obferves, for the above reafons, be procured from the places 

 where they naturally grow; the roots fhould be feldom re- 

 moved, for tranfplanting them prevents their flowering, which 

 ufually takes place in June. 



A greater proof of the difficulty of increafing thefe plants 

 need not be adduced than their prefent fcarcity, though vaft 

 numbers have been imported, how few can boaft of poffeffing 

 them, or of preferving them for any length of time j careful 

 management in their cultivation will doubtlefs go far, but 

 peculiarity of foil and fkuation would appear to be of greater 

 importance : it is well known that certain plants thrive in cer- 

 tain diltricts only, the double yellow rofe, for inftance, barely 

 exifts near London, yet this plant I have feen growing moft 

 luxuriantly, and producing a profufion of bloom, in the late 

 Mr, Mason's garden, Chefhunt, Herts, and in which various 

 Orchis's alfo acquired nearly twice their ufual fize, — enviable 

 fpot ! 



