Ail authors do not agree in this respcctj yet 
the majority seem to coincide in opinion with 
liim. Some of the German botanists main- 
tain, that it was first discovered on the Car- 
pathian Mountains, in Hungary, while some 
of the Dutch afiii’in it to have been a native of 
Flanders ; the assertions of the latter have ob- 
tained but little weight with most of its genea- 
logists, though it must be admitted to have 
been introduced into Holland and Flanders as 
early as any where, and, as it were, to have 
been naturalized in those countries. All, how- 
ever, agree in this, that it is a native of some 
of the mountainous parts of Europe ; its na- 
ture, habit, and temperament, are certainly 
by no means suited to a warm climate. It 
was fii-st introduced into England in the year 
1597, and has been cultivated with more or 
less care and attention ever since. 
About a hunared years ago the passion for 
this flower was greater, if possible, than at pre- 
sent. We had the credit then of supplying 
the Dutch florists Mnth an endless variety of 
new sorts ; whereas, latterly, we have been in 
the habit of receiving supplies of this plant 
eveiy year from them, till the late war at last 
closed all communication between the two 
countries j and t have not yet had an opportu- 
