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is naked. ?.nd toward tlie top garnifhcd with a clofe 

 ipikc of blue flowers, fliapcd like pitchers, fitting 

 very clofe to the llalk ; thcic fniell like frclh ftarch, 

 or the Hones of Plumbs which are frefh. They 

 flower in April, and the feeds ripen the latter end 



of June. 



I'he fecond fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 

 gal, from whence I have received both roots and 

 feeds i this hath a bulbous root as large as a middling 

 Onion, from which come out five or fix leaves a foot 



and three quarters of an inch broad at their 

 bafe, diminifhing gradually to a point. The flower- 

 ftalk riles about a foot hi^h, tiie lower half naked, 



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long. 



but the upper is garniflied with cylindrical, angular, 

 purple flowers, fcanding upon foot-ftalks half an inch 

 long i thefe grow horizontally, but the ftalk is ter- 

 minated by a tuft of flowers whofe petals are oval, 

 and have neither germen or fliyle, fo are barren. This 

 fort flowers the latter end of April, or the beginning 

 of May; there is a variety of this with white, and 

 another with blue flowers, but the purple is the moft 



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common. 



The third fort hath pretty large, oval, bulbous roots, 

 from ^which arife feveral leaves, which are about eight 

 or nine inches long, and half an inch broad ; they 

 are incurved a little on their fides, and end in obtufe 

 points ; thefe embrace each other at their bafe j out 

 of the middle of thefe, the ftalk which fuftains the 

 flowers arifes ; they are naked below, but their upper 

 parts are garnifhed with fmall flowers growing in a 

 fpike ', thefe have oval pitcher-fliapcd petals, which 

 are rcflexed at their brim, and are of an Alh-coloured 

 purple, or obfolete colour, feeming as if faded, but 

 have an ao;reeable mufl^y fcent : thefe ftalks do not 

 rife more than fix inches high, fo the flowers make 

 no great appearance; but where they are in fome quan- 

 tity, they will perfume the air to a confiderable dif- 

 tance. This fort flowers in April, and thq feeds ripen 



m July. ■ . :?\.^ "■"■--. ' . ^ '. ^ . 

 Of this there are two varieties, one of which has the 



fame coloured flowers with this here enumerated, on 



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high or more, and is terminated by a fpike of fiowcrs 

 which are of a pale fulphur colour ; thefe haven* 

 foot-ftalks; they have one petal, which isof an irre*^ 

 gular figure, and cut at the top into fix parts. The 

 Itamina are almoft equal with the petal, and ftand 

 round the ftyle, which is of tlie fame length. Th 

 flowers appear in March, but are feldom fuccccdcd by 

 good feeds here. ^ 



The four firft forts are very hardy, fo will thrive ia 

 the open air, and require no other culture than any 

 other hardy bulbous-rooted flower ; which is, to take 

 up their roots every fecond or third year to feparatc 

 their bulbs, for as fome of the forts multiply pretty 

 faft, fowhen they are become large bunches, they do 

 not flower fo ftrong as when they are fingle : the belt 

 time to take them out of the ground, is foon after 

 their ftalks and leaves are decayed ; then they fliould 

 be fpread on a mat, in a dry fliady room for a fort- 

 night to dry, after which they may be kept in boxes 

 like other bulbous roots, till Michaelmas, when they 

 may be planted again in the borders of the flower- 

 garden, and treated in the fame way as the commoa 

 hardy kinds of Hyacinths. 

 The firft fort fiiould not be admitted into the flower- 

 garden, becaufe the roots will propagate fo faft, as to 

 become a troublefome weed there. 

 The fecond fort has but little beduty, fo a few of 

 thefe only fl^ould ^be allowed a place merely for th^ 

 fake of variety ; this is fo hardy, as to thrive in 

 any foil or fituation. i tr:' 



The third fort merits a place for the extreme fwect- 

 nefs of its flowers, but efpecially that variety of it 

 with yellow flowers, called Tibcady. 



The fourth fort may alfo be allowed to have place in 

 the common borders of the Dleafure-^arden. wher<* 



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(they will add to the variety, and are by no means to 

 ^be defpifed. 



