them from the effect of too severe cold. The Persian 

 variety, which, it is to be presumed, has less need of pro- 

 tection of this kind, has, in lieu of wool, a quantity of coarse 

 hairs, forming a protection much less dense than that 

 which exists in the European kind. May it not hence 

 be suspected, that Persia is indeed the native land of the 

 Tulipa Oculus solis, and that the individuals found in the 

 places above mentioned are mere outcasts of gardens ? 



This should be cultivated 



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the foot of a wall with 



a southern aspect, in a warm border, consisting of light, 

 loamy soil. 



L 



M. de CandoUe remarks, that T. Oculus solis differs 

 from T. suaveolens and from T. sylvestris 



L not having 



stem or its flowers ; from T. Gesne- 



its pointed petals ; and from T. Clusiana in its 



much larger flower, the claw of which is at least as long 



hairs upon either 



the anthers, and in the arrangement of 



J. L. 



