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bv which it multiplies very fad. The leaves have 

 ' leldom more than tliree or four pair of lobes, which 

 iland at a much greater diftance from each other than 

 thofe of the common fort ; they are of a darker 

 green. The lobes are narrow, and are placed alter- 

 nately; the {talks rife nine or ten inches high, fend- 

 ip.pr out branches their whole lenp;ch. The flowers 

 are produced in loofc bunches, ftanding upon pretty 

 ' long fooc-ftalks ; they are fmaller than thofe of the 

 common fort, and arc of a lighter blue colour. 

 This fort may be propagated by feeds in the fame 

 manner as the common iort, or by parting 'of their 

 . ^ roots in autumn, and is equally hardy with the com- 



mon fort. ^ 



POLIANTHES. Lin. Gen. Plant. 384. Hyacin- 



thus. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 344- ^^b. 180. The Tube- 



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The Characters are, 



The Jl(rJc!cr has no empalement ; it has one petal 'which is 



The tube is oblong and incurved ; the 



It 



funnel-Jloaped. 



brim is cut into' fix oval fegrnents which fpread open. 



hath fix thick ft amina ftuattd in the chaps of the petals 

 ter^ninated by linear fummits^ which are longer than the 



* ft amina. In the bottom of the tube is fituated a roundift) 

 germen^ fiipporting afteyider ftyle^ crowned by a thick^ trifid^ 

 honey-bearing ftigma. The germeii afterward turns to an 

 ' ohtufe^ rcundiftoy three-cornered capfide having three cells^ 



'-' .which are filled with plain half-round feeds difpofed in a 



double range. ' ' \ ' ' ' 



' ■-. This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 



Linnreus's fixth clafs, which includes thofe plants 



'"' whofe flowers have {\^ ftamina and one ftyle.. . : ■ . 



' V/e have but one Species of this genus, viz. ' 



PoLiANTHEs {lubcrofi) flotibus alternis. ' Hort. Cliff. 



■ 127. Poliajtthes with fowers placed alternately. ■' Flya- 



' cinthus Indicus tuberofus, fiore Narcifll. C. B. P. 42. 



' Tuberous 



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erous Indian Hyacinth^ with a flower like NarciffuSy 

 monh cMd Tuberofe.'0{'':',^:f^^^^^ --?5\ 



The varieties of this afei the' Tuberofe with a double 

 '; fldv/er, tTie'ftriped-leavcd Tuberofe, and the Tube- 

 ^;; rofe" with'S: fmajler flower ; the laft is mentioned 'by 

 ""' feveral authors as a diftinft fpecies, but is certainly a 

 ^'^'variety!^' Cafpar Bauhin titles it Hyacinthus Indicus 

 'f tuberofus, flore Hyacinthi' oriehtalis.. Pin. 47,^, i-k/ 

 , r>nndian tuberous Hyacinth, with a flower like the Eaft- 

 ^J-cvn Hyacinth. This fort is f request in the fo.uth of 



from whence the roots liave been often 



< brought to England early in the fpring, betore thofe 



' roots Have arrived from' Italy, which are annually 



*■ .imported ;.the, flalks of this are weaker, and do not 



"■rife fo high, and the flowers are fmaller than thofe of 



//--France, 





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""'^The Tuberofe grows naturally in India, from whence 



' V it was firft brouj^Ht to Europe, where it now thrives 



4 in the v/armer parts, as well as in its native foil. The 



• l^6enoefe are thd peopIdwiTo' cultivate this'^laht, to 



'* ' furnifh all the other 'countries where the roots cannot 



'^^Wpropaglted without gre^t^irouble and care, apd 



.from thence the roots are annually fent to England, 



V Holland, and Germany. In mofl: parts of Italy, Sicil 



X^andSpain,'"the roots thrive and propagate without 



^care, where they are once planted. -:*" = r' 



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of pardng with any of the roots, even after he had pro- 

