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green colour. It is a native of Italy, &c. flowering from November 

 or December to April. 



The fifth species resembles the third, but differs in having tri- 

 foliate leaves, broader and entire, their surface being smoother, and 

 the stalks rise higher than either of the common sorts. It flowers 

 from January to May. 



Culture. The first sort is increased by planting the off-sets from 

 the roots after the leaves are decayed, in the latter end of the sum- 

 mer season, in the places where they are to flower, in patches of 

 several roots together. They have the best effect when intermixed 

 wilh the Snow-drop, as being of similar growth, and flowering about 

 the same time. The off-sets may be separated from the old plants 

 every three or four years. 



The second sort is increased by parting the roots in the autumn, 

 and planting them out in moist warm sheltered situations, in the 

 borders or other parts where the soil is fresh and unmanured. And 

 to have it flower well, it should be protected by glasses in the winter. 

 Some plants may be potted in this intention. 



The third and fourth sorts are raised by sowing the seeds in the 

 autumn or early spring, either in the places where they are to grow, 

 or in beds for the purpose, afterwards thinning them out to a few 

 plants, or transplanting them into other beds, at the distance of a 

 foot in the rows. 



They rise well from self-sown seed, and succeed in shady situa- 

 tions very well- 



The last sort is increased by seeds and parting the roots. 



The well ripened seeds should be sown, or the roots planted out, 

 in the autumn, either in pots of light fresh earth, or in warm pro- 

 tected situations in the borders. The plants should afterwards be 

 protected in the green-house, or by hand-glasses in the winter. But 

 they do not increase fast in either of these ways. 



These are all ornamental plants; the first sort in the fronts of 

 beds, borders, and clumps; and the third and fourth in the large 

 borders and wilderness parts of pleasure-grounds. The second and 



last sorts produce a fine effect among collections of potted plants. 



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