a new flower, fragrant and beautiful, the white narcissus. Tales of Troy and Greece Open-air narcissi are usually ready at the beginning of January, and the supply is maintained in different varieties up to the middle or end of May. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z I do not know anything certainly, of course, but I did meet Inness in the hall, about eleven o'clock, with a radiant, happy face, and some of that same narcissus in his button-hole. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu You said lately that she loved the white narcissus. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Here and there at intervals upon its walls were rich bouquets of violets, narcissus, tulips, carnations, whose dark, glowing colours heightened the dazzling whiteness, inclining to rose-colour, of the walls. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. Language of Flowers The Good-Luck Lily, which is a strong and beautiful polyanthus narcissus, can be grown in bowls filled with pebbles and water. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The best list with which we are acquainted, for a small garden, is the following: the well-known lilies, the tulips, gladiolas, hyacinths, Feraria tigrida, crocus, narcissus, and jonquils. Soil Culture Incredible," murmured Moritz, "to have to look for this Polish narcissus in such a heat. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 She ran to it and found that it was a narcissus, but far more beautiful than any she had ever seen. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children The trees with leaves are cover'd o'er, The earth with carpet spreads her floor Of green, all fresh and tender, The tulip and narcissus wear Attire of finer texture fair Than Solomon in splendour. Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly They brought back little offerings from the parsonage, a bunch of narcissus, the first lilac, cakes baked by Frau Manske, always something. The Benefactress I will strip the life from the bulb until the ivory layers lie like narcissus petals on the black earth. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology Edna’s room was full of flowers, roses, narcissi and violets, and the air was heavy with their scent. Olive in Italy At the Circus he paused awhile, breathing deep and filling out his lungs with fragrance of violets and narcissi, which flower-girls clamoured for him to purchase. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin A little vagrant breeze, like a lost, unseasonable butterfly, 310 came in at the open window and stirred the filmy curtain, bearing on its soft breath the odor of narcissus from the bloom-laden window-box. The Crevice The narcissus, the "rose of Sharon," had faded. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Frail beauty, green, gold and incandescent whiteness, narcissi, daffodils, you have brought me Spring and longing, wistfulness, in your irradiance. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology The narcissus is nodding to the myrtle across the way. The Book of Khalid Sow anemones and ranunculuses, tulip, and narcissus seed. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Careful hands have taken the dampness out of the earth with thyme; on the coffin they have thrown roses, narcissus, violets. Rosinante to the Road Again The flower stall was a particular success, with its great bunches of daffodils, narcissus, violets, and other spring blossoms, and pots of tulips, lily of the valley, and hyacinths. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Further on there were ranks and ranks of tall callas, stately as sceptred queens, starry narcissus, white as snow, and jasmine bouvardias, with ivory tube-like blossoms in fragrant clusters. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Apricot, bulrush, cedar, plane, cherry, corn, currant, daffodils, daisies, flax, lark's heels, marigolds, narcissus, nettles, oak, oxlips, plantain, reed, primrose, rose, thyme, rush. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Let all the bulbous roots for spring flowering be put into the ground; narcissus, maragon, tulips, and such ranunculuses and anemones as were not planted sooner. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The white and gold of blossoming narcissi, rising from their sheaths of green, gleamed purely from a tabouret, and their incense filled the room. A Man of Two Countries Iron railings ward off the profane, and narcissus and ivy cluster round its brim, but below, according to the weather, is dust or mud. Highways and Byways in Surrey It was a beautiful narcissus, with a hundred heads springing from one stem; and the perfume which came from its flowers gladdened the broad heaven above, and the earth and sea around it. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life I think the golden daffodils and sweet narcissus are my favorite flowers, though I am very fond of what the children call spring beauty. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades We must plant now in order to secure a spring display of flowers, and for this purpose nothing can be more satisfactory than bulbous subjects, such as hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, and narcissuses. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Deira, the comely flower girl, held out crowns of rose, violet, and narcissus to the dozen young dandies who pressed about her. A Victor of Salamis Then jonquil and narcissus opened in all their loveliness, and soft winds stirred the waters of the fountain. Athalie There was the white narcissus and the purple tulip—the dark hyacinth and the soft red rose. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life "I can see myself, I can see myself," said the narcissus. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Primroses, narcissus, daffs and violets,— First come is first served, and pick o' basket gets. 'All's Well!' Beneath the sheltering porticos lurked bright-faced girls who pelted each passer with violets, narcissus, and hyacinths. A Victor of Salamis In this respect the place actually rivals Tresco, and the fields of narcissi are as luxuriant as those of the Scillies. The Cornwall Coast Presently the girls who had been playing with Persephone came up to the place where the beautiful narcissus was growing; but they could not see her anywhere. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Thou lov’st to look on myrtles green, And the narcissus bright of hue; I love the blaze of sabres keen, I love the dagger’s flash to view. Brown William The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads The soft winds moved the leaves of the silver poplar, the violet-scented air fanned their cheeks, the convolvuli were closing, and the narcissi nodded good-night; it seemed sacrilege to break in on the perfumed silence. