DAFFODIL  , the See also:

• COMMON

common name of a See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the genus See also:

• NARCISSUS

Narcissus, and natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Amaryllidaceae . (See generally under NARClssus.) The common daffodil, N . Pseudo-narcissus, is common in See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods and thickets in most parts of the N. of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, but is rare in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Its leaves are five or six in number, are about a See also:

• FOOT

foot in length and an See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch in breadth, and have a See also:

• BLUNT, JOHN HENRY (1823–1884)
• BLUNT, JOHN JAMES (1794–1855)
• BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (184o— )

blunt See also:

• KEEL

keel and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat edges . The See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem is about 18 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and the spathe single-flowered . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are large, yellow, scented and a little drooping, with a corolla deeply cleft into six lobes, and a central See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-shaped nectary, which is crisped at the margin . They appear See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the See also:

• YEAR

year, or, as See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare says, " come before the See also:

• SWALLOW (A. S. swalewe, Icel. svala, Du. zwaluw, Ger. Schwalbe)

swallow dares, and take the winds of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March with beauty." The stamens are shorter than the See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, the anthers oblong and converging; the ovary is globose, and has three furrows; the seeds are roundish and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black . Many new varieties of the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower have recently been cultivated in gardens . The bulbs are large and orbicular, and have a blackish coat; they, as well as the flowers, are reputed to be emetic in properties . The Peruvian daffodil and the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea daffodil are See also:

• SPECIES

species of, the genus Ismene .