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practice to thin them out to this disstance in the 

 first beds. After this they are to be managed 

 as blowing plants. These sorts of roots blow 

 at diflerent lengths of time after being raised, 

 some in the following year, and others not ill! 

 Several years afterwards ; as will be exjilaincd 

 under the cnlturc of each of the diflerent 

 sorts. 



BULBOCODIUM, a genus containing a 

 plant of the Inilhoiis-rooted flowering perennial 

 kind. Mountain SaftVon. 



It beloiiffs to the class and order Ih-xatidria 

 Moiiofrynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Spafluueee. 



The characters are: that there is no calyx : the 

 corolla hexapelalous, funnel-form: claws very 

 long:, linear: throat connecting the petals: 

 borcler erect: petals lai^ceolate, concave: the 

 stamina consist of six subulate filaments, in- 

 serted into the claws of the petals: the anthers 

 arc incumbent : the pistillum is an ovate-subu- 

 late germ, obtusely three-cornered, and supe- 

 rior: the style is tilifomi, the lengih of the 

 stamens: the stigmas three, oblong, erect and 

 channelled: the pericarpium is a iriang-ular, 

 acuminate capsule, angles obscure, and three- 

 celled : the seeds are numerous. 



There is only one species cultivated for orna- 

 ment, B. vcrniim, Spring-flowering Bulboco- 

 dium. 



In this the bulb or root resembles that of 

 common colehieum in shape, but is much 

 smaller; it is covered with a dark-brown skin. 

 In January, or before the middle of the follow- 

 ing month, the flower springs up inclosed within 

 three brownish-green leaves, which opening 

 themselves as soon almost as thev are out of the 

 ground, show their buds for flowers within 

 them ven,' white oftentimes, before they open 

 far, and sometimes also purplish at first ap- 

 pearing, lliere is frequently only one flower, 

 l3ut never more than two flowers on a root ; 

 tlicy never rise above the leaves, or the leaves 

 much higher than them, whilst they last; they 

 are smaller than those of colehieum; at first 

 are of a pale red or deep blush colour, but 

 afterwards change to a bright purple, and con- 

 tinue Ions in beauty, if the weather be not 

 severe. After the flowers are past, the leaves 

 grow to the length of four or five inches, and 

 in the middle of them the seed-vessel rises up. 



It has the habit of colehieum, but diflfers in 

 having only one style: from the crocus, which it 

 much resembles, it is also distinguished by the 

 number of its stamens. It is a native of 

 Spain, 8cc. 



Culture, — This maybe increased by off"-sets re- 

 moved at the lime when the flower and leaf" decay. 



even,' second or third year ; also by sowmg the 

 seed in pots filkd with loamy earth, in autunm, 

 sheltering them in a frame from frost during 

 the winter: the plants appear in spring, which, 

 on the decay of the leaves, should be takeu 

 up for planting in the borders in the follow- 

 ing autumn, where they flower the year lullow- 

 ing. 



When the roots are not frequently taken up, 

 they flower much stronger, and produce a 

 greater increase than when treated in the con- 

 trary manner. 



The plants should have a warm situation^ 

 and fresh .soil that has not been improved by 

 maiuirc. 



TliL-y afi'ord an agreeable variety in beds, 

 borders, and clumps, of pleasure- and other 

 grounds. 



BUFHTIIALMUM, a genus comprehcnd- 

 inff plants of the herbaceous and shrubby kinds. 

 The Ox-eye. 



It belongs to the class and order Syngenesia 

 Poliji^unnu Superfttia, and ranks in the natural' 

 order of Compotilcc 



The characters are : that the calyx is common- 

 various in the difTcreiit species, imbricate: the 

 corolla is compound radiated: corollules herma- 

 phrodite, numerous, forming a flat disk : fe- 

 males more than ten in the ray. Proper of the 

 hermaphrodite funnel-form, with a five-cleft, 

 patulous border. Of the female lignlate, longer, 

 spreading, three-toothed : the stamina (of the 

 hermaphrodite) consist of five capillary, very 

 short filaments: the anthers are tubular and 

 cylindric: the pistillum (of the hermaphrodite) 

 is an ovate, compressed germ: the style is fili- 

 form, the length of the stamens: the stigma 

 thickish and simple. Of the female, the germ 

 ancipital: style filiform, of the same length as 

 in the hermaphrodite: the stigmas two, and 

 obloiiff! no pericarpium : the calyx unchanged: 

 the seeds of the hermaphrodite solitaiy, oblong,, 

 crowned with a gashed manifold edge. Of the 

 females, solitar)', compressed, with each ed^e 

 cuttino, crowned like the others: the receptacle 

 is chaffy and convex. 



The species are; 1. B. heVianlhoides, Sun- 

 flower-leaved Ox-eye; 2. i?. saliclfo/ium, Wil-- 

 low-leaved Ox-eye; 3. B. graiidljiorum, Great- 

 flowered Ox-eye; 4. i?. »nan7(w//m. Sea Ox-eye; 

 5. B.J'iutescens, Shrubby O.x-cye; 6. B.arlo- 

 rescrn^. Tree Ox-eye. 



The first has a perennial' root, branched,, 

 whitish, and fragrant. The steins are aimual, 

 several, upright, branched at top, naked at the 

 base, round, the thickness of a quill, red with 

 a sea-green bloom, pithy and jointed as it were' 

 with a ring of petioles: the twigs opposite, and 



