262 The Gardener's New Director. 

 forts which they had not \x\ Holland \ fotne of thefe 1 

 fent to my good friends the Voerhelms at Haerlentt to add 

 to their catalogues of this flower. 



Were our gardeners and florifts more attentive, they 

 have every opportunity of raifing new flowers, having 

 a diflferent foil and chmate to afllfl: thenri, as moffc of 

 them are natives of other countries. Patience and care 

 are the chief ingredients, as we cannot have a blow 

 from the feed-bed under fix years, but then by continu- 

 ing to few, we fhall, after that time, have evtry year 

 fomething to reward and dehght us : This has betn my 

 praftice with the perennial bulbous-rooted flowers, and 

 in a few years I was fully rewarded. 



Crotvn Imperial. 

 Of this flower there are the following forts, viz. 



ConuKon Crown Imperial. 



Great rjl L- cubic floiuered. 



• '- Double crowned. 



Triple crowned. 



Flat p diked, or Sword-bladed. 



Silver flriped leaved. 



Gold Jlriped leaved. 



Single yellow f.owered. 



Double yellow jlowei cd. 



Tellotv Jlriped flowered. 



Branched flo were J. 



Aurora coloured. 



Orange flowered. 



Bloody flowered, or, as the Dutch name it, 



IVilliam Rex. 



ALL. thefe roots fhould be planted in a dry bor- 

 der of the garden, as too much moifture will 

 rot them : they are very valuable, being the earlieft 

 tall flower we have. I always planted them in the 

 middle of the bed, in September, laying a good deal of 

 dry fand into the pits which I made for them, and 



making 



