_Recept._ paleaceum. _Cal._ imbricatus. _Pappus_ aristatus, caliculo 5 seto.
CATANANCHE cærulea squamis calicis inferioribus ovatis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 722._ _Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 134._
CHONDRILLA cærulea cyani capitulo. _Bauh. Pin. 130._
The _Catananche cærulea_ is a native of the South of France, where it grows in hilly situations that are stony: it is a perennial herbaceous plant, moderately hardy, and has long been cultivated in our gardens, Mr. Aiton says, by Parkinson in 1640: Miller, who treats of it in his Dictionary, describes it as a pretty ornament to a garden, and one that is easily kept within bounds; there is certainly much about it to excite our admiration, more especially in the structure of the calyx, and the florets: the flowers, which are of a pale blue colour with a dark eye, make their appearance from July to October.
It is propagated by seeds, which Miller recommends to be sown in the Spring; the seedlings should be transplanted in the Autumn, into the borders where they are to remain; it may also be increased by slips: the plant requires a situation moderately dry, and is most productive of flowers and seeds when it stands long in one spot.
In the 14th _edit._ of the _Systema Vegetab._ of Prof. Murray, mention is made of a variety with double flowers, which we believe has not been seen in this country.
Amaryllis Sarniensis. Guernsey Amaryllis.
_Cor._ hexapetaloidea irregularis. _Filamenta_ fauci tubi inserta declinata inæqualia proportione vel directione. _Linn. fil. Ait. Kew. p. 415._
AMARYLLIS _sarniensis_, petalis linearibus planis, staminibus pistilloque rectiusculis corolla longioribus, stigmatibus partitis revolutis. _Linn. fil. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 420. Thunb. Jap. p. 131._
LILIUM sarniense. _Dougl. Monogr. t. 1, 2._
NARCISSUS japonicus rutilo flore. _Corn. Canad. Kæmpf. Amæn. p. 872._
The Guernsey Lily, as it is most commonly called, is originally a native of Japan; where it is described to grow by Kæmpfer and Thunberg, who visited that island, the latter says on the hills about Nagasaki, from thence roots are said to have been introduced to the garden of Johannes Morinus at Paris, in which it flowered, October 1634: its introduction to this country, which was subsequent to that date, as Dr. Douglass relates in his _Monographia_ on this plant, "happened by a very singular melancholy accident, of which Dr. Morison, who no doubt had it from some persons then residing in Guernsey, gives us the following account: A Dutch or English ship, it is uncertain which, coming from Japan, with some of the roots of this flower on board, was cast away on the island of Guernsey; the roots were thrown upon a sandy shore, and so by the force of the winds and waves, were soon buried in sand; there they remained for some years, and afterwards, to the great surprise and admiration of the inhabitants, the flowers appeared in all their pomp and beauty." Some of these soon made their appearance in this country: Mr. Aiton relates, that the plant was cultivated here in 1659, by General Lambert, at Wimbledon.