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On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



a hint in one of our President's Papers,* it is probable that 

 by taking away, or preventing the formation of these bulbs, 

 the fruit might swell and ripen. 



GLADIOLE/E. 



Crocus Lag en^florus. Par.Lond. n. 106. cumlc. Crocus 

 aureus. Smith in Fl. Grcec. p. 25. t. 35. Crocus vernus luteus 

 Maesiacus flore aureo. Park. Par. p. 106. Crocus vernus Mae- 

 siacus 1. Clus. Pann. p. 226. 



Most Crocusses, especially this species, may be easily forced 

 without any other nutriment than water, by placing the bulbs 

 close to one another in small earthen pans not glazed. The 

 sooner this is done in autumn the better ; but it should not 

 be later than the middle of September, giving only as much 

 water to them every day, as will be dried up the next morn- 

 ing. Expose them fully to the air ; and when you wish to 

 hasten the blossoms, the pans must be removed into a hot- 

 house, or south window of some warm room, where they can 

 get every ray of sun that shines. 



Trichonema Hypoxidiflorum. MSS. Trichonema cau- 

 lescens. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 1392. cum Ic. 



I received this plant from the Cape of Good Hope in 1802, 

 and it is so hardy as to live through winter under a hot-bed 

 frame, only requiring shelter from severe frosts. 



Trichonema Longifolium. MSS. Trichonema crucia- 

 tum. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 575. cum Ic. 



A more tender species than the preceding, and very distinct 

 from Jacquin's Cruciatum, which Mr. Ker joins to it. AH 

 the Cape Trichonemas delight in pure sand mixed with a little 



* See Horticultural Transactions, page 56. 