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus In Madison Square they saw a gallant and courtly old man with military shoulders and pink cheeks, a debonair gray mustache, and a smile of unquenchable youth, greeting April with a narcissus in his buttonhole. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life As many as two hundred kinds of narcissus, daffodil, and lily are now cultivated. The Cornwall Coast A twig of oak forms the ground, from among the thin golden leaves of which spring forth asters with chalices of blue enamel, convolvulus, narcissus, ivy, roses, and myrtle, gracefully intertwined. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life You must be my fair and lovely lily; then shall come my violet and daffodil; then my narcissus and lilac; then my pansy and modest little snowdrop. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Paper-white narcissus and freesia are most suitable and should be planted about the fifteenth of October, so that the plants will be in bloom for Christmas. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study In season there are daffodils, and snowdrops, and narcissi, and dahlias, and chrysanthemums. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia He said, "the rain loving," I said, "the narcissus, drunk, drunk with the rain." American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany The narcissus has found a rival along the terraces in the anemone, and already the wild tulip is preparing to dispute the palm of supremacy with both. Stray Studies from England and Italy May’s bronze-brown hair and brilliant coloring were a perfect foil for the creamy-white narcissus blossoms on her hat and the creamy-white of her gown. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Paper-white narcissus, if brought out of the dark after three or four weeks, will be in bloom at the end of another month if kept in the window of a warm room. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The rapturous first scents of the year were there, drawn by the sun and blown by vagrant puffs of wind from hyacinths and jonquils, white narcissus and blue violets. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The narcissi were not yet out, but the fields were thick with their buds. Faces and Places Roses nod at one over the garden-walls, violets peep shyly out along the terraces, a run uphill brings one across a bed of narcissus. Stray Studies from England and Italy “How would a lily, a violet, a 262 pansy, a daffodil, a narcissus, and a snowdrop do?” Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life The Chinese sacred lily and trumpet narcissus may be chosen for the pupils of this Form. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study She had made a wreath of white narcissus and laid it on her hair, and she had twisted together a sort of long garland of the same blossoms and cast it loosely round her waist. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim By the side of the tennis court, where had once been flower beds, there was now a row of little, rough wooden crosses, and here and there the narcissi and daffodils had sprung up. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France These are narcissi and anemones gathered in thy gardens to please thee. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Moonrises hurt him with their loveliness and he could sit for hours gazing at a white narcissus—much to his aunt's exasperation. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The bulbs of the white narcissus are to be thrown away after the flowers have withered, as they will not bloom again, but freesia bulbs may be kept and planted again the following year. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The jonquil and the various kinds of narcissus are nearly related white or white and pink flowers. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Have I told you that the path to the beach has been bordered with flowers for several weeks, jonquils and narcissus, so far as I can make out, though unlike any I ever saw before? Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Philip made all the haste that was compatible with gathering a handful of wild hyacinth and meadow narcissus for poor Maria. Deerbrook Golden sheets of daffodil and white narcissus bordered the dark evergreen shrubberies; edging the old lawn were clumps of violets and primroses. Bulbs and Blossoms These may also be grown in soil in the same way as other varieties of narcissus. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The scent of narcissus, magnolia, and lemon blossom was everywhere. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Then she would find little tufts of wild narcissus among the rocks, gold-centred pale little things, many on one stem. The Lost Girl Heat did not go beyond 70 Fahrenheit; the earth was covered quickly with emerald green, from out which sprang narcissus and violets. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Such are the cape jessamine and the narcissus, alike glistening in satin raiment, and alike distilling aromatic essence. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Pleiotaxy in the perianth.—Increase in the number of whorls in the perianth is common in lilies, narcissus, hyacinths, &c. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants On the stands and tables were bowls full of clear-coloured spring flowers—early primrose, jonquil, and narcissus. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Success will be more certain with the other tulips and large flowered narcissi if you wait until the last of November before bringing them into the house. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Red carnations, mimosa, tuberose, narcissus, hyacinths drunk with perfume, guelder-roses and white lilac wept at her feet. The Choice of Life One day, however, whilst Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow, attended by the ocean-nymphs, she saw to her surprise a beautiful narcissus, from the stem of which sprang forth a hundred blossoms. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome There were anemones of all kinds, scarlet, purple, pale pink, and white: irises of many colors, blue pimpernel, yellow salvia, violet grape hyacinths, and clumps of small white narcissus. The Princess of the School Twenty of his slaves came in yesterday, laden with hyacinths and narcissi, anemones and jonquils. