SCIL'LA AMCE'NA. 
PLEASING BLUE SQUILL. 
C lass. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LILIACE M, 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Levant. 
6 inches. 
April, May. 
Bulb. 
in 1600. 
No. 1232. 
Scilla, it has lately been mentioned, was used as 
the name of a bulb by the Greeks ; hence it lias 
been adopted by modern botanists, in preference to 
the invention of a new word. 
We have previously commended various species 
of Scilla to cultivators of bulbs, both on account of 
their beauty, and the very little trouble required in 
their culture. Old English authors valued them, 
and Parkinson, in his Paradisis Terrestris, has fig- 
ured about thirty Squills and Hyacinths, for then, 
— two hundred and fifty years ago, they were all 
called Hyacinths, or Jacinths, and in allusion to 
some of these, he says “ We cherish them all with 
great care in our gardens.” Gerard, too, his contem- 
porary, says “ I am first to entreat of those bulbous 
roots, whose fair and beautiful flowers, are received 
for their grace and ornament in gardens and gar- 
lands.” It is evident that there were some amongst 
our forefathers, centuries ago, who could duly appre- 
ciate the beauties which were scattered amongst 
them by a benificent Creator. 
Scilla Amcena was known to our early cultivators ; 
is perfectly hardy ; and a very desirable species. 