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They are all eafily propagated by offsets, which moft 



roots 



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, there is little occafion for fowing of their feeds, unlefs 

 it be to gain fome new varieties. /■ 

 tlie lovver part of the fpike, but they are larger, and I ,,The fifth fort is too tender to thrive in the open air in 

 ^liave'^more of the purple ckft', but the flowers on the England, fo the roots muft be planted in fmall pots, 



flipper part of the fpike are yellow, and have a very 

 'grateful odour,;;; The Dutch. gardeners title it Tib- 

 cadi Mufcari. ' As this is fuppofed to be only a femi- 

 nal variety of the third, I have not enumerated it as 

 diftintS. There Ts another variety of this with very 

 large yellow flowers, that has been lately raifed from 

 feeds in Holland, which the florifts there fell for 



guinea a root. 



The fourth fort hath 



a large bulbous 



root, from 



which come out feveral plain leaves a foot long, and 

 about half an inch broad at their bafe ; they are 

 fmooth, and end in obtufe pointSv The flqwer-ftalks 

 rife near a foot and a half high ; they are naked at 

 the bottom for about feven or eight inches, aBbve 

 which the panicles of flowers begin, and terminate 

 the ftalks. The flowers ftand upon foot-ftalks 

 which are more than an inch long, each fuftaining 

 three, four, or five flowers, whofe petals are cut in- 



, they are of a j>urj)lifli 



blue colour, and have neither ftamina or germen. 



It flowers in May, and, 

 the ftalks and leaves 



filled with light rich earth.; and in the autumn dlcy 



fliould be ^placed under a hot bed-frame, where they 

 may be jprotefted from froft, but Aould have as 

 much free air as poflible in mild weather ; for wfiqi 

 thefe are placed in a green-houfe, their leaves are 

 drawn long and narrow, and the flower-ftalks are ge- 

 nerally weak, fo never flower fo well as wheii they have 

 plenty of free air. Thefe flowers will continue a 

 month where they are not drawn, but will decay in 



half that time in a green-houfe. 

 Thefe roots Ihould 





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their ftalks and leaves are decayed, and Ihould be 

 placed in the open air during the. furpmerfeafon, but 

 fhquld have very httle water when 'their leaves arc 

 decayed- " -.'.:.., .* -^j 



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to flender filaments like hairs 



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lb do never produce feeds. 



after the flowers are paft, 



decay to the root, and new ones arife the following 



fpring. 



MUSCOSE, MUSCOSUS, Mofly 



ing with Mofs. 

 MUSCbSITY. 



.bound- 



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Mofllnefs 





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MUScys,iM 



Thefe, 'though formerly fuppofed to be only 

 : crefcences produced from the earth, trees. &c. 



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are no lefs perfedt plants than thofe of greater mag- 

 nitude, having roots, branches, flowers, and feeds, 



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The fifth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good I but yet cannot be propagated from the latter by any 

 Hone, from whence I received the feeds, which fuc- ! art. - 



flowered for feveral years 



ceeded in the Chelfea garden, where the plants have 



paft *, this hath a fmall, 

 white, bulbous root, about the fize of a Hazel nut, 

 from which cqmes out generally but two, (though 

 fometimes when the roots are ftrong) three leaves, 

 which are five or fix inches long, and one inch and a 

 lialf broad in the middle, ending in obtufe points ; 

 thefe are of a lucid green, and have many fpots, or 



and 



protuberances on their upper furface. The flov;cr~ 

 Italkrifes between them to the height of fix or i^tvcn 

 inches j it is round, fmooth, and naked for three inches 



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The botanifts diftinguifti thefe into feveral genera, 

 under each of which are feveral fpecics ; but^ as they 

 are plants of no ufe or beauty, it would be to little 

 purpofe to enumerate them in this place. 

 Thefe plants chiefly flourilh in cold countries, 

 in the winter feafon, and are many times very inju- 

 rious to fruit-trees, which grow upon cold barren 

 foils, or where they are fo clofe planted as to f^cclu*^^ 

 the free accefs of air. The only remedy in fuch 

 cafes is to cut down part of the trees, and plough up 



tlie ground betw'een thofc left remaining : and in the 

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