 pagated them in fuch plenty as to have more than he 

 could plant, fo he caufcd them to be cut' in pieces 

 that he might have the vanity to boaft of bcinc^ the 

 only perfon in Europe who v/as pofieffed of this flovver- 

 but of late years the roots have been fpread into many 

 parts, and as there is no other method to propaj^ate 

 . this but but by the offsets, mofl: people v/ho haveliad 

 of this fort are careful to multiply and ihcreafe it • 

 which is done by planting the offsets upon a moderate 

 hot-bed early in March, and covering the bed in cold 

 weather with mats or fl:raw, and in fummer they muft 

 have plenty of water in dry weather. In this bed the 

 roots may remain till the leaves decay in autumn but 

 if there fhould happen any froft before that time the 

 bed fliould be covered to guard the roots from the 

 froft, becaufe if the froft enters fo low. as to reach the 

 roots it will kill them ; and if the leaves are injured 

 by the froft, it will weaken 'the roots. Where there 

 is due care taken to fcrccn them frcni froft, and too 

 much wet, it will be the bcft v/ay to let the roots re- 

 main in the bed till the end of November or the be- 

 ginning of December, provided hard frofts do notfet 

 in fooner^ for the lefs time the roots are out of the 

 round, the ftrongerthey will be, and the focnerthey 

 will flower ^ when the roots are taken up, they fhould 

 be cleaned from the earth, and laid up in dry fand, 

 v/here they may be fecure from froft and wet; here 

 . they fliould remain until the feafon for plamino- tlieni 



■ again ; this fame method ftiould be praftifed by thofe 

 who are defirous to cultivate the fingle fort in Eno-- 

 land, and alfo that with ftriped leaves muft be propa- 

 gated the fame way. ^ - , ' . 

 X ihall next ffive directions for the manao-ement of 



-thofe roots, which are annually brought from Italy. 



.And firft, in the choice of the roots, thofe which are 



'the largeft^nd' plumpeft, if they are perfedly firm 

 and found, are the' beft ; and the^ fewer offsets they 

 have, the ftronger they will flower; but the under 

 part of the roots fliould be particularly examined, be- 

 caufe it is there that they firft decay; after the roots are 

 chofen, before they are planted, the offsets fliould be 



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if taken off; for if thefe are left upon the roots, they 

 "will draw away*pai"t of the iiburifKment from the 

 old root, whereby the flower-ftems will be greatly 



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'^;Ajs thefe roots commonly arrive in England in the 

 month of February or "March, thofe who are defirous 



■ to have thefe early in flower, fhould make a moderate 

 hot-bed foon after the roots arrive, which fhould have 



: ' good rich earth laid upon the dung, about feven'or 

 : eight inches deep ; this bed fhould be covered with a 



■ frame, and when the bed is in a proper temperature 

 . for warmth, the roots fhould be planted at about fix 

 \; inches diftance from each other every way. The up- 

 per part of the root fliould not be buried more than 



_ ' when the "roots are "planted, , 

 r- there fhould be but Tittle water given tliem Tintil they 

 . fliOQp above' ground ; for too much wef will rot them, 

 ^^'-jiwhen they are inan ipaftive ftate, but afterward they 

 '.;; win require plenty of watpr, efpecially when the fea- 

 - fon is warm. When the flower-ftems h 



one inch in the ground 



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,-*", This plant has been long cultivated in the'Englifh 

 ;•-•" gardens for the exceeding beauty and fragrancy of its 

 , --t^^ the Yoots of this are ann^ially brought from 



' S, Genoa, by the perfons who import Orange-trees ^fpr 

 -!%ft!«i thefe roots are too tender to thrive in the full srovind 



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the ypuble of ni^rfirig up" their ofFsets,'"^ till they be- 

 ^ come btowin2l*bofs,* becaufe It^.W^^^ be two or three 



."'^years befdrethey arrjve Yo a proper fize for producing 



T^ TiOwers''ran3 m muft be protected froni. the froft 



'""inwint'er; the trouble and expence of covers is greater 



' than. tJxQ/iJQts a're worth ; tor they are generally fold 



-■ pretty reafonable, by thofe who import them from 



. 'Italy. > -nTfrii'.; ^ . ^ . . _ • 

 The double flowering is a variety of the firft, which 



" ■ was obtaTned from the feed by Mohf Le Cour,' of Ley- 



; ^pfgin to ap- 

 ^^^^ear, the bed fhould have a large fliare of air given' to 

 .:\,lt, otherwife the '{talk's will draw up wea^, and pro- 

 ^.duce but few flowers ; for the more "aii" thefe plants 

 >;';^tnjoy in good weather, the ftronger 'the'y' v/ill grow, 

 .^;/and produce'' a greater number of fl6\Vers;' therefore, 

 ilQ^/^rd the beginning .of May, the frajne may be 



->vin' England, fo there are few j^erfons who care to take .V quite taken ofi^„ the bed, and hoops faftencd over it, 

 -^..r;.i_.-ui.; „r ^ua^;:.:^'>}^^. r.<To^tr^^^:n i-t,«;,u^ r toYupport acovem which'neednot be laid 



oyer^ but in the night, or in very cold weather, fo 



that by enjoying the free open air their ftems will be 



'large; and if they are wdl watered in dry weather, 



their flowers will be' large, 'ancJ a great number on 





each ftem.' ' ■'.>" :* ^: . ' 



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This firft planting will require, more care than thofe 

 \ which are defij^ned to come after them, for in order 

 \\ to have a fucceffion of thefe flowers, the roots fliould 



be planted at three different times, viz. the firft the 



.den in Holland, who for many years was fo tenacious \ beginning of March, the fecond the 



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