D,OG'S TOOTH VIOLET. 237 



DOG'S TOOTH VIOLET. Eryihronium. 



Natural Order Sarmcntacea. Lilia, Juss. A Genus 

 of the Hexandria Monogynia Class. 



Multiplies les fleurs, ornement da parterre. 



We select this line from Fontaine, to draw the 

 attention of our florists to this elegant little Lily, 

 which has been so much neglected, that we rarely 

 meet with it in sufficient quantities to make a figure 

 in the garden, which, we presume, arises from the 

 time required to raise a number of bulbs ; for 

 under the most favourable circumstances they in- 

 crease but slowly, by their viviparous nature. We 

 shall, therefore, recommend this curious and beauti- 

 ful flower to the protection and care of our fair 

 florists, who will be well repaid for the slight at- 

 tention it requires, by the delicacy and novelty its 

 foliage and blossoms display on the parterre in the 

 months of April and May : but, before we go into 

 the history of the plant, let us extract what Milton 

 has so charmingly described as the employ of our 

 first mother : — 



All alone, amid her garden fair, 

 From morn to noon, from noon to dewy eve, 



