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are very showy, and there is one called Lilium snperbum, 

 that has been known to have had twenty-five flowers on a 

 stalk. 



Besides those above enumerated, there are some others 

 which are generally cultivated in greenhouses, as the Calla, 

 or Ethiopian Lily ; and the following which have been 

 known to endure our Winters, by protecting them with 

 dung, &c. Lilium longiflorum, in two varieties ; these pro- 

 duce on their stalks, which grow from twelve to eighteen 

 inches high, beautiful rose-coloured flowers, streaked with 

 white, which are \ery sweet-scented. These roots are 

 sometimes kept out of the ground until Spring, and then 

 planted in the flower borders, but they should be preserved 

 carefully in sand, or dry mould. Lilium Japonicum. Of 

 these there are two varieties, which produce several stalks at 

 once, yielding very showy flowers. One of the varieties is 

 blue flowered, and the other produces flowers of the purest 

 white. 



NARCISSUS, 



The species and varieties of this plant are numerous. 

 The Incomparable is perfectly hardy, and produces its 

 flowers in April, which are called by some pasc/ie or paus 

 flowers, by others, butter and eggs; perhaps because their 

 bright yellow petals are surrounded whith large white ones. 

 Some persons dislike the smell of these, and it is said that 

 the odour has a pernicious effect upon the nerves; but the 

 white fragrant double, as well as the Roman and Poly- 

 anthus Narcissus, are free from this objection, being of a 

 very grateful and agreeable smell. Some of these are justly 

 held in great esteem for their earliness, as well as for their 

 varied colours. The Grand Monarque de France, the Belle 

 Legoise, and some others, have white flowers with yellow 

 cups. The Glorieux has a yellow ground, with orange- 



