ENGLISH BOTANY. 1 
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Crocus speciosus. 
It is found in meadows about Warrington and Halifax, where 
it has probably been naturalized; it flowers in October. This 
one, or C. nudijlorus, offer probability enough to induce a trial, 
and their roots may be obtained at almost any nursery. 
Another plant which we believe capable of much improvement, 
from indications we have observed among its seedlings, is the 
Iris fcetidissima , Why it has received this name we are at a loss 
to imagine, as it possesses very much the odour of that favorite 
condiment to an English stomach, roast beef. It is plentiful in 
the west of England, growing with great luxuriance in stiff land. 
The plant attains the height of about two feet, and its flowers 
are a dull purple ; produced in May. The brilliancy of the orange 
coloured seeds alone would make it desirable in shrubberies 
towards the autumn; and looking to the splendid results of 
seeding the English Iris (I. ziphioides) , it appears quite possible 
to attain something approaching them in beauty, with the addi¬ 
tional charm of scent, supposing it to be corrected by culture, from 
the species in question. 
A third subject is the subjoined ( Veronica Buxbaumii), 
which may be regarded as the type of a group of dwarf growing 
herbs of annual or perennial duration, individually beautiful 
even in their existing diminutive state, and which, could they 
by the art of the culturist be induced to produce only larger 
