No. 694. 
OPHIOPOGON SPICATUS, 
Class, "Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of China: we received 
our plant from the Horticultural Society, by 
whom it was introduced into this country, 
about three years since. It is herbaceous, 
with fibrous roots, and retains its grass- 
like leaves throughout the year. The 
flowers, which are of a pleasing light blue 
colour, grow on loose spikes, which are 
nearly a foot high: they appear in October, 
and continue fong i in kane ae mer bei in- 
Uivese ed by y separat ing tl 
the soil should be loam and peat, and it re re- 
quires the protection of the greenhouse. 
