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The fourth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 and in Italy, and has been found growing in the 

 fields in fome parts of England, but it :s likely to have j 

 been from fome roots which have been thrown out of 

 aruenswith rubbifh. The roots of this fort are not 

 o large as thofe of the firft, and are rounder ; the 

 leaves are long, .of a gray colour, and fmoother than 

 thofe of the hrft ^ the flower-ftalks are of the fame 

 length witli the leaves, and have commonly but one 

 flower in a flieath, but fometimes when the roots are 

 ftronty, they have two. The flower nods downward, 

 the fegments of the petal are a little waved on their 

 edges, the neftarium or cup is fliort, and bordered 

 with yellow , it flowers in May. The fcent of thefc 

 flowers is not very agreeable, and as they are not very 

 beautiful, fo they are feldom cultivated in gardens, 

 fince the finer forts have been plenty. There is no 

 variety of this fo far as I have been able to trace, ibr 

 I could never obferve any variation in the flowers. 

 The fifth fort has fome refemblance of the fourth, but 

 the flowers are whiter, the fegments of the petal are 

 refiexcd, and the border of the nedarium or cup is 

 of a gold yellow colour j this has fome affinity to the 

 fccond fort. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in Portugal, from 

 whence I have received the roots. The bulbs of this 

 kind are fmall, the leaves are very narrow, having 

 fome refemblance to thofe of the Rufli, but are a little 

 compreflTed, and have a longitudinal furrow on one 

 fide ; thefe are feldom more than eight or nine inches 



The flower-ft:alk is flender, taper, and about 

 fix inches long, fufl:aining at the top one flower, 

 which is at firfl: inclofed in a flieath; the petalis 

 ■ fcarce half an inch long, arid 5s cut into fix acute 

 fegments ; the nedtarium or cup )s more than two 

 . inches long, very broad at the brim, leflTening gra- 

 , dually to the bafe, being fomewhat formed like the 

 ; ladies hoop petticoats, from whence the flower is lo 

 ; called. - It flpwers in April, but does not produce 



feeds here. There are no varieties of this fort. 



t_ The feventli fort grows naturally in Spain \ this hath 



a fmall bulbous root ; the leaves are but few in num- 



;, ber, and are narrow; the ftalk is jointed, and rifes 



. about nine inches high, fuflraining at the top one 



. flower, which at firfl; is inclofed in the fpatha, or 



: iheath ; the flower is cut into fix narrow fegments, 



- -wfiich are white •, the necftarium, or cup, is yellow. 



' It flowers late in the autumn, and the roots are ten- 



der, fo are often killed by hard frolls in England, 



' which renders it fcarce here. "" 



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The eighth fort grows naturally in Portugal, and in 

 . the iflands of the Archipelago : of this there are a 

 ■ greater variety than of all the other fpecies ; for as 

 ;. the flowers are very ornamental, and come early m 

 s the fpring, fo the florifl:s in Holland, Flanders, and 

 .: , p^rance, have taken^great pains in cultivating ^nd 

 j: imj)roving them ;_ fo that at prefent the catalogues 

 ,, printed by the Dutch floriflis, contain more than thirty 

 .... varieties, the principal of which are thefe hereafter 

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Thefe have yellow petals, with Orange, yellgw, or 

 fulphur-coloured cups, or neftariums. . ' .r...:' 



The Great Algiers. 

 .\ The Ladies Nofegay. 

 ;-. The Greater Bell. 

 , The Golden Royal. . '; 



The Goiden Scepter. - - 

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The Moft Beautiful. 

 The Golden Star. 



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The Misnon, 

 The Zey lander.'. 

 The MadoiifeT' ' 

 The Golden Sun.' 



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The Archdutchcfs. The Greater Bozelman. 



The Triumphant Nofegay. The Czarina. 

 The New Dorothy. 

 The Pafie Bozelman. > 



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The Grand Monarque. 

 The Czar of Mufcovy. 

 The Surpaflfante. 



