Such as are attached to the smaller alpine plants, will regard this species of _Cardamine_ as worthy a place in their collections; one would scarcely have expected to find it in Parkinson's _Parad._ yet there it is described, and the following account given of its introduction: "It was sent me by my especial good friend John Tradescante, who brought it among other dainty plants from beyond the seas, and imparted thereof a root to me." This species is perennial, hardy, and of very humble growth; the leaves grow thickly together, forming a kind of tuft; the flowering stems rarely rise above the height of six inches, and produce on their summits numerous flowers, waved on their edges; all those which we have had an opportunity of seeing have been perfectly white, Parkinson and Haller describe them as being sometimes tinged with red or purple; they begin to appear towards the end of March and continue through April, the shelter of a hand-glass open at top is often necessary to protect and improve the flowering of this and other such early-blowing plants. It grows readily either in a pot or in the open border, succeeds best when planted in bog earth in a situation moderately moist and shady, and is readily increased by parting its roots, which are somewhat of the creeping kind. Grows spontaneously in most of the northern parts of Europe, especially Lapland, Switzerland, and Austria. [453] [Illustration: Nº. 453] Amaryllis Reginæ. Mexican Lily. _Class and Order._ Hexandria Monogynia. _Generic Character._ _Cor._ hexapetaloidea irregularis. _Filamenta_ fauci tubi inserta, declinata, inæqualia proportione vel directione. _Linn. fil._ _Specific Character and Synonyms._ AMARYLLIS _reginæ_ spatha subbiflora, pedicellis divaricatis, corollis campanulatis breve tubulosis nutantibus, fauce tubi hirsuta, foliis lanceolatis patulis. _Linn. fil. Ait. Kew. 416. Mill. ic. p. 16. t. 24._ LILIUM americanum puniceo flore Belladonna dictum. _Herm. par. 194. t. 194._ Descr. "Bulb green, scape round, somewhat flattened: Corolla scarlet, with a bottom of a whitish green, the three outer petals round at the tip, the three inner fringed at the base; the style red, the flower stems seldom rise more than one foot high; each stem supports two, three, or four flowers, rarely more; they are large, and of a bright copper colour, inclining to red; the spathe which cover the buds before they open, divides into two parts to the bottom, standing on each side the umbel of flowers joined to the peduncles.