Surrounded by water on all sides the temperature is kept equable, hence it is that narcissus, violets, anemones, daffodils and other of the earliest spring flowers can be grown in the open and sent to be delivered in London weeks before the home counties can produce them.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton
It had rained hard during the earlier part of the night, and the carriages waiting in triple line before the Gildermeres' door were still domed by shining umbrellas, while the electric lamps extending down the avenue blinked narcissus-like at their watery images in the hollows of the sidewalk.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
She had also arranged with her own hands the masses of narcissus and jonquils on the mantels, and had selected the exact shade of yellow tulips which centred the dining-room table.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith