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called it from the place from whence we had it, 

 Turcicus. The Turks themselves, as I under- 

 stand, do call it the Sultan's Flower, and I have 

 done so likewise, that it may be distinguished from 

 all the other kindes." 



It is frequently called Blackamoor'*s Beauty and 

 Honey-flower; and although a native of warmer 

 climates, it is sufiiciently hardy to stand this cli- 

 mate, and produces the strongest plants when the 

 seed is sown in the autumn, yet we recommend 

 that some of the seed should be always sown in the 

 spring, so as to obtain the flowers to the end of 

 summer. 



The Yellow Sweet Sultan is a tender variety of 

 this species of Centaury ; therefore it is necessary 

 to raise the plants by sowing the seed upon a hot- 

 bed in the spring, from which they should be re- 

 moved into separate pots when of a proper size, and 

 forwarded by plunging them into other hotbeds 

 until they have taken good root, after which time 

 they should be gradually accustomed to the air, so 

 as to harden them for the parterre of the open gar- 

 den, where they will continue in beauty for a great 

 length of time. 



Both the Sweet Sultan of the Turks and the 

 Bluebottle of Britain are made the emblem of feli- 

 city, in floral language. 