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The colors and other qualities of the many varieties of hyacinths, narcissi and tulips will be found described in the fall catalogues of all the best seedhouses. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Here was a pleasant slope thick with globe-flowers and narcissus at the lower end, and fragrant with wild thyme at the upper ridge, where the precipice began. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others Lilies and ferns, narcissi and irises, are intermingled in one chaos of beauty, skirting the velvet sward that runs down to the water’s edge. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. The hyacinth, the narcissus, and the common garden onion are examples of bulbous plants. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Under the damson tree the first white snowdrops came, and the crocuses, whose yellow petals often appeared over the snow, and presently the daffodils and the beautiful narcissus. Round About a Great Estate They may be considered in two classes:—the forcing bulbs, such as narcissus and freesia, and those given natural conditions of growth in pots, such as amaryllis or callas. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse The lily is grass in loveliness, as the corn is grass in use; and both grow together in peace—gladiolus in the wheat, and narcissus in the pasture. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers The sun was shining high and the roads were peopled with pilgrims as she made her way back to Bethany with her nestlings and narcissus. The Coming of the King Other bulbs, like the narcissus or the daffodil, form new bulbs that separate without being scraped. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The cousins found their way to Nelly's favourite haunt, the little coppice of low almond trees with the troops of narcissi and violets and primroses colouring all the brown earth. Mary Gray The easiest to grow and the most satisfactory are hyacinths, tulips, narcissus and freesia. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Lovely irises were blooming, white narcissus, wallflowers, and beds of Parma violets, and the beautiful delicate blossom of the arbutula drooped from an archway that spanned the path. The Jolliest School of All It was while picking golden narcissus in her lily valley, Mary's heart was gladdened by the sudden outburst of a nightingale in a thicket close at hand. The Coming of the King From bulbs choose crocus, tulip, daffodil, narcissus, lily of the valley, and lily. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition In a bowl on the table were hyacinths and sweet-smelling narcissi. Mary Gray In four or five weeks bring in hyacinths and polyanthus narcissi. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse Those that bore banners were crowned with wreaths of narcissus, and mounted on bulls blacker than night, and of a severe and melancholy aspect. The Infernal Marriage His lips, also, were like the petals of a red flower, and his eyes were like violets, and his body like a narcissus of a field where the mower comes not. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs If "naphthalin," a product of coal tar oil, has but the smallest particle of its scent diffused in a room, the special aroma of jonquil and narcissus is at once perceived. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Take ye joy in the beauty of the narcissus of Najd, for night will fall and it will be no more.... Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá As before stated, hyacinths, tulips, narcissi and freesias are the most readily forced and the most satisfactory bulbs. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse In a cut state, sprays are very useful, giving lightness to the stiffer spring flowers, such as tulips, narcissi, and hyacinths. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Hyacinths, narcissi, and tulips planted now ought to flower in April. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 Nor, for the matter of that, could we help being aware, also, that she was very pretty in her soft black dress and corsage of narcissus. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' From the library bay windows where they stood, the children noticed dandelions in the grass and snowdrops under the trees and recognised the green signals of daffodil and narcissus. The Danger Mark By the middle of July the calendulas, coreopsis and annual larkspur make a vivid display where the narcissus was before. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 "My father, I have heard from Miss Julia; she would wish us to have the narcissus 'The Good Comrade.'" The Good Comrade And it is spring in my hothouses—there are a thousand cyclamens for the one you have lost, a thousand violets for every one on the backs of these little elephants—narcissus and daffodils—. The Tin Soldier With him was a very pretty girl wearing a soft black dress and a corsage of narcissus. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Despite the predominance of foodstuffs there were a few flowers in the garden, clumps of forget-me-not and narcissus, purple iris, golden saxifrages and scarlet anemones. The Luckiest Girl in the School Blooming at the same time and remaining lovely for a long period it combines well with any of the tall tulips or narcissi or daffodils. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 In the early part of the summer the hyacinths, tulips, and finer narcissus had been taken out of the ground and put to dry. The Good Comrade Mr. Haggard, in his cassock, was arranging the narcissi on the altar. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs A mingling of tuberoses, narcissus, attar of roses, and ambergris he detected in the air—as triste as a morbid nocturne of Chopin. Visionaries The eyes of the narcissus win new light From gleams that in Thy rapturous eyes they trace, The flame is but a moth with fluttering flight Drawn by the lovelier lustre of Thy face. Hindustani Lyrics The first thing that comes in the spring is poet's narcissus, then groups of Darwin tulips; both of these are naturalized and remain in the ground from year to year. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The things exhibited were principally bulb flowers, ixias, iris, narcissus and the like; the event was interesting to growers, both professional and amateur. The Good Comrade But do not forget in covering in the fall to put leaves over the narcissi instead of manure. The Garden, You, and I The centerpiece is of flowers; for this never choose a strongly scented flower like hyacinths or narcissi. