Of this plant, as of all others which have long been obje6b 

 of culture, there are many varieties j thofe moft generally- 

 cultivated in our gardens are the common orange-flowered 

 tingle and double, yellow {ingle and double, gold-ftriped 

 leaved, and filver-ftriped leaved ; the Dutch in their cata- 

 logues enumerate thirteen varieties. 



Luxuriant plants will fometimes produce a fecond and even 

 a third whorl or crown of flowers, and the flat-ftalked ones 

 which are monfters, have been known to produce feventy-two 

 bloflbms, but none of thefe are found to be conftant. 



The Crown Imperial, though a native of a much warmer 

 climate than ours, is a hardy bulb, and not very nice in 

 regard to foil, fucceeds belt in fuch as is ftiffifh, enriched 

 with manure, and placed in a fheltered fituation. 



Is propagated by offsets, which are produced in tolerable 

 abundance. 



