72 FLORA OF DALMATIA. 
I take the advantage of my being accidentally here, to im- 
part to you some intelligence through the medium of Dr. 
Biasoletto. I left the lovely, verdant shores of Dalmatia eight 
days ago, to find at this place, Trieste, the appearance of 
winter, and all vegetation very backward, as was proved by a 
walk over the Hundsberg to the botanical ** Monte Spaccato,” 
where we found nothing but Erythronium Dens Canis, and Hel- 
leborus viridis. On my way, I collected at Pirano the Pri- 
mula grandiflora, fl. albo, Leucojum vernum, and Scilla bifolia. 
— The winter has been unusually severe in Dalmatia, we had, 
upon the coast, some weeks, during which the thermometer 
stood at 29-0, but no snow except on the mountains, where 
it melted on the first sunny day, and this weather was more 
frequent than the cloudy days. Sternbergia colchiciflora, and 
lutea, blossomed, though rarely, to the end of December: 
Arbutus Unedo, and Crocus Dalmaticus (Vis.), were more 
plentiful. With the New-Year, Helleborus multifidus (Vis.), 
appeared, and then nothing more was seen till the middle of 
February, when, by degrees, sprung up Zvía Bulbocodium, 
Colchicum montanum (not of De Cand., which is €. arenarium, 
W. K., and which I once gathered in flower on Mont Cenis) 
afterwards Anemone stellata, Hyacinthus Romanus, Narcissus 
Tazetta, and, lastly, in the beginning of march, a Draba, and 3 
Meleagris, that was new to me: then Zris tuberosa, Viburnum 
Tinus, Erica Mediterranea, Ranunculus Ficaria (very different 
from the German plant, especially in its spotted foliage), Hya- 
cinthus botryoides, and Erodium cicutariefolium. "'Yhe very 
suitable kind of weather for planting, afforded me an oppor- 
tunity to execute a project, of which my mind had been very 
full, which was that of a public garden, destined particularly 
for the Flora of Dalmatia, and which I wished to set down on 
one of the largest and most elevated bastions of the fortress of 
Zara. This forms a hill of 6°—7° elevation protected from the 
Bora (north wind), and having near its entrance some deep 
dells, that appeared to me very suitable for the culture of the 
more delicate plants. A widepath led around it, passing a Kiosk 
anda coffeehouse, and by several gentle windings alternating the 
