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The eighth Ibrt is alfo tender, and muft be treated 

 in die lame manner as the fixth*, this is more common 

 in the gardens in Holland than in this country, and 

 as it is a plant which incrcafcs hut Ilowly, will not be- 

 very common liere. This tlo\ycrs ufually in June and 

 July> and fomctimes die fame root will flower again 

 in autumn ; for if the pots are plunged into a bed of 

 tanners bark, the roots generally flower twice every 

 year, but the flowers are not of long duration. This 

 grows naturally in the Wefl:-Indies, from whence I 

 have received roots and feeds. 

 Thii feventh and ninth forts are more hardy, and may 



be treated in the fame manner as tlie JacoUeaLily •, 

 tliefe will 'increafe pretty faft by offsets, when they 

 are properly managed, efpeciaUy the ninth, which 

 fends out n\any oflsecs, fo as to fill the pots with toots, 

 but it fcldoni flowers in England. The leaves of this 

 are Ions and narrow, not much unlike thofe of the 

 Snowdrop. The petals of the flower turn back like 

 thofe of the Gucrnfey Lily, but are of a lighter co- 

 lour, rather inclining to fc^rlet •, the roots, of this are 

 . fmall. The feventh fort ufually flowers in winter, if 

 the pots are placed in a moderate fl:ove ; and ^ at 

 that feafon there arc few flowers in ' the open air, 



thefe are more valuable on that account. , 



I received roots of both thefe forts from the Cape of 



Good Hope, which have fucceeded in the C^heifea 

 garden. The feventh fort produces a great number 

 of flowers in each umbel, which are of a deep purple 

 colour, but the ftalk which fupports them, rarely rifes 

 more than three or four inches high ; thefe flowers 

 appear In, December. Tliq roots of this fort are very 

 large, and the leaves are lono;, but narrow. 

 The eleventh Tort is figured byFcrrarius in liis Garden 

 of Flpwers, as alfo by Mon-ifon in his; Hift:ory of 



■ Plant?.; but Dr. Heillcr ha^ feparated, this from the 

 cenus, and has conft:ituted a new o-enus by the title 

 of Brunfwigia, in honour to the duke of Brunfwic. 

 But although the fliape of the flowers in this plant are 

 different froni moft of the others of this genus, yet 

 as there is a unformity in the chara(51:erifl:ic notes of 

 the genus. It fliould not be feparated ; for the Ja- 

 coba^a Lily differs in the form of its flowers, from 

 the other fpecics, full as much as this, therefore mip-ht 

 or the fame reafon be feparated from this genus. 

 TJiis grows naturally at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 from whence I have received the roots, which, have 

 fucceeded in the Chelfca garden. The bulbs of this 



fort are large and ainioft round, the leaves are lonp-, 

 broad, and rounded at their extremities ; thefe iuread 

 t>v.Q ways on the furface of the ground; and tio not 

 come up till after the flo\ver-fl:em appears, which is 

 generally m November; and after the flowers are pad, 

 the leaves increafe till fpring', and in May they begin 

 tp decay, fo tlut from the middle of June to October, 

 the roots arc entirely naked of leaves. 

 The twelfth fort is alfo a nadve of Africa, I received 

 the roots of this from the Cape of Good Hope with 

 tfieformcr, T^his produces its flowers in February 

 and March. The fl:ems of this rife near two feet 

 high, and have commonly but three flowers inclofed 

 m each flieath, or cover. The flowers are as large as 

 thofe of the Belladonna^ Lily, and are of the iame 

 form, growing ered, but of a deeper red colour ; 

 the leaves are long and narrow, and have a hollow 

 furrow on their upper firie, where diere Is a pale ftripe 

 running the length of the leaves, and are very like 

 thofe of the American Pancratium. I'hefe leaves de- 



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cay in fummer, about the fame time as thofe of the 

 former, and appear again at the fame feafon. 

 Both thefe forts may be treated in the fame manner, 

 as hath been direfted for the Jacob^ea^Lily, wjth tliis 

 diljerence only, of placing tjiefe in winter in a ftovc, 

 where there is a moderate fliare of warmth, for the 

 roots of thefe vv'ill not endure fo much cold as thofe, 

 nor fliould they have fo much water given ,then1.. 

