PLA^'TS CULTIVATED FOU THEIR FLOWERS, ETC. 1G7 



The cultivation of saffron, of which the conditions 

 are giv^en in the Coitrs cV Agriculture by Gasparin, and 

 in the Bulletin de la Societe cVAcclimatation for 1870, is 

 becoming more and more rare in Europe and Asia.-*- It 

 has sometimes had the effect of naturalizing the species 

 for a few years at least in localities where it appears to 

 be wild. 



^ Jaccjuemont, Voyage, vol. iii. p. 2C8. 



