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in the beginning of August, and, when the roots 

 are large, in great numbers, making a fine ap- 

 pearance. According to Catcsliy, on the top of 

 the stem are ahout twelve pendulous flowers on 

 long arched peduncles, and the petals are re- 

 flected very liule. It flowers in July and Au- 

 gust, and is found in North America. 



There is a variety with larger deeper-colour- 

 ed flowers. 



The ninth has a roundish small bulb : the 

 stem quite simple round, even, a foot high : the 

 leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, sessile, 

 four or six, striated, rather blunt, even, up- 

 right ; two or three of the upper ones usually 

 alternate, narrower : the flowers terminating, 

 few, an inch and a half in diameter, on very 

 short, naked, almost upright peduncles : the 

 petals ovate, blunt, even, striated, purple, 

 not rolled" back, attenuated at the base : the fila- 

 ments shorter by half than the corolla: the an- 

 thers upright : the germ triangular and oblong : 

 style none : stigmas three, oblong, curved 

 back, almost the length of the germ. It is a 

 native of Kamtschatka. 



The tenth species has a smaller root than in 

 the other sorts, scaly and white : the stem 

 single, upright, near a foot and half high : the 

 leaves in four or five whorls, short, pretty 

 broad, obtuse : the stem terminated by two 

 flowers which stand erect, upon short separate 

 peduncles ; they are shaped like those of the 

 bulb-bearing fiery Lily, but the petals are nar- 

 rower at their base, so that there is a consider- 

 able space between them, but upwards they en- 

 large and approximate, forming a sort of open 

 bell-shaped corolla, but they terminate in acute 

 points : are of abrightiairple colour, marked with 

 several dark purple spots towards the base. It 

 flowers in July, and the seeds ripen at the end of 

 September. It is a native of North America. 



Culture. — All the sorts are capable of being 

 iiiereased bv planting the ofl^-sets of the root, 

 and by sowing seeds to obtain new varieties. 



All the sorts of these roots afford plenty of 

 oflT-sets every vear, which when greatly wanted 

 may be taken oft" annually in autumn ; but once 

 in two or three years is better, according as they 

 are wanted ; the proper time for which is in 

 summer and autumn, when the flower is past 

 and the stalks decayed, either separating the 

 oflf-sets from the mother bulbs in the ground, or 

 taking the wiiole up, and separating all the off- 

 sets, small and great, from die main bulbs ; the 

 small ofl"-sets being then planted in beds a foot 

 asunder and three inches deep, to remain a year 

 er two ; and the large bulbs again in the bor- 

 ders, &c. singly. The oiF-sets in the nursery 

 beds may also, after having obtained size and 



strength for flowering in perfection, be planted 

 out where thev are wanted. 



The sowing of the seed is chiefly practised 

 for the Martacons to obtain new varieties, 

 which should be done in autmim, soon after 

 the seed is ripe, in pots or boxes of rich light 

 sandy earth, with holes in the bottoms half an 

 inch deep; placing the pots in a sunny sheltered 

 situation all winter, refreshing them at first 

 often with water, and the plants will appear in 

 the spring; when, abcnil April, remove them to 

 have only the itjorning sun all the summer, giv- 

 ing moderate waterings : in August the bulbs 

 should be transplanted into nursery-beds in flat 

 drills, an inch deep, and three or four asunder; 

 when, as the bulbs will be very small, scatter the 

 earth and bulbs together into the drills, cover- 

 ing them with earth to the above depth ; and 

 after having grown in this situation till the Au- 

 gust or September following, they should be 

 transplanted into another bed, placing them 

 eight or nine inches each way asunder, to re- 

 main to show their first flowers ; after which 

 they may be finally planted out into the plea- 

 sure-ground. 



New varieties of the other sorts may be rais- 

 ed in the same way. 



The bulb-bearing varieties may also be in- 

 creased by the little bulbs put forth from the 

 axils of the leaves without taking up the old 

 bulbs. 



The same method of planting and general 

 culture answers for all the different sorts. 



The most proper time, as has been seen, for 

 planting and transplanting them is in autumn, 

 when their flowers and stalks decay, which is 

 generally about September, the roots being then 

 at rest for a short space of time, as well as for 

 procuring roots to plant. The bulbs taken up 

 at the above season may be kept out of ground, 

 if necessary, till October or Novemljcr : the 

 White Lilies, however, do not succeed if kept 

 long out of the earth, and all the others succeed, 

 best when planted again as soon as possible. The 

 bulbs of all the sorts are sold at the nurseries. 



They should be planted singly, as they soon 

 increase by off-sets into large bunches, dispos- 

 ing them in assemblage in different parts of 

 the borders, and towards the fronts of the prin- 

 cipal shrubbery clumps; jilacing them three or 

 four inches deep, and at good distances from 

 one another, intermixing the diflerv;nt sorts, 

 placing some forward, and others more back- 

 ward, to effect the greater show and variety. 



Some may likewise be planted in separate 

 beds by themselves, twelve or fifteen inches 

 asunder; either of different sorts together, or 

 each in distinct beds, or in separate row s, &:c. 



