white, and smooth, tapering upwards. Stigma 3-lobed, the
lobes rounded.
Mr. Haworth has now restored the original name given
by Passares, in his Hortus Hyemalis, or work on Winter
flowers, above 200 years since; it was also the first name
given to it by R. A. Salisbury, in his Prodromus stirpium in
Horto ad Chapel Allerton, published in 1796; though he afterwards
changed it to A. cuneifolius, which was also adopted
in Haworth’s Supplementum Plantarum Succulentum, published
in 1819, at page 113; there is also pumilus, published in
Redoute’s Liliacecs, t. 409, with a small white flower; but as
that is nearly related to N. tenuior, it is now placed in
another genus with i t : our species is a native of Spain.
The present species, though having been known to be
cultivated for so long a time in the gardens of the curious,
still continues to be scarce in the collections about London:
for the opportunity afforded us of giving this figure, we are
obliged to A. H. Haworth, Esq., who possesses a few bulbs
of it; from its early and free flowering, it is a desirable bulb
for the garden, and its flowers are produced early in March
if tbe weather prove mild, and continue in flower for a long
time; and, like the other species of this genus, succeed well
in a rich loamy soil; and if a little light rotten dung be
mixed with it, they will grow all the stronger, and produce
larger flowers; with a little trouble they would most likely
produce seeds, by applying some pollen to the stigma when
in bloom; by these means they may become more plentiful;
and the sooner they are sown after they are quite ripened
and hardened, the quicker they will be up ; for if they are
not sown till Spring, they will seldom make their appearance
till their next growing season ; they are also increased
by offsets from the bulbs.
For the derivation of the generic name, see folio 101, of
the second series.
1. The 6 Stamens o f equal lengths, inserted in tlie base o f the tube. 2. Ovarium
termmated by the S ty le , and 3 lobed Stigma. ’
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