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2. I. F(ETiDissiMA. Stinking Iris. May. 1/ 
Betwixt Busby and Kirkby, near Stokesley. In a wood near Law 
Silton. Found near Helmsley, in 1834, by the Rev. W. Hinckes. 
Hedges at Raskelf, near Easingwold. Behind Clark’s house, Little 
Nunwick, near Ripon. 
2. CROCUS. 
1. C. VERNUS. Purple Spring Croons. March. 1/ 
On Knavesmire, near York, sparingly. Bierley woods, near Brad- 
ford. 
2. C. NUDiFLORUs. Naked-flowcring Crocus. October. ”}/ 
Meadows at Well Head, Saville Green, and several other places 
near Halifax. 
“ Of all the properties of plants,” remarks the Rev. G. White, “ none seems more strange than their 
different periods of blossoming, especially when they happen to be congenerous, and indeed scarcely to be 
distinguished specifically, as in the Vernal and Autumnal Crocus. This circumstance is one of the 
wonders of creation, little noticed, because a common occuiTence ; yet ought not to be overlooked on 
account of its being familiar, since it would be as difficult to be explained as the most stupendous pheno- 
menon in nature.” 
“ Say, what impels, amidst surrounding snow 
Conceal’d, the Crocus’ flamy bud to glow ? 
Say ; what retards, amidst the summer’s blaze, 
Th’ Autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days ? 
The God of Seasons, whose pervading power 
Controls the sun, or sheds the fleecy shower : — 
He bids each flower his quick’ning word obey. 
Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.” 
ORDER LXXXVII. ORCHIDE^. 
1. NEOTTIA. 
1. N. SPIRALIS. Ladies’ Traces. August — September. "J/ 
On tbe lawn at Brambana Park. In Lord Feversham’s Park at 
Helmsley. Near tbe lime kilns at Kippax. On tbe moor at Gan- 
tborpe, a mile and a balf from Castle Howard. Warmswortb, 
near Doncaster. Near Copgrove. 
2. LISTERA. 
1. L. ovATA. Common Twayblade. June. % 
In groves, woods, meadows and pastures, frequent. 
A variety, with three or four leaves on tbe stem, in Black plantation, near 
Richmond. 