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The house was situated in the village street, with, however, a paved forecourt, in which stood two huge Italian oil jars gay from April to November with narcissi, tulips, or pink geraniums. What Timmy Did With Emperor narcissus bulbs set between the plants, there are flowers in the border the whole season. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 But the unhappy day wore away to its evening; and after tea he gathered a great nosegay of narcissus, and went to Isaac Cohen's. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York The polyanthus narcissi, carrying their many flowers in heads at the top of the stalk, are what is termed half hardy and they are more frequently seen in florists' windows than in gardens. The Garden, You, and I After planting my tulips, narcissus, and such tall things, however, I clothe the beds with forget-me-not or Silene pendula, or both, which keep them green through the winter and form a dense carpet in spring. About Orchids A Chat "Her lips are roses over-wash'd with dew, Or like the purple of narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their powers, But by her breath her beauties do renew." 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life The diadem of the narcissus shone with such splendour that you would have said it was the crown of the Emperor of China. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Against its carved and pillared background her dark drapery fell in almost unnoticed grace; but her fair face and small hands, with the mass of white narcissus in them, had a singular and alluring beauty. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York Also some narcissi and a few tulips—pink ones for the drawing-room. Sally Bishop A Romance January was spring at the Villa Arcadie, and as she went downstairs a strong scent of heliotrope and narcissi was wafted towards her. The Halo Spring was in the old garden outside, touching the warm tangle of gillyflowers to fire, transmuting the pallor of the narcissus to light itself, making the very shadows more luminous than a winter's shining. Secret Bread "The short narcissus and fair daffodil, Pansies to please the sight, and cassie sweet to swell." The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Here you may see the prosperous docker with his wife and family sitting quite unostentatiously at the next table to the needy scientist who has come to make notes about the purple narcissi. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 Jill had brought with her to the station a great basketful of roses and narcissus and heliotrope, and had put it on the seat beside me that its fragrance might refresh me. Uncle Max They always remind me of very stately gentlemen, and I have wondered if the little narcissus weren't shaking their ruffles at them. The Melting of Molly How you told of tulips and narcissuses, and a thousand lovely things for beds and borders and rock work—at so much a dozen, so very much a dozen, and a dozen so very few! How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Flowers, flowers were everywhere, roses, violets, narcissuses, and a score of others breathing forth a heavy fragrance. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Through the open window a breeze came, honey-sweet with the scent of narcissi, and she realized, with a start, that this early spring was poignantly lovely and sad. One Man in His Time Those had been choice bulbs, some of which he had presented me from his own cherished store—freesias, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, and the starred narcissus, "such as Proserpine let fall, from Dis's wagon." A Woman Named Smith And in a spirit of nature's accord the white poet's narcissus showed starry flowers to the early sun in the greatest abundance along the Poteet fence that bordered on the Rucker yard. Rose of Old Harpeth It is sufficiently free from smell to admit of being made the medium for extracting the perfume of the jasmine, the tuberose, narcissus, camomile, and of the yellow rose. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. She followed the winding terraces towards the gleaming river, past fluttering daffodils and wandering narcissi, over riotous anemones and bright sturdy scyllæ, shaking showers of diamonds off the grasses as she went. Balloons As Mrs. Culpeper knocked at the door of Corinna's shop, she noticed that the pine bough in the window had been replaced by bowls of growing narcissi. One Man in His Time And first, I go down into my kitchen garden, where the path to the lake has a border of pansies on both sides all the way down, with clusters of narcissus behind them. Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers I've taken all the tablecloths for the early peas, and Stonie's shirts, each one of them, have covered a whole lot of the poet's narcissus. Rose of Old Harpeth You know, this fall I'm going to take a whole sack of bulbs and come up here through these woods and plant whole clumps of crocus and narcissus and hyacinths broadcast. Kit of Greenacre Farm Besides the common species, the second is the cari, Solanum cari, which bears white flowers having a large central nectary like the narcissus. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He knew where violets and sweet narcissus grew, as well as Galatea where pink coralline and spreading sea-flowers with their waving arms. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The air was so rich with the mingled perfume of violets, orange flowers, jessamines, tuberoses, hyacinths and narcissuses that the King and his visitors were sometimes obliged to fly from the overpowering sweets. The Story of Versailles It is a narcissus," explained Annunziata, "just as I am a girl. My Friend Prospero I drew her attention to some beautiful narcissi and hyacinths that had come from the greenhouse. Jaffery His own face, within the frame of the door, glimmered white as the narcissi in the darkness…. Widdershins The narcissus, anemone, and hyacinth still tell their tales of love and death. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Here are fragrant banks of violets every few yards, conflagrations of daffodils at every crossing, and narcissus in scented starry garlands for your hair. Prose Fancies (Second Series) Annunziata cried out suddenly, with excitement, waving the hand that held her narcissus. My Friend Prospero He brought from the adjoining room a porcelain flowerpot containing a narcissus in bloom. The Nameless Castle Here grew narcissus and hyacinths, violets and creeping thyme, and crocus and the crimson rose, as they blossomed on the day when the milk-white bull carried off Europa. In the Wrong Paradise The narcissus sends its arrowy fragrance through the air, while, far and wide, red anemones burn like fire, with interchange of blue and lilac buds, white arums, orchises, and pink gladiolus. