LEUCO'JUM AUTUMNA'LE. 
AUTUMNAL SNOW-FLAKE. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLLIDACE* 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Portugal. 
6 inches. 
September. 
Perennial. 
in 1629. 
No. 654. 
The name of this genus is of Greek origin, being 
derived from leukos, white, and ion, a violet. 
The Leucojum autumnale is said, by Curtis, to be 
not only a native of Spain and. Portugal, but also 
of the neighbourhood of Algiers, growing on dry 
sandy hills; and that specimens have been received 
also from the Rocks of Gibraltar. 
For the plant from which our drawing of this 
interesting little autumnal beauty was made, we are 
indebted to the kindness of the Rev. H. T. Ella- 
combe, of Bitton Rectory, near Bath; a Gentleman 
whose zeal and activity in the collection and cul- 
ture of rare hardy plants, is only equalled by his 
generosity in distributing them to those who appre- 
ciate their value. We owe him much gratitude. 
This plant is not commonly met with, even in 
extensive collections, although it was known to the 
old English botanists, and called a bulbous violet 
by them, after its original nomenclature. 
In dry situations the Leucojum autumnale will 
not require protection, but in wet letentive soil, 
during severe frost, it should have a little surface 
covering. 
Holt. Kew. 2, V. 2, 112. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
