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plant in question is that it was a reversion to this primitive form of petal, 
instead of its being rounded, as in ordinary forms. 
British Plants, Cultivated. — A group showed what could be done 
with our wild flowers under cultivation. Jianunculus acris, double, was 
the old-fashioned Bachelors' Buttons. L/zcJinis dioica, allied to Ragged 
Robin, also double. Scilla nutana, the lUue-bell, alters to white and 
pink in colour, shortening the perianth till it becomes campanulate. 
Mr. Henslow observed that all three forms occurred in his garden at 
Ealing, from the wild Blue-bell havhig been grown on very gravelly and 
poor soil. Saxifmga granulata, so called from the numerous little bulbs 
it bears, is a not uncommon field wild-flower, the cultivated plant being 
double. Leucojum cestivuvi, the Snowflake, was also shown, but it 
appears difficult of cultivation. It grows naturally in moist meadows 
and marshes, as on the banks of the Isis and on islands and banks of the 
Thames, so that it may not be treated properly. The double Furze, 
remarkable for having the scent resembling the taste of cocoa-nut. And 
lastly Cytisus scoparius, var. Andreaniis, with crimson wings to the 
flowers, said now^ to have been found wild in England as well as in France. 
