By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 401 



strongly, and afforded two offsets. These were put, in 

 the spring of 1818, into pots, containing about one-eighth 

 of a square foot light and rich mould, and were fed with 

 manured water, and their period of vegetation was again 

 accelerated by artificial heat. Their leaves, consequently, 

 grew yellow from maturity, early in the present spring, 

 when the pots were placed in rather a shady situation, 

 and near a north-wall, to afford me an opportunity of ob- 

 serving to what extent, in such a situation, the early pro- 

 duction of the leaves in the preceding seasons had changed 

 the habit of the plant. I entertained no doubt but that 

 both the bulbs would afford blossoms, but I was much 

 gratified by the appearance of the blossoms in the first 

 week in July. Wishing to obtain seeds, I then removed 

 the plants to a forcing-house, in which they have flowered 

 very strongly; and the appearance of the seed vessels 

 gives much reason to suppose, that I shall succeed in 

 obtaining seeds, though I am not at present able to speak 

 decisively. 



From the success of the preceding experiment, I con- 

 clude that if the offsets, and probably the bulbs, of this 

 plant which have produced flowers, be placed in a mode- 

 rate hot-bed, in the end of May, to occasion the early pro- 

 duction of their leaves, blossoms would be constantly 

 afforded in the following season : but it will be expedient to 

 habituate the leaves, thus produced, gradually to the open 

 air, as soon as they are nearly full grown, and to protect 

 them from frost till the approach of spring. 



Should seedling plants be obtained, the powers of life 

 in those, will probably prove more alert: and I think 