 TIk befl: time to tranfplant thefe roots is about the 

 beginning of Augufl:, when their leaves are quite de- 

 cayed, before they put out new fibres, for it will be 

 veiy improper to remove them afterwards- 



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All thefe bulbous-rooted flowers delight in a l(»fo 

 fandy earth, mixed wlcli good kitchen-garden mould; 

 and in the culture of them there fliould be but liule 

 water given them at thofe times when clieir leaves de- 

 cay, and the roots are not In a growing ilate, for 

 much moifliure at that time will often caule th.eni to 

 rot; but v.'hen they are growing, and putting out their 

 flower-ftem*^, they fliould be frequently refreihed with 

 water, but not given in too great quantities at a time. 

 The pots, with the tender forts, fliould confl:anrly be 

 kept in die ft:ove; and in fummer they flioubi have 

 as much free air as pofllble ; for although fome of 

 thefe forts may be kept abroad in fummer, yet thoie 

 do not thrive fo well, nor flower fo confl:antly, as 

 thofe which are treated in the manner here de- 



fcribed. 



The fifth fort, which is called the Belladonna Lily, 



was brought to England from Portugal, where the 





gardens fome years ago abounded with thefe flowers; 

 for the roots increafe very faft, efpeciaUy in fuch 

 countries where they live in the open air. The gar- 

 dens In Italy have alio great quantities of thefe flowers, 

 efpeciaUy about Florence ; where, at the feafon of 

 their flowering, they are commonly fold in the mar- 

 kets to adorn their rooms ; the Italians call it Nar- 

 cilTus Belladonna. This plant thrives fo well in Italy, 



as to nced.no other culture than the common Lily; 



and although it does not flower until Augufl:, yet it 

 commonly produces good feeds In that country, from 

 which they pi'opagate tliem in great plent)'; but with 

 us they require more care, otherwife they cannot be 

 prefeiycdi The roots of this fort were generally: 

 planted in pots, and placed under a hot-bed frame, 

 to fcreen them from the frofl: in winter; for as their 

 green leaves come. out. in autumn, and continue grow- 

 ing all the winter, fo wh^n they are expofed to tlie 

 frofl:, whereby their leaves are killed, the roots will 

 be in danger of perifning; but if they fliould furvive, 

 they will be greatly weakened, by. it. With this cul- 

 ture the roots were preferved, but they did not con- 

 ftantly flower, nor put out many offsets, fo that few 

 gardens were furniflicd with this plant; and of late 

 years the roots have been fcarce in Portugal, for the 

 Jacobaea Lily having been introduced into that coun- 

 try, has fupplanted the other, in mofl: of their gar- 

 dens, fothat the roots which Iiavebeen brought from 

 thence of late years for the Belladonna Lily, have 

 proved the Jacob^a Lily. 



The method in which I have cultivated this plant fon 

 Ibme years paft, with great fuccefs, is as follows. I 

 prepared a border clofe to a fouth-wefl: afpefted w^all, 

 of about fix feet wide, in the following manner, viz. 

 I removed all the earth to the depth of three feet, 

 then I put fome very rotten dung in the bottom, fix 

 inches thick, upon wiiich I laid liglit garden mould 

 abpiit, twenty inches deep; after making this level, I 

 placed the roots at fix inches difl:ance every way, and 

 then covered them over with light fandy earth, to 

 the height of the border, whereby tlie upper part of 

 ^the roots were five or fix inches buried, and in the 

 winter I covered the border all over v;ith rotten tan- 



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ners bark, three inches deep, to prevent the frofl: from 

 penetrating the ground ; and when the frofl: was very 

 fevcre, I laid fome mats or fl:raw over the leaves to 

 pjoteft^them from being killed. With this manage- 

 ment the roots have greatly Increafed, and have con- 

 ftantly flowered every year; fome of them have put 

 outitwo or thi;ee. ftems, v/liich grew near tliree feet 

 high, and produced many flowers in each umbel, 

 which have made a. fine-appearance during the month 

 of, October. The green leaves come up foon after, 

 and abide, all. the winter and fpring until June, at 

 which time they decay ; foon after which the root^ 

 ftipuld be tranfplanted, for if they are let fl:and tiil 

 July, they will have fent forth new fibres, when it 

 will greatly injure .the roots, if th^y arc difl:urbed. If 

 fome of theie roots are planted in a warm border, 

 clofe to a fouth wall, and on a dry foil, they will 

 thrive very well, efpeciaUy if they are covered in fe- 

 vcre frofb; and thefe roots v/ill flower much fl:ronger 



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