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though there are two or three varieties with large 

 bunches of fmall v/hitc flov/er?:, which have a very 

 agreeable odour, fo are as valuable as any of the 

 other, and are later in flower than mofl: of the other 

 forts. There is alfo one with very double flov/ers, 

 whofe outer petals are white, and 'thofe in the 

 die are fome v/hite, and others of an Oran^^c-colour, 

 which have a very agreeable fcent, and is the ear' 

 liefl: in flowering ; it is generally called the Cyprus 

 Narcifliis, and feems to be a dillin6l fpecies from the 

 others. This, like mofl: other double flowers, never 

 produces any feeds, fo is only propagated by oft-sets, 

 and is the mofl: beautiful of all the Narcifii^s, when 

 blown upon glafles of water in a room \ but when it 

 is planted in the ground, if the bed in which they are 

 planted is not covered with mats in frofl:y weather, to 

 prevent their flower-buds from being dcfl:royed, they 

 feldom flower •, for the leaves begin to Ihoot early in 

 the autumn, and the flower-buds appear about Chrift- 

 mas, which are tender, fo that if hard frofl: happen 

 when they are coming out of the ground, it generally 

 kills them ; but if they are properly fcreened from 

 frofl:, they will flower in February, and in mild feafons 

 often in January, 



The ninth fort is the Jonquil, a flower fo well 



■ kn9wn as to need no defcription \ of this there is the 



, great and fmall Jonquil with fingle flowers, and the 



common fort with double flowers, which is moH 

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I fliall firfl: treat gf the method for ralfins the fine 

 forts of Polyanthus Narcifllis from feeds, which is the 

 way to obtain new varieties.. ' . 



The not praclifing this has'occafioned our fending 

 abroad annually for great quantities of flower-roots, 

 which have been kept up to a high price, on account 

 of the great demand for them in England ; whereas 

 if we were as indufl:rious to _probagate them as our 

 neighbours, we might fodn vitwith them, if not out- 

 do them, in mofl: forts of flowers j as may be feen, by 

 the vafl: variety of Carnations, Auriculas, Ranuncu- 

 las, &c. which have been produced from feeds in 

 England, and exceed mofl: of thofe kinds in any part 

 of Europe. 



You mufl: be very careful in faving your feeds, to 

 gather none but from fuch flowers as have good pro- 

 perties, and particvdarly from fuch only as have rna- 

 ny flowers upon a fl:alk, that flower tall, and have 

 beautiful cups to their flowers j from fuch you may 

 expefl to have good flov/ers'prbcluced ; but if you 

 fow ordinary feed, it' is only puttiiig^ ybiarfelf to 

 . trouble ^pdex|)^enQe Jo no purpofe, fince from fuch 

 ftecls there can be no hopes of procuring my yalua- 



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• Having provided yourfelf with good feeds, you mufl: 



'^procure either .fome ftiallow cafes or flat pans, made 



on purpofe for the raifing of feedlin^s, which fliould 



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 off ; thefe mufl: be filled with frefli, light, {an3y earth 

 about the beginning of Auguft: (that being the feafon 

 for fowinp; the feeds of mofl: bulbous-rooted flowers ;) 

 tlie earth in thefe mufl: be levelled very even j then 

 fow the feeds thereon pretty thick, covering them over 

 with fine fifted light earth about half an inch thick, 

 and place the cafes or pans in a fituation where they 

 . may haveonly the morning fun till about ten o'clock, 

 .where they fiiould remain until the Beginning of Oc- 

 tober, when they mufl: be renioved into a warmer fi- 

 j tuation, placing them upon bricks, that the air may 

 freely pafs under the cafes, which will preferve them 

 from being too moiit. 



Thej ftiould alfo be expofed to the full fun, but 

 fcreened from the north and eafl: winds ; and if the 

 frofl: fliould be fevere, they mufl: be covered, other- 

 wife there will be danger of their being defl:royed ; in 

 this fituation they may remain until the beginning of 

 Aprily by which time the plants will be up, when 

 you mult carefully clear them from weeds j and if 

 the feafon fliould prove. dry, they mufl: be frequently 

 watered: the cafes Ihould alfo now be removed into 



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