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Reflections in a Golden Boy's Eye.(Reflecting Narcissus: A Queer AEsthetic)(Review)
The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 7/1/2001; LANE, CHRISTOPHER; 787 words
; Reflecting Narcissus: A Queer AEsthetic By Steven Bruhm University ... as immoral and immature. Reflecting Narcissus shows that these judgments have a depressingly ... Bruhm is not the first to revisit the Narcissus myth or to revel in its complex history ...
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NARCISSUS CAN DETER FOUR-LEGGED INVADERS.(At Home)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/28/2004; 742 words
; ... spring. In fact, old-timers used to use narcissus bulbs to discourage gophers just about ... If planted densely enough, a ring of narcissus bulbs planted around a young bare root ... was to plant an underground fence of narcissus around the edge of a garden area to discourage ... reason that the larger sized ...
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THE EFFECTS OF STORAGE CONDITION ON STARCH METABOLISM AND REGENERATION POTENTIALS OF TWIN-SCALES AND INFLORESCENCE STEM EXPLANTS OF NARCISSUS TAZETTA
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 11/1/2005; Chen, Jianxin; Ziv, Meira; 787 words
; SUMMARY The natural propagation rate of Narcissus is very slow. In vitro micropropagation of Narcissus is more efficient than conventional propagation ... pathogen-free stock material. In the present study, Narcissus tazetta cv. 'Ziva' bulbs were used as the ...
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Toxic narcissus bulbs strike fear in gophers
Chicago Sun-Times; 9/5/2004; MAUREEN GILMER; 545 words
; ... bulb catalogs. Old timers used to use narcissus bulbs to discourage gophers just about ... If planted densely enough, a ring of narcissus bulbs planted around a young bare root ... was to plant an "underground fence" of narcissus around the edge of a garden area to discourage ... reason that the larger sized ...
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The Throoats of Narcissus. (Brief Reviews).(Book Review)
Chicago Review; 12/22/2002; Davidson, Chad; 787 words
; Bruce Bond. The Throats of Narcissus. Fayetteville, AK: University of ... 2001.88 pp. $16. ISBN 1-55728-706-6. Narcissus, gazing at his watery reflection ... redemptive side: nymphs, wanting to give Narcissus a proper burial, find only a bed ...
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Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun: Narcissus and Pygmalion.(Critical Essay)
The Romanic Review; 11/1/1999; McCaffrey, Phillip; 787 words
; ... Guillaume de Lorris recounts Ovid's story of Narcissus; near the end, Jean de Meun tells Ovid ... French Pygmalion makes between himself and Narcissus. Both myths have been significantly adapted ... with Guillaume's adapted version of the Narcissus myth. Jean de Meun modified Ovid's Pygmalion ...
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Species Narcissus: try these graceful beauties to get a head start on spring. (Plant Portrait).
Country Living Gardener; 1/1/2003; Peace, Tom; 787 words
; ... classical Greek tale goes, a young lad named Narcissus, enamored of his good looks, spent untold ... botanical taxonomists gave the name Narcissus to a very large group of mostly spring-bloomi ... look at the sweet springtime charm of Narcissus, and started to cross and breed hundreds ...
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Narcissus is a beauty, and that's not a myth
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/2/1988; Carolyn Ulrich; 624 words
; ... Greek myth surrounding the origin of the narcissus, and it's a little sad, but then love ... there was this handsome young man named Narcissus who went around breaking hearts. Rejected ... lovely flower that was given his name: Narcissus. Today the descendants of that flower ...
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Bell, David, ed. Joseph Conrad's the Nigger of the Narcissus: a Dialogue Seminar.(Book Review)
Conradiana; 3/22/2004; Panagopoulos, Nic; 787 words
; ... ed. Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Dialogue Seminar. Mid-Sweden University ... dialogue seminar on The Nigger of the Narcissus in Ostersund, Sweden, in 1997. This was ... technique found in The Nigger of the Narcissus and its ideological commitment, particularly ...
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CARBOHYDRATE, METABOLIC, AND OSMOTIC CHANGES IN SCALED-UP LIQUID CULTURES OF NARCISSUS LEAVES
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 11/1/2003; Chen, Jianxin; Ziv, Meira; 787 words
; ... efficient system for mass propagation of Narcissus, as it can greatly reduce the costs involved ... rate. The present study reveals that in Narcissus leaf sections cultured in liquid medium ... to meristematic center initiation on Narcissus hyperhydric leaf sections. Starch, sucrose ...
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