No, 283. 
SCILLA BIFOLIA. 
Class, Order, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This charming little spring plant, which 
often flowers in March, is a native of many 
parts of the continent of Europe: it has also 
been found in this island ; re 
matter 
land in an uncultivated state, whether they 
be truly indigenous. They are known to 
have been long cultivated, and the proba- 
bility of their having escaped from gardens, 
- is in some instances great: in other cases, 
spots which once were gardens, may, during 
the lapse of ages, have been forsaken, and 
together with the bulbs they contained, be- 
come almost wild again. 
It grows very well in a common border, 
in almost any kind of soil, but does not 
thrive in a pot: itincreases itself by offsets, 
which are freely produced. There is a 
white variety of it cultivated. 
