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On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



Haworth in Linn. Tram. v. 5. p. 243. — Prodr. p. 222. Bul- 

 bocodium tenuifolium aliud, &c. J. Bauh. Hist. PL v. 2. p. 

 596. Pseudo-narc. junceis foliis 11. Clus. Hist. PI. lib. 2. 

 p. 106. 



This species grows wild in the mountains of Biscay, and 

 though it may have been in our gardens formerly, I do not 

 think that it was known to Parkinson. I met with it at 

 Mile End, where there was a whole bed thriving many years, 

 the original bulbs having been imported from Holland in 

 1760, by Mr. James Gordon ; and he probably introduced 

 it, for I never saw it in any other collection, till I bad also 

 encreased and distributed the bulbs among my friends. Mr. 

 Philip Miller takes no notice of it, nor have I yet found 

 a specimen in any of our old herbariums. It is hardy, but 

 should be planted in pure loam, and a very sheltered situa- 

 tion ; for, as the leaves appear in autumn, they are some- 

 times cut off by hard black frosts, which injure the roots 

 exceedingly. It flowers here in the end of February, or 

 March . 



Corbularia Obesa. MSS. Narcissus Bulbocodium. 

 Brot. Fl. Lus. v. 1. p. 549. Narcissus lobulatus. Haworth Diss, 

 p. 178. Narcissus inflatus. Haworth in Linn. Trans, v. 5. p. 243. 

 Bulbocodium tenuifolium, flore luteo. J. Bauh. Hist. PL v. 2. 

 P- 596. cum Ic. Pseudo-narcissus junceis foliis 1. Clus. Hist. 

 PL lib. 2. p. 165. 



A more tender species than the former ; growing wild in 

 various parts of Portugal and Spain, as well as in Tangier, 

 trom which last country Broussonet sent me both roots 

 and specimens. It will exist here in the open ground, but 

 the best method of cultivating it is in a pot of light hazel 



