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On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



Hermione Cupularis. MSS. Narcissus Tazetta. Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. n. 925. cum Ic. bond. — Decand. in PL Lil. n. 

 17. cum Ic. Soleil d'Or, Floristis Batavis. 



A hardy species, but whether indigenous out of any garden 

 I know not. It forces well, and on this account, as well as 

 the orange tint of its flowers, is much cultivated, though 

 their odour is not the most agreeable. When left to multi- 

 ply in the open border, it produces comparatively few flowers 

 in a bunch, unless the soil is very deep. 



HermioneFloribunda. MSS. Grande Primo Citroniere. 

 Floristis Batavis. 



I dare not quote the beautiful figure in the 946th plate of 

 the Botanical Magazine for my plant, which is the Grande 

 Primo Critonicre of our shops, with a truncated crown, more 

 like that of the Soleil d'Or, and never lobed or split in any 

 that T have seen. In deep moist loam it generally produces 

 from ten to fourteen flowers on the principal stalk, and being 

 very hardy, I can recommend it strongly for general cultiva- 

 tion. Those who grow it, or any other species, for the market, 

 may profit by the following intelligence. Some years ago I 

 gained admittance into the grounds of Mr. Daniel Carter, 

 at Fulham, who has long cultivated large quantities of Poly- 

 anthus Narcissusses for sale, and was surprised to find all the 

 crop nearly gathered, though very early in the season. His 

 son, however, explained the mystery, by taking me into a 

 large barn, which was filled with the gathered flowers, blow- 

 ing in pans of water; and he told me that by doing this, the 

 bulbs continued to produce as abundant crops every year, 

 as new ones imported from Holland. The practice was sug- 

 gested to him by remarking, that in a bed left for seed one 



