Bu Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 317 



peat, and should be kept very dry, after their leaves decay, 

 till the end of autumn. 



Trichonf.ma Colli n um. MSS. Ixia bulbocodium. Curt, 

 in Bot. Ma", n. '2()5. cum 1c. Crocus vernus angustifolius 1. 

 Clus. Hist. PI. Lib. 2. p. 207. 



In the Botanical Magazine, Mr. Curtis gives excellent 

 reasons for discontinuing such trivial names as Melaleuca, Bel- 

 ladonna, Sisyriuchium, and Bulbocodium, LiNNiEUS having 

 confounded under his Ixia Bulbocodium, all the species of 

 Trichonema which grow wild in Europe. This is quite hardy, 

 and, as he remarks, will succeed in almost any soil, not infested 

 by vermin. I do not know if he here alludes to rats and mice ; 

 but they occasionally make great havoc among the bulbous 

 roots of this Natural Order : it is therefore fortunate that a 

 method of enticing and rendering these a nimals quite stupid, 

 so as to be easily taken, is at last discovered, and will, I 

 trust, through the patriotic efforts of our President, soon be 

 made public. 



Hyalis Gracilis. MSS. Ixia capillaris a. Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. n. 51. cum Ic. Ixia gracilis. Prodr. p. 37. 



This species is hardy enough to live here, under a hot-bed 

 frame without fire-heat, if well matted up in severe frost. 



Hyalis Latifolia. MSS. Ixia capillaris (3. Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. n. 617 cum 1c. ezclusis synonimis. 



A much more tender plant than the preceding, as are all 

 the broad-leaved species, which I have yet met with. They 

 should be cultivated like the Galaxias, draining the pots, 

 with broken tiles, as well as with a few of the fibrous roots 

 sifted out of the heaps of compost : this is a practice not new 

 with many gardeners. 



