supple mentarij to Eiicyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 183 



of the Glasgow Botanic Garden in April, 1836." {Bot. Mag., 

 Feb.) 



970. PHYCELLA 

 29122a *brevituba Herbert short-tubed tf lAJ or 1 jl S ... 1836 O r.m Bot. reg. 1943. 



Raised in Mr. Knight's nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. Dr. 

 Lindley having been favoured with an early sight of an elaborate 

 work, about to be published by Mr. Herbert, on the natural 

 order Amaryllirfac^(^, gives the following extract from it : — 



" Some years ago, I planted three species of Phycella out of 

 doors, in front of a green-house, throwing a small heap of saw- 

 dust over them in winter. In that situation, one of them flowered 

 early in the summer; and they go to rest in the hot dry season. 

 They are tempted by mild weather to push their leaf in the 

 winter, in which case they suffer severe injury from the frosts 

 that may ensue, though they will endure a good deal ; and their 

 habit is to flower, after the leaf has acquired its growth, before 

 they go to rest. The phycellas have been found difficult to 

 cultivate, because they have been often set in peat, though they 

 grow naturally in a sandy or strong soil on a dry rocky substra- 

 tum, and proper rest has not been allowed them. They should 

 be planted in light soil, well drained, and be left dry from the 

 moment their leaves show a disposition to wither, till the bulbs, 

 on examination, show a disposition to push out fresh fibres at 

 their base. The old fibres in this genus seem always to perish 

 before the plant vegetates again ; it cannot, therefore, be in^. 

 jurious, and may be advantageous, to take the bulbs out of the 

 ground when the leaves perish, and set them again when they 

 are disposed to move. They will be best preserved, while at 

 rest, in dry sand. I consider that phycellas should begin to 

 grow in February, and go to rest in August: if the leaf endures 

 later than August, they should have six months' rest before they 

 are watered again. A sunny aspect, at the foot of a south wall, 

 appears to suit them." [Bot. Reg., March.) 



AsphodelecB R. Br. 



1082. MUSCA^RI 



8994a *commutatuin Guss. dark-purple 5 A or | mar B Italy 1836 O s.l Br. fl.-gard. 2. s. 369. 



" This pretty litde bulbous plant is frequent in open grassy 

 meadows in Italy and Sicily. It comes next to M. racemosum ; 

 but in that the leaves are nearly filiform, and the perianthium 

 longer, with the lacinise spreading, and the mouth, consequently, 

 open." {Br. Fl.-Gard., Feb.) 



luilidcea § Anthericece Lindl. 



1026. TULBA'GH7.4 



*violacea ifaru. \\o\et-flowered tf lAJ p.r 1 o P C.G.H ... O r.m Bot. mag. 3.')55. 



This beautiful plant, a native of southern Africa, flowered in 

 the Ludwigsburg Garden, at the Cape of Good Hope. The 

 roots were immediately derived from the government gardens, 

 the plant having been sent home, some years previously, to Lady 

 Frances Cole. {Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



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