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ciiiths 50 — Star of Bethlehem 11 — Moly Iff— Asphodels 8— 

 Spiderwort 5 — Meadow Saffron 19 — Crocus 31 — Irises 73— 

 Gladiolus C — Orchises 6, and says there were many more. 

 Dog's Tooth Violet 3 — Cycloiuens 10. — Of Anemones 67 are 

 specified, but there were innumerable others to distinguish which 

 •'"would gravell the best experienced this day in Europe." 

 Yet the art of raising varieties from seed was not familiarly 

 known here in his time, he says, but practised extensively ia 

 the Low Countries, some of their varieties bearing such a high 

 price that no Englishman would buy them. — His directions for 

 cultivation are slight but in conformity with modern practice — 

 Aconites 4 — Ranunculuses 23 — Marsh Marigold — Hepaticas 

 10— Cranes Bill 9 — Sanicle 3 — Navelwort 4 — Moonwort — Au- 

 riculas 22, and notes that there are many others. Primroses 

 and Cowslips 21 — Lungwort 3 — Borage 3 — Bugloss 3 — 

 Lychnis 11 — Wallflowers 7 — Stock Gillyflowers 10 — Honesty, 

 or Satin flower 2 — Linaria 6 — Antirrhinum 4 — "Willow flower- - 

 Columbines 5 — ^Thalictrum 2 — Hollow Root 3, Lark Spurs a, 

 and some varieties — Balsam Apple — Nasturtium, it was not 

 then a kitchen herb — Violets 5 including Pansie?; — Barrenwort 

 — Poppies 4, and some others not specified — Nigella 3 — Pel- 

 litory 2 — Featherfew — Chamomile 2 — Adonis — Oxe Eye, 

 3 — Sun flowers — Marigolds 2— Star wort 2— Golden Mouse 

 car. — Scorzonera 2 — Goat's Beard 2 — French Marigold 8. 

 Carnations and Gilliflowers 62, and some varieties besides. 

 Pinks, 20 — Sweet Johns and Williams 8 — Daisy 8 — Scabians 

 3. Blue Bottles 3 — Spanish Knapweed — Bastard Saifron— 

 Acanthus 2 — Thistles 6 — Fraxinella 4 — Lupines 4 — Everlast- 

 ing Sweet Peas &c. 4 — Medica 5 — Caterpillars 2 — Red Satin 

 Flower — Peony 6 — Black Hellebore 2 — White Hellebore 2 — 

 Ladies Slipper 3— Lily of the Valley 2 — Gentian G — Rose Plan- 

 tain — Campanidas 9 — Convolvolus 5 — Stramonium 4 — To- 

 bacco 2 — Marvel of Peru G— IloUihocks 8 — Amaranthus 5 

 Goldilocks 3 — LoveEvcrlasting 3 — India Reed — Mandi akos. — 

 Love Apples 3— Foxglove?— Mullein 10— Valerian 3— Cuckoo 



