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gradually decayed, and I have never seen it near London ; 

 the colour of the flowers is rather paler than in the Jonquil, 

 and their smell somewhat different. 



Hermione Stellaris. MSS. Narcissus Bifrons a. Ker 

 in Bot.Mag. n. 1186. cum Ic. Narcissus compressus. Haworth 

 in Limi. Trans, v. 5. p. 245. 



This species has probably originated in the Dutch gardens 

 from the Jonquil, fecundated by some of the following, but 

 it is not hybrid, having ripened seeds in Mr. Gibbs's nursery. 

 It is occasionally imported from Holland, and thrives in 

 moist loam. 



Hermione Bifrons. MSS. Narcissus Bifrons (3. Ker in 

 Bot. Mag.n. 1299. cum Ic. Narcissus tereticaulis. Haworth in 

 Linn. Trans, v. 5. p. 245. auctoritate ejus speciminis. 



I cultivated both this and the preceding plant for thirty 

 years, without ever finding one change into the other, as 

 Mr. Ker relates. Its native country is unknown, being 

 sent to us from Holland, and it may, like that, have been pro- 

 duced by the Dutch florists: neither of them are much 

 valued, because they bear so few flowers, though excessively 

 fragrant. 



Hermione Leucoifolia. MSS. Narcissus orientalis a. 

 Ker in Bot. Mag.n. 1298. cum Ic. exclusis synonymis. 



The many species of this genus, confounded under 2V<7r- 

 cissus Tazetta of Linnjeus, are so quickly sold at Covent Gar- 

 den, that it is of some importance for a gardener to know 

 those, which are hardy enough to succeed in the open ground. 

 This will thrive any where, and forces admirably; but whether 

 indigenous in the south of Europe, or an artificial produc- 

 tion of some Dutch florist, is yet uncertain. I found it in 

 the borders at Mill Hill, where it had increased prodigiously, 



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