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on a dry bottom. It may be forced, and brought to flower 

 as early as January, if planted in a pretty large pot, plunged 

 in the bark-bed. 



Iris Fragrans. MSS. Iris subbiflora. Kerin Bot. Mag. n. 

 1130. cum Ic.—Broter. FL Lus. v. 1. p. 56. Iris latifolia major 

 xxii. Chis. Hist. Pi. lib. 2. p. 222. Iris biflora $c. Lob. Ic. 

 t. 68./. 2. 



I found this most fragrant species well established in the 

 garden at Mill Hill, where it flowered every year. It grows 

 wild, near Lisbon, in chalky soil. The name of Subbiflora is 

 very inappropriate, for it commonly produces only one flower, 

 and the old writers by Biflora meant, that it flowered in 

 autumn as well as spring, which it sometimes does. 



Evansta Chinensis. MSS. Iris fimbriata. Decand. in 

 PL Lil. v. 3. it. 152. cum Ic.— Vent. Jard. Cels. n. 9- cum Ic. 

 Iris chinensis. Curt, in Bot. Mag. n. 373. cum Ic. 



I believe that this plant constitutes a distinct genus, which 

 I have named after Thomas Evans, Esq. of Stepney, who 

 has introduced, besides it, so many other plants into this 

 country. It will live in the open border, except in very 

 severe winters ; but is so ornamental, as to merit a place in 

 every green-house. 



Xiphium Sordidum. MSS. Iris lusitanica. Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. n. 679- cum Ic. Iris sordida. Soland. MSS. 



This species sports exceedingly in the colour of its flowers, 

 some varieties of which are very beautiful ; and it will suc- 

 ceed in any soil that is well drained. 

 Thelysia Grandiflora. MSS. Iris scorpioides. Desf. 



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