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But in the very middle of the little cemetery some tender hand had just recently fastened a large bunch of white narcissus to one of the crosses. Fields of Victory Lily, narcissus, violet, rose, nard, amomum, bring me no joy--nay, no flower delights my heart. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times I wanted to be among the fields, now the narcissuses are out. Lady Rose's Daughter Or a narcissus and a hyacinth, does any one really know them apart? Mince Pie Paper white narcissus, if planted early, will blossom by Thanksgiving. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Warm breaths steal to me over the grass and through the trees; the last brought with it a strong scent of narcissus. The Testing of Diana Mallory Tisdale drew his hand across his eyes and turned to follow the drive between the rows of nodding narcissus. The Rim of the Desert The pretty, old-fashioned room was fragrant with hyacinth and narcissus; Julie's books lay on the tables; Julie's hand and taste were already to be felt everywhere. Lady Rose's Daughter He could restrain his eyes from enjoying the garden, and gratify his sense of smell without the rose or narcissus. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 If you wish to lay in a stock of bulbs for water planting choose, of course, Chinese lilies, but try, too, the paper white narcissus. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Then something beyond the easel caught her eye—a mass of flowers, freesias, narcissus, tulips, tumbled on a table; then a pile of new books; and finally, a surprising piece of furniture. Missing There are flower-beds—of the rose, the crocus, the wallflower, the narcissus, the violet, but not, for example, the tulip—laid out in geometrical patterns. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul A scent of narcissus--the Duchess had filled the tables with flowers--floated in the room. Lady Rose's Daughter She liked to feel the flame of her own fairness as she stood there waiting for the audience to guffaw its fill of Hattie's drolleries; a narcissus swaying reedily beside a black crocodile. The Vertical City About three weeks before you wish blossoms plant a dozen of these narcissi in the glass dish with the stones as a foundation, and water enough to come up around the base of the bulbs. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. II, 47-48: "Plucking pale violets and the tallest poppies, she joins with them the narcissus and the flower of the fragrant dill." Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold She gave me some violets and narcissus, already blossoming profusely—in January—and expressed, like her husband, a thousand regrets at my having walked so far. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 After a moment she replied, her hands full of forced narcissuses: "Well, that would be a coup for him." Lady Rose's Daughter The sweet narcissus closed Its eye, with passion pressed; The tulips out of envy burned Moles in their scarlet breast. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 For this purpose hyacinths, Chinese lilies, paper narcissus and jonquils are good. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Hyacinths, narcissus, wallflowers, polyanthus, they continued to be held up for her inspection. Fated to Be Free In the light of a search lamp played on it from an automobile behind, a small figure in a slouch hat and a big black coat waved a bouquet of narcissus. What's the Matter with Ireland? In every corner I planted suitable gardens, in every garden I sowed roses and narcissus regularly, and in beds corresponding to each other. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood In the center of the table was a green bowl with a few paper narcissi arranged in a flower holder, Japanese fashion. Entertaining Made Easy Poet's narcissus and this scilla planted together bloom at same time Star of Bethlehem 3 in. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Flowers that grow directly from the ground like crocuses or jonquils or daffodils or narcissus—the spring bulbs—should be set into flat bowls through netting that will hold them upright. Ethel Morton's Enterprise The scent of mignonette, jonquils, and narcissi filled the air. My Brilliant Career Together we grew enthusiastic over the tufts of white violets, early hyacinths, and narcissi, or equally so over the mere buds of things. People of the Whirlpool The air was cold but dry, and the old garden was sweet with the scent of hyacinths and narcissuses. His Big Opportunity The paper white narcissus has four to twelve single blossoms to the flower head. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. I like them in the garden, too—tulips and hyacinths and daffodils and narcissus and, jonquils. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Meanwhile, a mimic garden is displayed within, and the hyacinth, narcissus, &c. are assembled there to gladden us with anticipations of the coming spring. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827 I came upon colonies of the poet's narcissus, breathing over the rocks so sweet a fragrance that it was as if a miracle had been wrought to draw it out of the earth. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine In glasses filled with water, bulbous roots, such as the hyacinth, narcissus, and jonquil, are blown. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 This is a large family, One gets confused sometimes with the names daffodil, jonquil and paper white narcissus. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Chaucer's daisy comes equally early; and March brings daffodils, narcissi, violets, daisies, jonquils, hyacinths, and marsh-marigolds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 For her the slim narcissus stored the cool rain; and for her the anemones forgot the Sicilian winds that wooed them. Intentions Bath The day is fresh-washed and fair, and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus in the air. Men, Women and Ghosts The shrubbery was bright with laburnum and lilac, the beds swarmed with daffodils and narcissi and with lilies of the valley in the shade. Tono Bungay Parisian society which smells to heaven in fashionable odors has now originated garters made of primroses, harebells, narcissus, violets and lillies, the same being worn by the ladies at balls and receptions in Paris. