FRITILLA'RIA RACEM'OSA. 
RACEMOSE FRITILLARY. 
Class. 
hexandria. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
TULIPACEiE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
1 Duration. 
Introduced 
Europe? 
1| feet. 
May. 
Perennial. 
in 1838. 
No. 705. 
The generic name, Fritillaria, is said to be de- 
duced from the Latin fritillis, indicating a chequer- 
ed appearance, which occurs in some species of this 
genus. 
This plant has been lately introduced to Eng- 
land from the Dutch florists, and sold at a guinea 
each bulb, a price which very few of our friends will 
think it merits. We were obligingly supplied with 
it by Mr. Carter, Seedsman, of Holborn, as well as 
by Mr. Shuttleworth, of the Pantheon Conserva- 
tory, Oxford Street; and we must distinctly state 
that we have no other authority for the adoption of 
the specific name, Racemosa, than that the bulbs 
had been received from Holland under this appel- 
lation. It will of course be readily seen that the 
plant has no connexion with any species which 
has been occasionally but erroneously so called. 
We are not confident that it is completely hardy, 
the continental gardeners, however, advised that if 
})lanted in the borders this should be'done in Sep- 
tember; but if in the greenhouse, January or 
February should be preferred. Our plant flowered' 
in a cool greenhouse, in April. 
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