In the novels of L.M. Montgomery she writes about flowers called June lilies or white narcissus, which are cultivated in gardens and also apparently naturalised in the Canadian woods.
What species of narcissus (daffodil) is she describing?
2007-11-14 09:57:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Could it be these? http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26fr%3Dslv1-mdp%26va%3Dpaper%2Bwhite%2Bnarcissus%2Bplant%26sz%3Dall&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F144%2F323056939_940245c6fd_m.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fstephen_pix%2F323056939%2F&size=134.6kB&name=323056939_940245c6fd.jpg&p=paper+white+narcissus+plant&type=jpeg&no=4&tt=14&oid=8a1415b323bdfece&fusr=stephen_pix&tit=Paper+white&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fstephen_pix%2F&ei=ISO-8859-1&src=p
Narcissus was enamoured of himself...hence the term Narcissistic....for those MeMeMe people. Here's a little more info:
http://laingsociety.org/colloquia/artliterature/mansbridge.narcissism.htm
"Anne of Green Gables" never read it, might though. Thanks for the new read.
2007-11-14 10:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better known as daffodils or jonquils
2015-05-11 02:48:08 · answer #2 · answered by Paulette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