14< Vegetation of Dalmatia. 



fSempervivum stellatum, a jSupleurum, and a ^uphorbm, which 

 I have from the Biocovo, and which appear to me unknown ; 

 Astragalus Mii'llerz St. et Koch, from Karin, Euphrasia sero- 

 tina Waldst. et Kit., Onobrychis sphacelata, ilfyosotis apula ; 

 O'rchis simia, sambucina, I'usca, pyramidalis, and variegata ; 

 iJanunculus illyricus, from the Velebit ; Scabiosa acutifoHa 

 lieichb,, Saxifraga repanda, Veronica arvensis, &c. ; h"kewise 

 Conv61vulus Cneorum, from Lesina ; Anthyllis Barba Jovi^, near 

 Comissa, and Pancratium illyricum, both frequent near Lissa. 

 Corrigiola littoraHs and Cardaraine grse^ca, from Curzola. These 

 and many others are the fruit of recent researches, and show how 

 rich the flora of this country is throughout the whole year ; as, 

 even in autumn, when every plant is out of flower in Germany, 

 every thing here vegetates anew. Many plants flower a second 

 time ; and the month of September always offers a harvest of at 

 least thirty to forty interesting species. The result of many ex- 

 periments which I have made in their cultivation prove to me 

 the obstacles opposed by the great heat and the deficiency of rain, 

 even in the finest seasons, to the introduction of the useful or 

 ornamental plants of Europe. It is only the mulberry, the ro- 

 binias, all the i^hus tribe, y^cacia lophanta and farnesiana, 

 ^^rium splendens, and some species of mallow, that succeed well. 

 All the garden fruits, chestnuts, and nuts grow badly, or not at 

 all : they either soon die, or they degenerate. Perhaps better 

 results might have been obtained by experiments made in the 

 more mountainous districts. Indigo, and all the cotton-bearing 

 plants, as also the Phormium tenax, succeed well here, when suffi- 

 cient water can be procured for the first. The indigo, particularly 

 when the season is not too dry, produces ripe seeds; a circum- 

 stance which prevents its cultivation in the more northern regions. 

 Lately, I have put plants by chance in the worst ground, without 

 watering them; and, nevertheless, they have thriven magnificently. 

 It is a plant which requires the sea breezes, and a mild climate, 

 and would therefore be well placed in this country. Vegetables 

 succeed, for the most part, at every season of the year : the want 

 of water is the only obstaclet o their cultivation. But I have 

 remarked, with surprise, that plants accustomed from the seed to 

 be watered with salt water (aqua grossa) thrive well : it protects them 

 from the snails, and they only become a little hardier from its ap- 

 plication. The cauliflowers are particularly fine; and there are 

 vegetables in the open air during the whole year, mostly in the 

 autumn, in consequence of the rain. There are some, such as 

 salad, which may be planted two or three times a year. The 

 flower tribe would also prosper here if cultivated. Except the 

 tuberous-rooted pelargonium, I have preserved all the species of 

 this beautiful family in the open air during the winter. The 

 power of the soil and of the climate is extraordinary : every 



