The plants of this genus admit of but little increase by their roots; the best method of propagating them is by seed, which should be sown soon after they are ripe in boxes or pots, and covered about half an inch deep, placing them where they may have only the morning-sun, till the beginning of September, when they may be removed to a warmer exposure. [5] ~Erythronuim Dens Canis. Dogs-Tooth, or Dogs-Tooth Violet.~ _Class and Order._ ~Hexandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ Corolla 6-petala, campanulata: Nectario tuberculis 2-petalorum alternorum basi adnatis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ ERYTHRONIUM _Dens Canis._ _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 269. _Sp. Pl. p._ 437. Dens Canis latiore rotundioreque folio. _Bauh. Pin._ 87. Dogs-Tooth with a pale purple flower. _Park. Parad. p._ 194. [Illustration: No. 5] Of this genus Mr. Miller makes two species; Linnaeus, perhaps with more propriety, only one, for breadth of leaves or colour of flowers can scarcely be considered as sufficient to constitute a specific difference. It is found in the gardens with purple flowers of two different tints, also with white and yellow blossoms, grows naturally in Hungary and some parts of Italy, and blows in the open border at the beginning of April. "They are propagated by offsets from their roots. They love a shady situation and a gentle loamy soil, but should not be too often removed. They may be transplanted any time after the beginning of June, when their leaves will be quite decayed, till the middle of September; but the roots should not be kept very long out of the ground, for if they shrink it will often cause them to rot. The roots of these flowers should not be planted scattering in the borders of the flower-garden, but in patches near each other, where they will make a good appearance." _Miller's Gard. Dict._ [6] ~Narcissus Minor. Least Daffodil.~ _Class and Order._ ~Hexandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ Petala 6, aequalia: Nectario infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. Stamina intra nectarium. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ NARCISSUS _minor_ spatha uniflora, nectario obconico erecto crispo sexfido aequante petala lanceolata. _Lin. Sp. Pl. p._ 415. _Syst. Vegetab. p._ 262. NARCISSUS parvus totus luteus. _Bauhin. Pin._ 53. The least Spanish yellow bastard Daffodil. _Park. Parad. p._ 105. [Illustration: No. 6] We are not a little surprised that Mr. Miller should have taken no notice of the present species, as it must have been in the English gardens long before his time, being mentioned by Parkinson in his Garden of pleasant Flowers: it is nearly related to the _Pseudo-Narcissus_, but differs from it in many particulars except size, _vid. Lin. Sp. Pl._ and Parkinson above quoted. Though its blossoms are not so large as those of the other species, yet when the roots are planted in a cluster, they make a very pretty shew, and have this advantage, that they flower somewhat earlier than any of the others.