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On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



in Lincolnshire, came to Oxford, it was called Bobart's Daf- 

 fodil. This name alone is sufficient evidence, to my mind, 

 of its having been introduced by one of the Bob arts, and 

 probably by the younger; for it is not mentioned in the 

 second edition of the Catalogus Horti Oxoniemis published 

 in 1658. It used to ripen seeds at Chapel Allerton, and 

 succeeds best in damp loam. If Clusius' synonym above 

 quoted really belongs to this species, as I suspect, it grows 

 wild in the wet meadows of Castilla La Vieja. Mr. Ker, in- 

 deed, in the 1301st number of the Botanical Magazine, has 

 added that to his more cautious predecessor s synonyms of 

 Grandiflorus; but Clusius expressly says, that the flower 

 of his plant is less, and its leaves greener, than those of our 

 indigenous Daffodil. This synonym accordingly must be de- 

 termined by some botanist resident in Castilla La Vieja : for 

 in our gardens Grandiflorus has not only a large flower, but 

 the most glaucous leaves of any species yet known. 



Ajax Lorifolitjs. MSS. Narcissus Bicolor. Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. n. 1187. cum Ic. — Haworth in Linn. Trans, v. 5. 

 p. 244. 



For my knowledge of this species I was also indebted to 

 Mr. Curtjs, nor have I seen it any where except in the 

 vicinity of London. He found it in an old garden at Lewis- 

 ham, and it thrives in almost any soil that is not very dry. 



Ajax Bicolor. MSS. Narcissus Tubaeflorus. Prodr. 

 p. 21. Narcissus Bicolor. Gouan. Obs. Bot. p. 22 — Linn. 

 Sp. PI. v. 2. p. 415. auctoritate ejus speciminis. Bulbocodium 

 flore pallido tubo flavo serotinum. Ray. Hist. PI v. 2. 

 p. 1130. 



No figure has yet been published of this species, which 



