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Tlic eighth sort is hkewise tender. It requires 

 to be treated in tlic same manner as the JaeobaM 

 Lily. It is tbund to increase pretty fast by ofT- 

 sots. \^^lcn properly nianaireil, it usually flow ers 

 in the \\iulcrscason,espi.'cialTy it the pots be placed 

 in a stove of moderate tcmjierature ; and as at this 

 period there are but tew flowers in the open air, 

 it is more valuable on that account as an orna- 

 mental plant tor the stove. 



The ninth species is stilt more tender: it must 

 of course be placed, during the winter season, in 

 a stove where there is a moderate share of 

 warmth ; but it should not have so much water 

 as the Jacobxa Lily. It may be raised from 

 offsets. 



The tenth species, or Guernsey Lily, is sup- 

 posed to have come originally from J.ipan ; but 

 has been long cultivated in the gardens of Guern- 

 sey and Jersev; in both of which it seems to 

 thrive and succeed as well as if it were in its na- 

 tive soil. From those islands its roots are an- 

 luially sent to the curious in difierent parts of 

 Europe. 



The root-bulbs are generally sent to us in June 

 and July ; bui the sooner the bulbs are taken out 

 of the ground, after their leaves decay, the better 

 they are ; for though the roots, w hich are taken 

 up when their flower-stems begin to appear, may 

 flower, their flowers are not so large, or their 

 roots so good afterwards, as those which are re- 

 moved before they have sent out fresh root-fibres. 



On obtaining the roots, they should be planted 

 in pots filled with fresh, light, sandy earth, well 

 mixed with a little very rotten dung, to the depth 

 of two or three inches, and then placed in a warm 

 situation ; or what is better, in a moderate stove- 

 heat, the earth being refreshed with water occa- 

 sionally; but they should not have too much, as 

 it would rot their roots, especially before the 

 stems rise. About the middle of September, the 

 more vigorous roots will begin to show the buds 

 of their flower-stems, which are commonly of a 

 red colour ; therefore these pots should be re- 

 moved into a situation where they may have the 

 full benefit of the sun, and be sheltered from wet, 

 and strong winds ; but by no means too near a 

 wall, or under glasses, which would draw them 

 up weak, and render them less beautiful in their 

 blow. At this season they should be gently re- 

 freshed w iih water occasionally, when the wea- 

 ther is warm and dry. 



As soon as the flowers begin to open, the pots 

 should be removed from the open air, to prevent 

 the flowers from being injured by too much 

 moisture ; but they nmst not be kept too close, 

 or be placed in situations too warm, as they would 

 occasion their colour to be less lively, and hasten 

 Iheir decay. The flowers of this plant often 



continue in beauty, when managed in'lhc above 

 manner, a lull month: and though they iiave no 

 scent, from the richness of their colour, they arc 

 justly esteemed as flower)' ornamental plants. 



When the flowers are decayed, the leaves be- 

 gin to shoot forth in length, and, if sheltered 

 from severe cold, continue gruw ing all the winter 

 season; but thev mu<t ba\e as much free air as 

 possible in mild weather, and be covered only 

 in severe rains or frosts; for which purpose a 

 common hot-bed frame is the best, as the glasses 

 may be taken ofl" constantly every day in dry open 

 weather, w hich w ill encourage the leaves to prow 

 strong and broad ; whereas, when they are placed 

 in a greenhouse, or not exposed to the open air, 

 they are apt to grow long and slender, and have 

 a pale weak aspect, by which the roots become 

 weak, seldom producing good flowers. 



The roots should be transplanted every fourth 

 or fifth year, about the latter end of June or be- 

 ginnincr of Julv, into fresh earth ; but notoftener 

 removed, as tliat would retard their flowering. 



The offsets may also be taken ofl', and planted 

 out into different pots ; w hich, in threeycars time, 

 mostlv produce flow ers. Consequently, aftera per- 

 son is once stocked with these roots, he may in- 

 crease them, so as to have a constant supply of blow- 

 ing roots, w ithout being at the trouble or expense 

 of sending to the above places annually for them ; 

 and the roots, thus preserved, w ill flower stronger 

 than those which are brought from thence, as 

 the inhabitants of those islands are not very curi- 

 ous in cultivating them; — their usual method, 

 according to iNIiller, being to plant them at a great 

 distance in beds of common earth, where they 

 let them remain for many years ; in the course 

 of w hich they produce such a number of offsets 

 that one single cluster has frequently contained 

 above a hundred roots ; by w hich means those 

 which grow on the inside are so much com- 

 pressed In- the outer roots, that they are perfectly 

 flattened : and from llie number of roots growing 

 in each cluster, they are all rendered weak, and 

 unfit to produce such large stems of flowers as 

 those which have grown singly and are of a 

 spherical form. As when a person is possessed 

 of a great number of these roots, it will be trou- 

 blesome to preserve them in pots, a bed should 

 be prepared in the following maimer, in some 

 well sheltered part of the gariliii. In doing this, 

 a third part of fresh virgin earth, from a pasture 

 ground, which is light, "should be provided, with 

 an equal portion of'sea-sand, to w hich should be 

 added rotten dung and sifted lime rubbish, of 

 each an equal quantity. With this earth, when 

 well mixed and incorporated, a bed shoulil be 

 made about two feet thick, raising it aljout four 

 or live inches above the surface of the giound, 



