PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR FLOWERS, ETC. 167 



The cultivation of saffron, of which the conditions 

 are given in the Gours d' Agriculture by Gasparin, and 

 in the Bulletin de la Socidte d'Acclimatation for 1870, is 

 becoming more and more rare in Europe and Asia.^ It 

 has sometimes had the effect of naturalizing the species 

 for a few years at least in localities where it appears to 

 be wild. 



* Jac^aemost, Voyage, vol. iii. p. 23S> 



