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SCILLA pratensis. 



Meadow Squill. 



HEXANDRIA MO'NOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliace^. 



SCILLA. Botanical Register, vol. 16, fol. 1355. 



S. pratensis ; foliis pluribus proteranthiis ensiformibus canaliculatis subundulatis 

 scapo glabro longioribus, racemo elongate bracteolis minimis scariosis, pe- 

 dunculis flore triple longioribus, perianthii foliolis linearibus patulis stami- 

 nibus longioribus. 



S. pratensis. IValdst. §• Kitaih. plant, rar. Hung. vol. 2. p. 207. t. 189. 

 . Reichenh. fi. excurs. 1. 106. no. 721. 



For specimens of this rare Squill I am indebted to the 

 Honourable W. F. Strangways, in whose garden at Abbots- 

 berry it flowers in June. It is a beautiful little rock plant, 

 quite hardy, and a welcome addition to our gardens from 

 flowering after the spring bulbs are gone, and before the 

 autumnal species appear. 



By those authors who have noticed the plant it has been 

 compared with Sc. italica, but it is in reality much more 

 closely allied to Sc. autumnalis, from which it difl'ers in 

 having evident bracts, a perfectly smooth not scabrous scape, 

 and in its time of flowering. 



It is a native of Croatia, in fields and meadows by the 

 side of the river Korenicza, and especially near the village 

 of that name, flowering in the beginning of June. 



Like' most plants with bulbous roots it requires a rich 

 sandy soil to grow in, with plenty of moisture during the 

 growing season, and to be either protected from wet during 

 the time of rest or to be taken up after growing, but not 

 before the leaves become yellow ; as cutting the leaves off" 

 bulbous plants before the new bulbs are perfectly matured 



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