Sir J. f Smiru, in his Pesaran Flore Grace, who fias 
elsewhere properly remarked, that there can be no good 
reason for following an-error, _. 
The roots of this plant were sent, at the samé time with 
Orchis acuminata, No. 1932, and Ophrys tenthredinifer a; 
No. 1930, from Sicily, by Wixtiam Swainsoy, Esq. Fellow 
of the Linnean Society, to our friend the President, who 
committed them to the eare of Mr.°Wintiam AnpERson, 
Curator of the Apothecaries Garden at Chelsea. They were 
treated as directed in the Introduction to Botany (page 110) 
and came over in the greatest perfection. We quote the 
paragraph for the sake ‘of those. who wish to cultivate this 
very curious tribe of plants. “Such of the Orchis tribe as 
have biennial bulbs, are supposed to be very difficult of cul- 
tivation; but according to the experience of my excellent 
friend, the late Mr. Crowe, in whose garden I have.seen 
them many successive years, they are best removed when im 
full flower, the earth being cleared completely away from, the 
roots, which are then to be replanted in their natural soil, 
previously dried and sifted. Afterwards they must be well 
watered. The bulb for the following year has not at the 
flowering period begun to throw out its fibres ; for after that 
happens it will not bear removal.” 
‘Jowers in April and May. _ 
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