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of thirteen years ! The second one also came up, but did not 

 succeed in developing a flower. 



There was no mistaking it. Though we have other Fritillariea 

 ill the garden, F. pijrenaica^ F. MeJeagris, and also white varieties, 

 we have no yellow one ; and there w^as no Fritillary growing in 

 the same bed as these two. I am quite sure that if the plant had 

 made its appearance in any of the intervening years we should 

 have noticed it. The soil is stiff clay with an upper layer of 

 made garden-ground. 



The form also of this Frltillary is perfectly distinct. Its name 

 is variously given as F. Moggridgei and F. Burnati var. lutea ; 

 but there is an exact representation of it in my edition, accurately 

 coloured, of Eeichenbach's ' Icones,' vol. x. fig. ccccxlii. It is 

 there called F. Jutea, and from the letterpress which refers to 

 ]\[!B. (Marschall von Biebersteiu) would seem to be a Caucasian 

 plant. 



I have never been a second time to Limone, or had any chance 

 of obtaining the rrilillary since my first visit, and am quite sure 

 that the plants are groAAU from the original bulbs ; that they 

 should have maintained their vitality, lying dormant for so long 

 a period as thirteen years, seems to me quite a prodigy, and if 

 you should think tbe fact worth communicating to the Linnean 

 Society, I should be glad to know if any of its Members can 

 account for it or authenticate similar instances. 



(Cebtificate referred to on p. 28.) 



Sveriges Geologiska TJndersokning, 



Stockholm, — Chefen. 



Stockholm, 15th May, 1889. 



The copy in bronzed zinc, which ]\Ir. Carleman has sold to the 

 Linnean ISociety in London, is a reproduction from tbe original 

 model of the statue of Linnaeus in Stockholm by Professor Kjell- 

 berg. Mr. Biirjesson, Professor at the Koyal Academy of Arts, 

 and successor to Mr. Kjellberg as statuary sculptor to tbe King. 

 has upon my request examined and approved this copy. 



(Signed) Otto Toeell. 



