LILIO-NARCISSUS liliflorus carolinianus flore albo singulari cum rubedine diluto. _Pluk. Alm. 220. t. 43. f. 3._ The _Amaryllis Atamasco_ is a native of Virginia and Carolina, in which countries it grows very plentifully in the fields and woods, where it makes a beautiful appearance when it is in flower, which is in the spring. The flowers of this sort are produced singly, and at their first appearance have a fine Carnation colour on their outside, but this fades away to a pale or almost white before the flowers decay. This plant is so hardy as to thrive in the open air in England, provided the roots are planted[B] in a warm situation and on a dry soil; it may be propagated by offsets from the roots, which they put out pretty plentifully, especially if they are not transplanted oftner than once in three years. _Miller's Dict._ It is usual with the Nurserymen about London to keep this plant in the greenhouse, where it flowers about the end of April. Mr. CHARLES HATTON cultivated here in 1680, _Ait. Kew._ on the authority of MORISON. [Footnote B: CLAYTON in _Gronov. Fl. Virg._ says maddidis gaudet locis, it delights to grow in wet places.] [Illustration: _No 239_] [Illustration: _No 240_] [240] PELARGONIUM TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED CRANE'S-BILL. _Class and Order._ MONADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 5-partitus: lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum capillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. _Cor._ 5-petala, irregularis. _Filamenta_ 10, inaequalia: quorum 3 (raro 5) castrata, Fructus 5-coccus, rostratus: rostra spiralia, introrsum barbata. _L'Herit. Geran._ _Specific Character and Synonyms._ PELARGONIUM _tricolor_ petalis duobus superioribus punctis prominulis lucidis ad basin scabris. The _Pelargonium tricolor_, a species perfectly new, in point of beauty is thought to eclipse all that have hitherto been introduced to this country; its blossoms are certainly the most shewy, in a collection of plants they are the first to attract the eye, the two uppermost petals are of a beautiful red, having their bases nearly black, the three lowermost are white, hence its name of _tricolor_: this peculiarity of colour joined to their form, has induced some to fancy a similarity betwixt its flowers and those of the Heartsease: to the blossoms of the _Lathyrus articulatus_ in point of colour, they bear also a distant resemblance.