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thrice, in the season. It is a much more gigantic plant than 

 the real Crinum amabile, and has not shewn the least sign of 

 producing offsets. 



Sir Stamford Raffles, in a recent communication from 

 Sumatra, to Lord Carnarvon, has thrown some light on 

 the subject of the Crinum superbum of Dr. Roxburgh. 

 He has sent a fine drawing by a Chinese artist, of an entire 

 umbel of flowers which proves beyond dispute, that it is the 

 same as the Crinum amabile. In his letter, which is dated 

 April 15, 1820, he describes the scape as larger than a man's 

 wrist, and mentions that the bulb blossoms all the year round, 

 being seldom without one or two umbels of flowers, which 

 diverge and expand in every direction, each head being 

 not less than two feet in diameter, the plant attaining the 

 height of five feet. Such is the appearance of this magni- 

 ficent Crinum in the gardens at Sumatra, and from the well 

 known zeal of Sir Stamford Raffles, an abundant supply 

 of this and other scarce plants will doubtless reach this 

 country. 



