From sleep amongst the hyacinths and narcissi of lost days?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
Hyacinths, narcissi, and tulips planted now ought to flower in. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886] Reference
She said she liked citrus blossoms, narcissi and fresh laundry. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
We are Apollo and Dionysus walking in fields of hyacinths and narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Don't delay for daffsPlant narcissi as soon as you can get your hands on bulbs. From Wordnik.com. [In the garden this week: Daffodil bulbs and tomatoes] Reference
Within half an hour, her eyes were wandering to the narcissi in Mowbray Square outside. From Wordnik.com. [Venom] Reference
You can also start forcing narcissi bulbs now for flowers in a couple of months 'time. From Wordnik.com. [In the garden this week: Daffodil bulbs and tomatoes] Reference
It is treasured here for the bloom time, two weeks earlier than most of the other narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [Hellebo-R-Us « Fairegarden] Reference
Gardeners were planting salvias in Mowbray Square where narcissi had bloomed only this morning. From Wordnik.com. [Venom] Reference
In the center of the table was a green bowl with a few paper narcissi arranged in a flower holder, Japanese fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Entertaining Made Easy] Reference
The yew topiary, the drifts of narcissi, the berberis darwiniae, the clumps of brilliant orange monbretia, all thrive. From Wordnik.com. [Hancox: All under one roof] Reference
In this respect the place actually rivals Tresco, and the fields of narcissi are as luxuriant as those of the Scillies. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Throughout the parish, remnants of old-fashioned narcissi give clues to the location of defunct market gardens and orchards. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: St Dominic, Tamar Valley] Reference
I never aim to have "a host of golden daffodils", favouring the nimble-flowering narcissi for their grace and lighter foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Light up your garden with bulbs] Reference
In a cut state, sprays are very useful, giving lightness to the stiffer spring flowers, such as tulips, narcissi, and hyacinths. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
In the Penberth Valley, tiny enclosures marked by granite slabs and shelter belts once produced early narcissi, violets and potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Cornwall] Reference
I have a nice little bunch of daffodils, narcissi, grape hyacinth and one bit of lunaria for bright pink in a vase in my sitting room. From Wordnik.com. [Sproing!] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [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] Reference
The square itself looked cool and fresh, huge trees coming into leaf and shading a lawn that ran up to flower beds with narcissi in bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Venom] Reference
In the font hundreds of white narcissi seemed to be growing. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
In four or five weeks bring in hyacinths and polyanthus narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [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] Reference
Also some narcissi and a few tulips -- pink ones for the drawing-room. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Bishop A Romance] Reference
These are narcissi and anemones gathered in thy gardens to please thee. From Wordnik.com. [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference
The narcissi were not yet out, but the fields were thick with their buds. From Wordnik.com. [Faces and Places] Reference
She moved through the sunlit garden, gathering narcissi, crimson-eyed and white. From Wordnik.com. [Howards End] Reference
In season there are daffodils, and snowdrops, and narcissi, and dahlias, and chrysanthemums. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps At Many Lands: Australia] Reference
There was Laurence himself, holding in his hand a great bunch of pink lilies and white narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [Five Tales] Reference
His own face, within the frame of the door, glimmered white as the narcissi in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
Twenty of his slaves came in yesterday, laden with hyacinths and narcissi, anemones and jonquils. From Wordnik.com. [Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection] Reference
She was bearing a basket full of anemones, violets, narcissi, wild roses, and lilies of the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches] Reference
The air was dim and coloured from the windows and thrilled with a subtle scent of lilies and narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
Success will be more certain with the other tulips and large flowered narcissi if you wait until the last of. From Wordnik.com. [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] Reference
"I've had that said to me before, but I have my doubts about it," remarked skeptical Anne, sniffing at her narcissi. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
The narcissi are well suited to partially shaded places, and will grow and please wherever good taste may place them. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
As before stated, hyacinths, tulips, narcissi and freesias are the most readily forced and the most satisfactory bulbs. From Wordnik.com. [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] Reference
When Marilla went home Anne came out of the fragrant twilight of the orchard with a sheaf of white narcissi in her hands. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
January was spring at the Villa Arcadie, and as she went downstairs a strong scent of heliotrope and narcissi was wafted towards her. From Wordnik.com. [The Halo] Reference
The gardener soon finished his task of cutting the narcissi, and though he might not, without audacity, look at his Sovereign-master, his. From Wordnik.com. [Temporal Power] Reference
The shrubbery was bright with laburnum and lilac, the beds swarmed with daffodils and narcissi and with lilies of the valley in the shade. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
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