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.
We love them as we do the Stars of Bethlehem, the Hyacinths, Narcissi and the darling little blue flowers, Scilla Siberica, that come with the Snowdrops and Crocuses before the snow is gone.
This would represent upwards of 3-1/2 million bunches of flowers, chiefly narcissi and anemones.
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.
On one farm, however, upwards of 20 acres are devoted tonarcissi alone, whilst gladioli, lilies and irises are grown on a smaller scale.
Around Boston narcissi are also extensively grown for the market, both bulbs and cut blooms being sold.
In the vicinity of Richmond narcissi are extensively grown, as they also are more to the west in the Long Ditton district, and likewise around Twickenham, Isleworth, Hounslow, Feltham and Hampton.
Open-air narcissiare usually ready at the beginning of January, and the supply is maintained in different varieties up to the middle or end of May.
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.
They were wonderful hair-pins, the heads of which were narcissi formed of diamonds, a bridal present from Lensky.
In this respect the place actually rivals Tresco, and the fields of narcissi are as luxuriant as those of the Scillies.
It was the darkest hour of the night, only the stars shone brightly, and not till he was upon the pale clouds of the drifted narcissi could he tell they were there, not till their scent came up at him.
Angela raised a cluster of narcissiand inhaled their fine and delicate perfume.
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.
His own face, within the frame of the door, glimmered white as the narcissi in the darkness.
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.
The lightsome charm of Narcissi and Daffodils is never seen to greater advantage than when these are grown in bowls of fibre for the decoration of rooms.
A succession of Narcissi for indoor decoration can be secured by starting batches at intervals of two or three weeks; and by moderating the treatment as the season advances, the last lot will flower naturally without artificial stimulus.
No bulb excels the Tulip in adaptability for bowl culture, given the treatment suggested for Narcissiand Daffodils on page 345, and particularly with respect to moisture.
The polyanthus and cowslips' umbels were crowned with seeds, and the narcissi in the grass had almost vanished.
From behind me as I rose came strongly in a soft breeze all the perfumes of the sweet things then in flower, and as I passed out of the cloisters my last vision was the mead of narcissi nodding softly in the night wind.
But the growers in Holland know their business, as they have for very many years, and splendid Narcissi are raised there for the English market.
Over and over again Narcissi occur in classic literature, often with the qualifications purpled or croceum, which suggests the dark centred Poeticus.
In Holland Narcissi are put in the ground just as summer turns to autumn.
The majority are in perfection in April, and the latest sorts, such as Poeticus and Grandee, carry us on well into May; but by the end of that month Narcissi are over in the bulb gardens.
In seventeenth-century England, as well as Holland, they would seem to have been interested in the raising of Narcissi and the varying of the sorts.
The white trumpet Narcissi are among the most troublesome in this respect, and some find it necessary to plant them on grassy banks facing the north.
Few of the Tazetta Narcissi are suitable for outdoor culture, although in the milder districts of England and Ireland they may be grown in the open.
Some might say, Your flowers of narcissi only last a certain time; how are you going to replace them?
There is the orchard for the slope above the sunk tennis court; to be a glory some Spring with Apple and Pear blossom, while Daffodils, Narcissi and Scilla riot underneath.
His Tulips, Hyacinths, and Narcissihave stood the test for three years.
Afterwards, going home, she saw a flower-girl crouching in a doorway with a bale of wet daffodils and narcissi in her arms.
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.
The narcissi are well suited to partially shaded places, and will grow and please wherever good taste may place them.
Narcissi may be forced into flower through the winter, as described on p.
And the last postscript of all said, "The narcissi are lovely, I have them in my room!
It is delightful to relate that no one ever in all this world purchased morenarcissi for one dollar than Felicia bought at the florist's stand that wonderful evening when she made her first expenditure from money she had actually earned.
The moon shone gloriously, it made little white eyes of the narcissi that stared up at her from the garden border.
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.
Let's sit right down here among the narcissi and Diana will tell it.
When Marilla went home Anne came out of the fragrant twilight of the orchard with a sheaf of whitenarcissi in her hands.
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.
As before stated, hyacinths, tulips, narcissi and freesias are the most readily forced and the most satisfactory bulbs.
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.
The growth of Daffodils and Narcissi alone in the Scilly Isles within the past forty years has been nothing less than phenomenal.
All these Polyanthus Narcissi bloom well in pots without drainage, and if you have a blue-and-white bowl you should fill it with the one called Soleil d’Or.
If you buy bunches of these flowers you find that the man who sells them to you calls some Daffodils, some Narcissi some Polyanthus-Narcissi, and some Jonquils.
All through the spring this little garden is gay with Narcissi and Daffodils, on which the children spend about ten shillings.
But do not forget in covering in the fall to put leaves over the narcissi instead of manure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "narcissi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
