Loca i itifs. — On the loftiest Welsh mountains. — Caernarvonsh. On Snow- 
don; and on the mountains in t lie neighbourhood of Llanberries; on the west 
side of Trigvilchau : Ray. Abundant on rocks above Twll-dil: 1 have also 
found it in one place only on the rocks of Crib y Ddescil, but could never find it 
on Clogwyn ddfi’r Ardda: Mr. Griffith in B. G. On Clogwyn ddfl’s Arddfi; 
Rev. H. Davies, ibid. Rocks near Twll-dCt: J. E. Bowman, in N. B. G. 
IS'ear the summit of Glydyr Kawr: Mr. W. Wii.son, in Brit. FI. Justcoming 
into flower, May 30, 1828, on rocks close to the chasm called Twll Du on Cwm 
Idwal: N. J. Winch, Esq., in Loud. May. Nat. Hist. v. ii. p.279. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June. 
Root somewhat tuberous, rather than bulbous, with many long 
slender fibres. Stem solitary, from 3 to 6 inches high, round, 
generally simple and single-flowered, rarely 2-flowered. Root- 
leaves few, upright, semicylindrical, solid, very slender, often longer 
than the stem. Stem-leaves 3 or 4, much shorter than the root- 
leaves, spear-awl-shaped, sheathing, scattered, and more resembling 
bracteas than leaves. Flowers upright, usually one only, very rarely 
more. Petals scarcely half an inch long, tapering at the base, 
white, veined externally with dull red, withering, permanent, as 
well as the stamens. Filaments beardless, not attached to the 
petals. Germen (see fig. 2.) obscurely triangular. Stigma trian- 
gular, truncated. Capsule the size of a pea, membranous. Seeds 
angular, wrinkled, of a bright chesnut colour ( Sm . Eng. FI ). Mr. 
W. Wilson (in Hooker’s British Flora ) says, the flower-stalk is 
invested with its own sheath, and separated by an elongation of the 
root from the leaves , of which the most distant encloses within its 
fleshy base the rudiment of the plant of the following season. The 
same excellent Botanist also observes, that the plant is increased by 
offsets or creeping shoots with a bulb at the extremity, the point of 
the bulb directed towards the parent root. Sir J. E. Smith says 
he could not perceive the black brittle skin on the seeds of this 
plant, which is proper, as Mr. Brown observes, to his Asphodelecc. 
Anthericum serdtinum is a smooth, slender plant, growing only 
on high mountains in Switzerland, Dauphine, Piedmont, Austria, 
&c. In Britain it has been found only on some of the loftiest moun- 
tains in Wales. 
SPRING. 
How shall I woo thee, beautiful Spring ? 
What shall my offering be ? 
Shall I search the abode of the Ocean King, 
And a chaplet of pearls bring thee ? 
Oh, no! for there shines in thy clustering curls 
The dew-drops of morning brighter than pearls. 
Shall I seek the sweet South, where the balmy breeze 
Kisses lightly the cheek of her flowers? 
Shall I bring them to thee with their perfumed leaves. 
And plant them within thy bowers ? 
Oh, no ! for the violet that blooms at thy feet 
Has a lovelier glow, and a breath mere sweet. 
How shall I woo thee, beautiful Spring? 
From whence shall my offering come ? 
Shall I echo the birds as they joyously sing 
In the groves of thy flowering home ? 
Oh, yes ! for sweet music alone has the spell 
To fathom the depths of thy leafy dell. 
A. C. Tcrnbcll. 
Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. 
