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out any explanation of his views, and I doubt his having 
ever put them on paper, and 1 apprehend that he had for- 
gotten the points which had led him to a just conclusion while 
the plants were under examination. The affinities of the 
vegetable creation were the avowed object of his MS., and he 
informed me that he expected his future botanical fame to 
rest upon that foundation ; but I believe he left nothing suf- 
ficiently finished to be fit for publication. 
Miller states that the Narcisseee usually flower the fifth 
year from seed, but finer the second and third season than 
the first. He says that they should not be removed above 
once in three years, because they flower weaker after being 
moved, but that jonquils, if left standing, grow long in the 
bulb, and do not flower well ; and he recommends removing 
them every year. Light loam, with a little dung, is recom- 
mended by him, if very light to be strengthened. The bulbs 
should be set by the beginning of September, and I believe 
the less time they are kept out of ground, the less they will 
suffer from removal. There is, however, another cause which 
affects them when removed, that the wet earth lies too close 
upon the bulb, and when in a tuft, the wet drains through 
the interstices between the bulbs. Haworth recommends 
loam, an elevated border, and a covering of leaves in winter, 
which is certainly right for most of them ; but some are na- 
tives of rocky and stony situations, and some appear to like 
sandy soil. N. majalis is stated in Eng. bot. to have natu- 
ralized itself on a heath in Kent. There can be no doubt 
that they will be less liable to rot if the border be raised, and 
that good drainage and a winter coat of leaves, is essential 
for the tenderer sorts, and some of them will not be safe in 
the border without further protection. 
74. Corbularia. — Hoop-petticoat. Style and filaments de- 
clined, recurved ; anthers short, attached at the 
middle, incumbent, versatile. Filaments successively 
matured ; the sepaline adhering to the tube near the 
base, the petaline inserted at the base ; tube funnel- 
shaped, cup large funnel-shaped (longer than the 
tube) ; limb little conspicuous, segments slender. 
1. Cantabrica. — Haworth. FI. omnino candido. Clus. 
166. f. 2. Flower white, cup crenate, style in- 
cluded. Totus albus. Swert. Flor. t. 28. fl. omn. 
albo. Morris, s. 4. t. 23. fl. white or whitish, brims 
