SCIL'LA HI FOLIA. 
Var. alba. 
WHITE TWO-LEAVED SQUILL. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order 
LILIACE/E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Cultivated 
S. Europe. 
5 inches. 
Mar. April. 
Perennial. 
in 1633. 
No. 176 
The Greeks had their schilla, by which name 
was designated a large bulbous-rooted plant, of 
acrid and rather deleterious quality ; used to form 
cataplasms for curing the bites of serpents. From 
this has our name originated. 
We have previously given the English variety of 
this species of Scilla, but the present one is so dis- 
tinct, at first sight, that it may be mistaken for 
* another plant, and should therefore be noticed. 
It is not given by Gerard ; but Johnson, in his 
edition of Gerard’s Herbal, added many plants to 
this family, and amongst them, one that has been 
considered synonymous with the present subject. 
He has, indeed, many very respectable wood cuts 
in his class Hyacinthus — “ Those bulbed roots,” 
as he observes, “whose faire and beautifull Floures 
are received for their grace and ornament in gar- 
dens and garlands.” A great portion of our genus 
Scilla, in days of less botanical acumen, was com- 
bined under that of Hyacinthus. 
The roots may be divided at almost any period, 
but the season from Midsummer to Michaelmas 
should be preferred. 
Hort Kew. 2, v. 2, 264. 
