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entirely clear from weeds, as alfo to refrefh their* 

 gently with water, if the feafon Ihould prove dry, 

 but this muft be done fparingly and with caution. 

 In this place you fhould let the boxes remain until 

 the beginning of Augufl: ; at which time you fhould 

 prepare fome beds of the above mentioned frefh light 

 earth, which muft be levelled very even i then take 

 the earth out of the boxes, together with the fmall 

 bulbs, and ftrew it equally over the beds, covering it 

 over about half an inch thick with fine fifted earth •, 

 and if the feafon fhould prove very hot and dry, you 

 would do well to fhade the beds in the middle of the 

 day from the great heat of the fun, and refrefh them 

 nov/ and then with water. 



You muft alfo obferve to keep them entirely clear 

 from weeds, and if the following winter fhould prove 

 very cold, you mufl cover the beds with Peas-haulm, 

 or fome other light covering, to keep out the froft, 

 which would prejudice the roots, if fufFered to enter 

 deep into the ground (efpecially while they are fo 

 young :) but you muft never let the covering remain 

 on in mild weather, which would alfo be very inju- 

 rious to them. 

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when the hard frof^s Are over, you ftiould gently 

 clear off the earth upon the furface of the beds (which, 

 during the winter feafon, will often have contrafted 

 a molTmefs ;) and fift a little frefh earth equally 

 over thebeds^ which will greatly encourage the roots ; 

 but in doing this, you muft be very careful not to 

 ftir the ground fo deep as to difturb or injure the 

 roots ; nor fhould you defer doing it too late, left 

 the {hoots fhould be coming up, which, by this ope- 

 ration might be broken and greatly hurt v and as the 

 feafon advances, you muft be careful to clear them 

 /from weeds, and in dry v/eather to water them gently, 

 but they fhould not have ic in great plenty, dnd m 

 very hot d^ys, if you Ibad^e.^hem from the fun^ it will 

 be of great fervice tothemj^but this need not be 

 done till the lattei: end of April or the beginning of 

 May, when tRe feafon is fometi'mes very hot arid dry. 

 When their leives are quite djecayed, you fhould ftir 

 the furface of the beds again (but do not go too 



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deep) which will prevent the weeds from growing 

 very faft, and be of fervice to the roots ; and in Sep- 

 tefnbei' ydii muft fift fome more frefh earth over the 

 beds about half an inch thick, and in winter and 

 fpring you muft: manage them as was direfted for the 

 preceding year. . .;.....-. 



In September following thefe roots will require to be 

 trahfplanted to a greater diftance, when you muft pre- 

 pare fome beds of the fame frefh light earth as was 

 before directed, making them level; then take up 

 tKe roots and tranfplaht them into the beds, placing 

 them Wout eight inches afunder, obferving to put 

 the roots with their buds uppermoft, and about four 

 inches below the furfaee.. 



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This work fhould be done when" the weather is 

 moift, for if the roo'ts'are trahfplanted in a very dry 

 feafon, arid there doth not happen rain foon after, 



goad by their firft flowers, thiM-;fore you fl^ould never 

 reje<5b any of chcm until chcy iiave floy/ered two years • 

 for many times, fome of thefe [lowers will nuke but 

 a mean appearance the firft year, and afterwards be- 

 come fair handfome flowers when they have obtained 

 ftrength -, fo that you fhould fuffer all fuch, of whofc 

 wortli you are not aifured, to remain undidurbedtwo 

 years, that you may be afcertained which of them are 

 worth prcferving j thefe ihould be removed into' the 

 flower-garden at a proper fe?Jbn, but the ordinarv 

 ones may be rcjc6ted, or planted in fliady outer walks 

 where, though they are meiin flowers, they will an* 

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LILIUM CONVALLItJM. See Convallaru 

 LILIUM PERSICUM. See Fritillaria " 

 LILIUM SUPERBUM. See Gloriosa. ' 

 LIME-TREE. See Tilia. '' ' ' 



LI MOD OR UM. Flor. Virg. no. Lin. Gen. 