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Then it had been lovely with narcissus and violets; now golden rod had kindled its fairy torches in the corners and asters dotted it bluely. Anne of the Island And neither crocus, nor anemone, nor narcissus was as fair as she was. Intentions A crow flaps by the window, and there is a whiff of tulips and narcissus in the air. Men, Women and Ghosts The fields were full of tulips and narcissuses, and the rocks by the roadside were covered with boxwood and lavender. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography A profusion of flowers of every kind, lilies, violets, hyacinths, narcissus, etc., filled great quantities of space. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 One blithe June morning, a fortnight after Uncle Abe's storm, Anne came slowly through the Green Gables yard from the garden, carrying in her hands two blighted stalks of white narcissus. Anne of Avonlea "I've had that said to me before, but I have my doubts about it," remarked skeptical Anne, sniffing at her narcissi. Anne of Green Gables I smell the stars... they are like tulips and narcissus... Men, Women and Ghosts Where the plump barley-grain so oft we sowed, There but wild oats and barren darnel spring; For tender violet and narcissus bright Thistle and prickly thorn uprear their heads. The Bucolics and Eclogues In the font hundreds of white narcissi seemed to be growing. Sons and Lovers Anne pinned her narcissi on her hair and went to the lane gate, where she stood for awhile sunning herself in the June brightness before going in to attend to her Saturday morning duties. Anne of Avonlea When Marilla went home Anne came out of the fragrant twilight of the orchard with a sheaf of white narcissi in her hands. Anne of Green Gables I smell tulips and narcissus in the air, but there are no flowers anywhere, only white dust whipping up the street, and a girl with a gay Spring hat and blowing skirts. Men, Women and Ghosts She trembled all over and shook like a white narcissus. The Picture of Dorian Gray The air was dim and coloured from the windows and thrilled with a subtle scent of lilies and narcissi. Sons and Lovers Then your soul is a golden narcissus," said Anne, "and Diana's is like a red, red rose. Anne of Avonlea Th' very little ones are snowdrops an' crocuses an' th' big ones are narcissuses an' jonquils and daffydowndillys. The Secret Garden Clear zigzagging water, which smells of tulips and narcissus. Men, Women and Ghosts In front of her she held the long stems of the exotic lilies whose blossoms, like gigantic narcissi, brooded in star-like rest over chaste and alien dreams. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Round about Melicent were nodding armaments of roses and gillyflowers and narcissi and amaranths, and many violets and white lilies, and other flowers of all kinds and colours. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship Let's sit right down here among the narcissi and Diana will tell it. Anne of Avonlea The scent of hyacinth and narcissus seemed to be floating round him. Sir George Tressady — Volume II Flat earthenware pans, planted with hyacinths and narcissus, stood here and there, and filled the air with spring scents. Sir George Tressady — Volume I But noticing in the winter apartment a jadestone bowl, full of single narcissi, in clusters of three or five, Pao-yü began praising their beauty with all the language he could command. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Some kinds of narcissus also "force" well, particularly the daffodil; and the Paper-white and "Chinese sacred lily" are practically the only common bulbs from which the home gardener may expect good bloom before Christmas. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Ha! there were a lot of white narcissus, and little white hyacinths, Roman hyacinths, in the conservatory. The Trespasser In a minute she was back again, and as she passed his room Helbeck saw that she was carrying a bunch of white narcissus. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I "See, Walter," said Molly, "here is a narcissus—a pheasant's eye: tell me the thought that is better than this thing!" Home Again Of these, she gave me a pot of narcissi; and to that girl Yün, a pot of allspice. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, and crocus, and others can be made to flower in the winter without difficulty. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) At present, the eye of the traveller is delighted with a profusion of roses white and red, the narcissus, the white and orange lily, the carnation, and a highly-fragrant species of everlasting-flower. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Not only the old pheasant's-eye narcissus, but all the modern and splendid varieties in gold, cream, white, and orange, grow best by the brookside. The Naturalist on the Thames "Well," he said, not very logically, "that narcissus has nothing but air around it; my thought of the narcissus has mind around it." Home Again Awake and look on the narcissus and the tender green and enjoy my body and my secret charms and dally with me and touzle me from now till break of day! The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III The narcissus may be grown in water, and do just as well, but it is not as attractive in glasses as the hyacinth. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Right in my midst a springing fountain wells, Whose waters banish anguish and despite, Whose marge with rose, narcissus, camomile, Anemone and myrtle, is bedight. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Miller says that he made experiments with the juice for coloring flowers, and succeeded extremely well, thus making the tuberose and the double white narcissus variegated in one night. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 "Then God's thought is about the narcissus still—and the narcissus is better than your thought of it!" Home Again The flowers possess a most exquisite perfume, frequently compared with hyacinth, narcissus, and cloves. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 The polyanthus section, which includes the Paper-white narcissus and sacred lily or Chinese joss-flower, are not hardy except with unusually good protection, and are, therefore, most suitable for growing indoors. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) For a few sous he bought a bunch of yellow-eyed narcissus and stepped gaily home with them. The History of David Grieve He stopped before a bed of narcissus, gathered one of the while, starry flowers, and inhaled its perfume until he felt the blood hammering in his temples. Married If you have a thought more beautiful than the narcissus, Walter, I should like to see it! Home Again Then a turn of the track and the lake was swept suddenly out of sight, while the mountains closed round—shoulder after green-clad shoulder, with fields of white narcissus flung across them like fairy mantles. The Vision of Desire The hyacinth, narcissus, tulip and anemone, ranunculus and various lily bulbs, will bloom in good season planted at this time. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) As he turned into the Rue Chantal he passed a flower-stall aglow with roses from the south and sweet with narcissus and mignonette. The History of David Grieve Her throat is tied narcissus, it dips From her white-rose chin. Toward the Gulf He had come bringing a sheaf of spring flowers, narcissus, and golden daffodils, which she was holding in her lap. The Nest Builder The air was full of the fragrance of narcissus mingling with the pungent scent of fir and pine. The Vision of Desire The same size pot will do for three or four narcissuses or eight to twelve crocuses. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) It was heavy with the scent of the narcissus. The History of David Grieve It was all about a narcissus—"Very flower of youth, and morning's golden hour!" The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow A fine white narcissus abounded, and clumps of a mauve flower which swung its tiny bells over the sward washed by the Todos Santos. Familiar Spanish Travels She saw the countenance brighten out of the morning’s antagonistic air when they entered the little chapel at Clipstone, and saw the altar adorned and carefully decked with white narcissus and golden daffodils. Modern Broods Hyacinths, tulips, and narcissus all require similar treatment. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The narcissi on the window-sills eyed Hazel in a white silence, and their dewy golden eyes seemed akin to Foxy's and her own. Gone to Earth By the track bloomed wild flowers, violets and narcissus, shedding their fresh delicate perfume. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán There were beds of tulips and hyacinths, ranunculus, narcissus, tuberose, making a blaze of colour against the old box borders, a foot high. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Here we had a fine view of the valley below, and passed fields covered with oxslips, cowslips, and other flowers; while lower down, meadow after meadow was whitened by the lovely wild narcissus. Twixt France and Spain The narcissi are well suited to partially shaded places, and will grow and please wherever good taste may place them. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The beautiful youth Narcissus, contemplating himself in a streamlet, became enamoured of his own face; and pining away, was converted into the flower narcissus. Adonais The narcissus and maidenhair were sacred to Proserpina, and the willow to Ceres. The Folk-lore of Plants "I did, and that's another reason why I want you," retorted Connie, flying to adjust to her better satisfaction the basket of narcissus decorating the chief table. The Spanish Chest She scatters over the earth tulips, anemones, and narcissus. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Daffodils, narcissus, freesias, and violets grew thickly in the borders and under the trees, which seemed to be mostly fruit-trees, though Mollie did not recognize them all. The Happy Adventurers The dew upon the hyacinth and narcissus is converted into tears: they exhale sighs, instead of fragrance. Adonais A few white narcissus were at her belt and in her black hair, and a fairer picture of pure and graceful womanhood never gladdened a lover's heart. The Hallam Succession Behind Constance stood a servant carrying a basket and as the girls watched she purchased an enormous bunch of daffodils, a sheaf of calla lilies, and a quantity of narcissus. The Spanish Chest Maidens, haste, Scatter ambrosial fragrance through the hall, Strew roses and narcissus flowers around, Forgetting not the gold-embroidered pillow. The Poems of Schiller — First period Its sweetness seemed compounded of rose, narcissus, hyacinth, lilies and violets, myrtle and bay and flowering vine. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 The passage of Shelley is rather complicated in its significance, because it mixes up the personages Hyacinthus and Narcissus with the flowers hyacinth and narcissus. Adonais There are iris and narcissus and a little blue flower, with a neat, prim, clean smell that makes one feel as if it ought to be put with lavender into chests of fresh old linen. Letters to His Children It comes with the early flowers, the white narcissus and the cyclamen, the half-buried violets and the pale anemones, and makes the whole atmosphere ring like a vault of tinkling glass. Italian Hours The moon shone gloriously, it made little white eyes of the narcissi that stared up at her from the garden border. Little Miss By-The-Day The grass just there is filled with narcissus, and at the foot of the oak a colony of tulips consoles me for the loss of the purple crocus patches, so lovely a little while since. The Solitary Summer The faint companions of the youth of the hyacinth and the narcissus must be other flowers, such as Spring had thrown down. Adonais The narcissus in particular was growing around everywhere, together with real wild flowers like the painted columbine and star of Bethlehem. Letters to His Children It opened and grew until it was as large as a narcissus, and changed and deepened in color till it was a red glowing gold. A Double Story She lay in a little crumpled heap crushing the sweetness of the narcissi. Little Miss By-The-Day I have often read of the white narcissus and wondered what it was like. Kilmeny of the Orchard The lilacs, touch-me-nots, tulips and narcissus she had learned to know in gardens at the Gap. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Flower girls were sitting on the squares and near the gates of the boulevards, with roses, stock-gillyflowers and narcissi. Yama: the pit She had also arranged with her own hands the masses of narcissus and jonquils on the mantels, and had selected the exact shade of yellow tulips which centred the dining-room table. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero And the last postscript of all said, "The narcissi are lovely, I have them in my room!" Little Miss By-The-Day But she was not in the least intimidated,—and her face, though pale as the narcissi she had just seen in blossom, was very tranquil. The Master-Christian By an exquisite chance also, a common metrical expression connects the perfume of the newly-created narcissus with the salt odour of the sea. