Like the rest of the family, it requires a little extraordinary care in its culture; its roots should be placed in a pot filled with loam and bog-earth, or rotten leaves, well mixed, and plunged in a north border, where in severe seasons it will be proper to shelter it; if the whole border be formed of the same soil or compost the pot will be less necessary.
Our drawing was made from a plant growing with Messrs. Grimwood and Co. Kensington.
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Narcissus Angustifolius. Narrow-Leaved Narcissus.
Class and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Petala 6 æqualia. Nectario infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. Stamina intra nectarium.
Specific Character and Synonyms.