 Plant. 904. Helleborine. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 436. 

 tab. 249. Baftard Hellebore. . ' :' 



The Characters are, . , - 



It hath a Jingle naked flower-Jlalk^ arifing immediately 



from ti)e ^00 l_^ The flowers have, no empakmcrd^ hut a 



' fpatha \or JJoeath) fitiiated below them. The fiovjer is 



compofed of five oval petals-t which ar^ dijjimilar. The 



'fide petals fpread open y but the two' upper are conned ed 



together ; the lower one is hel-Jhapedy fo that it has miich 



the appearance of a butterfly fiower. ~' Within the petals 



■ is fttuated a concave, ne£farium of, one leaf which is as 



long as the petals, • It has two flamina^ which are as lon<r 



.. as the petals^ terminated by two oval fummits, / Tt haw 

 a column-fiaped gtrmen filuated under the flc 



is as long as tfie^etals, fupporti??g a fender fiyk\ faflened 



\, to the ftamina^ crowned by a funnel-Jhaped Jlir/na, The 



'•^\ column-ffjaped germen afterward turns to a capjuie of the 



■\ fame form^ opening with three valves^' having one celly 





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in which are lodged four or five roptdifj feeds:. . 

 This genus pf plants is ranged in the firft feftipn of. ' 

 Linnxus's twentieth claft, whidi includes thofe plants " 

 whofe flowers have but two ftaminaj whicK are con- 

 nefted with the ftyle. 



_We,h^y^^jal; one Species of this' genus tf pre- 

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Limodorum {Tuberofum) foliis Iqngis anguftis fulcatis 



. & acuminatis, pedunculis lorigiflimis. Limodoruffiyjitb 



, . long narrow leaves ending in acute points y and a very long 



, foQt-ftalk to the flower. Helleborine Americana,' ra- 



dice tuberola, foliis longis anguftis, caule nudo, flo- 



ribus ex rubro pallide-purpurafcentibus. Wfartyn. 



Cent. I. PI. 50. Icon. tab. 165. American Bafard 



Hellebore with a tuberofe root^ long narrow leavif^ a 



naked flalky and flowers of a red and pale purplijh colouf, 



. This plant grows naturally in Jamaica, eipecially on 



the north fide of that ifland, from whence manv of 



^■^ the roots werefcnt me by the late Dr. Houftoun, with 



'^ the fpllpvSring title, Helleborine purpurea,' tuberola 



:; radic^.^Plupi. Cat. 9. fo that it is the fame plant with 



^ . Plumier's. , ,It alfo grows naturaUy in . the French 



„; Iflands of America. The roots ofthis v/ere afterward 



brougfit me from the Bahama Iflands, wKere it was 



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they will take a jqiouldinefe, which, p^ times rots j .found growing naturally ; and it was Gnce fent mq 



V. irppi Penlyly^i>ja, by Mr. Joht^Hartrara, wljp. found 



it growing naturally in that country, //:.<^1, •:■.,.. 



; The root of this plant IS fhaped lil^ethat^or the true 



i- Saffron Crocus, but tLe outer cover is*of a darker 



' brown' colour; from this comes but two or three 



• ' leaves, accprding to the fize and ftrengthof the root ; 



I thefe are ijine or ten inches long, and near three 



quarters of an inch broad in the n^iddle, being con- 



; trailed toward'bptli ends, terminating with long acute 



points, folding over each other at their bafe ; they 



have five longitudinal fyrrQvvii^ like the firft leaves at 



young PaUnX,i ^hv%..ieaves gome out in^the fpring, 



. and frequently decay pJriefbHowing winter -, but when 



the plants are kept in a warm ftove, they are not very 



long deftitute of leaves.: The flower ftalk arifes im- 



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' You mufl: alfo obferve, as was before aire£ted^ to 

 ■^-"> Keep the beds entirely clear from weeds ; and in win- 



• ; ter, if the frofl: fliould be _v,ery feyere, ypu mufl: cover 

 ': them with Peas-haulm^ or decayed. fan, to prevent the 



/ roots from being injured thereby ; and in the fpring 

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The fecond year after being planted in thefe beds, 



the ffrongeft roots will begin to flower ; at which time, 



• if you obferve any peculiar varieties, you fliould put 



down a ftick by each of thefe roots to mark them ; 



which maybe taken up when their leaves are' de- _-. 



cayed, and removed into the borders of the flo>yer- I mediately from the root, on one fide of thek-avea-, 



garden, or tran{planted into other beds at a greater 

 diftance, to encourage them to flower ftrong. -But 

 "r>ou cannot be fo good a Judge which of thofe will beT ^; ; terminated by a loofe fpike of purplifli^ red flowers 



thisi is naked, fmooth, and of a purplift colour to- 

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