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authors, has most the appearance of nativity in England, 

 although there seems not sufficient ground for raising it 

 into the class of natives or even of denizens. It is re- 

 corded as now or recently growing wild in the counties of 

 Warwick, Stafford, Salop, Nottingham, Derby, Chester 

 (near Warrington), Lancaster, and York. 



Crocus sativus, Linn. 



Area [34**78]. 



Incognit. This is said to have been formerly cultivated 

 about Saffi-on Walden, in Essex ; and it has likewise been 

 observed, or supposed to have been observed, in the coun- 

 ties of Cambridge, Anglesea, and Derby. Probably C. 

 nudiflorus was thus misnamed in Derbyshire, if not in 

 Anglesea also. It does not appear that C. sativus has been 

 seen in any of these counties for upwards of half a century 

 ])ast. 



Crocus aureus, Sibth. 

 Crocus minimus. Red. 



Area (4). 



Aliens. These two species are recorded as found in Sir 

 II. Bunbury's park, at Barton, Suffolk, " equally the out- 

 casts of gardens." C. aureus has likewise been reported 

 from some other provinces, as an occasional straggler. It 

 is really remarkable that this latter species, so very much 

 j)lanted in gardens, so perfectly hardy, and so rapidly in- 

 creasing, should not have become well established as a na- 

 turalized plant in England. 



