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In the Gerez I foiiiul tho tmo Portugal Laurel wild, also 
splendid arboreal Heaths twelve to fourteen feet high and almost 
as wiile, covereil with a mass of white or purple blossoms. The 
Si)anish llrooni with white flowers was most luxuriant, and in tho 
underwood many rare bulbs, as Krythroniums or Dog’s-tooth Violets, 
Crocus, Fritillarias, Tulips, several rare Orchids, especially of 
the genus Serapias, SclUa unifolia and Scilla odorafa, but above 
all beautiful and rare Narcissi N. halhocodium or Hoop Petticoat, 
and N. nivalis which Mr. IJaker at Ivew identified for mo; this 
latter I found in great profusion, commencing about three thousand 
feet altitude, and extending to the top of l»om(ierro, nearly five 
thousand feet. IJelow this, from fifteen hundretl to three thousand 
feet, 1 found Narcissus triandrns, tho most lovely of tho genus, in 
five or six varieties. Herrick say.s, “ Fair Daffodils,” but those were 
only N. pseudo narcissus; at that time probably the only kind known 
to English horticulturists, it being reserved to the days of Parkinson 
to encourage tho popular favour for this flower. ' Herrick’s lines 
are too well-known to need repetition. Had ho seen these 
growing in tho Gerez, he would have said much more. Although 
N. nivalis and N. hulbocodiuni are now classified by name as 
different species, 1 cannot but consider them as varieties differing 
only in size and length of perianth and shape of cup, but all 
having the delicate primrose white, excepting in three instances, 
which were of a deep oninge yellow ; something more may be heard 
of those another spring, at any rate, “ tho adventurous botanist 
eradicated the lot.” They may be a cross between the nivalis and 
triandrus, but that I must leave to be detennined at the next 
Narcissus Conference Committee. 1 hoped to have found Narcissus 
moscJiafus, which has been lost for more than two hundred years, 
since the days of Parkinson, but this 1 have since leccived from 
a kind friend from the. Spanish frontier. 
Ferns were very plentiful, the true Maiden-hair (Adianiuni 
capillus veneris), and many otliei's ; but more especially immense 
fronds of the Trichomanes radicans. These were hanging from 
tho rocks, measuring from eight to ten feet in length, and being 
deciduous, I think would preve perfectly hardy out of doors in 
this country, especially if slightly protected with a few leaves. 
Tho Prickly Opuntia and Aloe formed strong, though unsightly, 
hedges intermixed with Gum Cistus in full blossom. 
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