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays She mingled lilac and red bud, cherry blossoms and narcissus and trailed long vines of honeysuckle over every possible place. The Road to Providence The principal wild flowers were cyclamen, narcissus, and anemone. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Perhaps the wistaria will have to be pruned—perhaps the ivy around the fountain will need trimming—maybe the narcissi will need thinning out when they're through blossoming—I'm stupid about narcissi. Little Miss By-The-Day Angela raised a cluster of narcissi and inhaled their fine and delicate perfume. The Master-Christian They were everywhere, lilacs and narcissi, daffodils, violets and hothouse roses. Who Cares? a story of adolescence We cannot tell with what feeling we added our sprays of blossoms, perennials springing from the garden of the heart, waxen white and fragrant as the narcissus. See America First We had passed through several hundred acres of open ground that were as white from the abundance of narcissus as an English meadow might be yellow from the presence of buttercups. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 The dusk had mercifully blurred out for her the heaps of refuse and ashes that were dumped upon the spot where the narcissus border had been. Little Miss By-The-Day Poor fellow! the narcissus is in the garden; this is the convent of sufferers, and there are green garments enough here. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] The narcissus is the eye; the feeble stem of that plant bends languidly under its dower, and thus recalls to mind the languor of the eyes. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Round about it were roses and narcissus and amaranths and gilly-flowers and chamomiles and white lilies and violets, and other flowers of all kinds and colours. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 Pure was she as the pale narcissus by the streams, and serving her what could I be but pure? The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza I pick the narcissus and learn to gather, with the tip of my tongue, the tiny drop of honey that lies right at the bottom of the cleft corolla. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography And low at Ades' feet, wrapped in grim murk And darkness thick, the three gray women sat, Loose-robed and chapleted with wool and flowers, Purple narcissi round their horrid hair. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 Now the bright crocus flames, and now The slim narcissus takes the rain, And, straying o'er the mountain's brow, The daffodilies bud again. Ballads in Blue China In Italy the narcissus blooms at all seasons of the year. A Spirit in Prison She moved through the sunlit garden, gathering narcissi, crimson-eyed and white. Howards End She moved through the sunlit garden, gathering narcissi, crimson-eyed and white.� Howards End In the long grass, underneath, a wealth of daffodils, jonquils, and narcissus, came up year after year, and sunned their yellow stars in the light which dappled through the blossom. The Country House There was Laurence himself, holding in his hand a great bunch of pink lilies and white narcissi. Five Tales Where sweet wild April His melody played, Trooped cowslip, and primrose, And iris, the maid, And silver narcissus, A star in the shade. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 I remember with what delight I found wild narcissuses growing in a meadow upon the top of it, and was allowed to gather as many as I liked. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino He noticed particularly in the windows nosegays of tender, white, heavily fragrant narcissus bending over their bright, green, thick long stalks. Crime and Punishment He saw one form as fresh as a lily of the valley, all white amidst that hard metallic splendour; frail as a dewy anemone, slender as the moist narcissus. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches They went to gather flowers—irises and crocuses, lilies, narcissus, hyacinths and roseblooms—that grow in those fields. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles May flowers grow thick on thy newly-built tomb, not the dry bramble, not the evil weed, but violets and margerain and wet narcissus, Vibius, and around thee may all be roses. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology The oily gloss on the withered grass had vanished, faded, and everything turned dull, though the air remained charged with the spring perfume of the geraniums, stocks, and narcissi which encircled some of the graves. Through Russia But Armand was already near her, down on both his knees this time, his arms clasping the delicate form that swayed like the slender stems of narcissi in the breeze. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel She was bearing a basket full of anemones, violets, narcissi, wild roses, and lilies of the valley. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches I looked alternately at the mass of narcissus and at the Countess, affecting to be far more in love with the flowers than with her, to carry out my part. Honorine For, instead of rock or shingle or sand, it flowed over grass in which grew primroses and daisies, crocuses and narcissi, pimpernels and anemones, a starry multitude, large and bright through the brilliant water. Lilith, a romance On the grass there are two beds of them carpeted with forget-me-nots; and in the grass, in scattered groups, are daffodils and narcissus. Elizabeth and Her German Garden But the path was so profusely strewn with scented narcissi that Armand's sensitive conscience was quickly lulled to rest by the intoxicating fragrance. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Here's the lily, here the rose Her full chalice shall disclose; Here's narcissus wet with dew, Windflower and the violet blue. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Their happy faces rose above lilies of the valley, narcissus blooms, and Bengal roses. The Magic Skin And will not Silence know In the black shade of what obsidian steep Stiffens the white narcissus numb with sleep? Second April In her arms she held a huge sheaf of sweet-scented narcissi, the spoils of some favoured spot far away in the South. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Citizen Danton brought me the violets himself, and citizen Santerre the narcissi, and that laurel wreath—is it not charming?—that was a tribute from citizen Robespierre himself." El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel She took a deep draught of sweet, intoxicating scent from the narcissi, and his gaze once more brought blushes to her cheeks. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel |
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