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of blades than from the grains sowed in the earth. Fourthly, the grains 
sowed in the moss produced more plentifully than the others. Fifthly, 
those grains that were gathered from the produce of those which vegetated 
in the moss having been again sowed, some in moss, and some in earth, 
succeeded well in both. Mr. Bonnet also planted in moss Pinks, Gilliflowers, 
Daisies, Tuberoses, Tulips, Hyacinths, Jonquils, and Narcissuses, and all 
these plants succeeded as well as others of the same sorts which he at the 
same time planted in mould. He also placed in moss cuttings and layers 
of Vines, and these cuttings and layers became Vines; and these Vines in 
a short time grew larger than others that came from cuttings and layers 
planted at the same time in the ground.—From the Philosophical Trans- 
actions. ee 
Does it accord with your experience to say that where Gagea lutea is to 
be found, there also Lathrea Squamaria will be, or at least not far off? 
J. N. 
Flowers of the Crimea.—We have a number of very beautiful plants 
here ; their profusion, in rapid succession, grouped in mazes, is very strik- 
ing ; I have seen at least a hundred acres of Larkspurs and Poppies mixed, 
the Larkspurs five feet high; acres of yellow Centaureas; two or three 
sorts of Boraginee, especially a beautiful Hchium. But none of these 
equal the carpet of Crocuses in the spring. I have already found 42 spe- 
cies of Graminee, many of them peculiar species, with some few wandering 
Indian ones ; a species of Secale, which has always bulb-like excrescences 
in whatever soil it may grow. Triticum villosum, T. monococcum, and T. 
cristatum, are all very beautiful species. The Composites are very pretty ; 
one, an everlasting, has so much flower and so little leaf that it ought to 
be a very desirable plant for cultivation. (The flower is Xeranthemum 
radiatum.)—Sebastopol, Aug. 3. 
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