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as for their varied colours. The Grand Monarque de 

 France, the Belle Legoise, and some others, have 

 white flowers with yellow cups. The Glorieux has a 

 yellow ground, with orange-coloured cups ; besides 

 these there are some white and citron-coloured, as the 

 Luna, and others entirely white, as the Reine Blanche, 

 and Morgenster. All these varieties are very suitable 

 either for the parlour or greenhouse, and may be 

 planted in pots, from October to December, from two 

 to three inches deep. The Double Roman Narcissus 

 are very sweet-scented ; if these be planted in pots, or 

 put into bulb glasses in the month of October, they 

 will flower in January and February. 



Polyanthus Narcissus are more delicate than Hya- 

 cinths or Tulips ; when they are planted in the open 

 borders, they should be covered about four inches with 

 earth, and before the setting in of winter, it is advisable 

 to cover the beds with straw, leaves, or litter, to the 

 depth of six or seven inches, and to uncover them 

 about the middle of March. 



Ornithogalum, or Star op Bethlehem. — 

 There are about fifty varieties of these bulbs, natives 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, some of which are from 

 three to five inches in diameter, and shaped similar to 

 a pear ; others are much like Hyacinth bulbs. — 

 Amongst those cultivated in America are the O. lac- 

 teum and the O. aureum ; the former produces fine 

 white flowers, and the spike is about a foot in length ; 

 and the latter produces flowers of a golden colour, in 

 contracted racemose corymbs. The O. maritimum, or 



