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8th, Tuberoftana^ fo called, I fuppofe, from the re- 

 femblance its colour and fmeH has to a Tiiheroje\ this 

 is one of the finert flowers yet raifed, its flem is ilfong, 

 a.nd prettily adorned with extremely large bells, which 

 are ere£t to admiration, and fo well expanded, as to 

 touch the extreme petals of one another, and is of a 

 fhining white colour; it feldom feeds, which I attribute 

 to the great fucculency of its large flowers. This root is 

 not ready to off-fet, and confeqiiently is fcarce; it bears 

 a great price, of late it has not appeared in the Dutch 

 catalogues, but before was the fo!e property of Meflrs. 

 Foerhelm! ; it is a fecond blower. 



9th, William Frifo. Before I proceed to the defcrip- 

 tion of this flower, it is worth remarking, that when 

 the Dutch give any name to a flower, which deferves 

 obfervation, they call it by a name to which its appear- 

 ance bears fome refemblance, or by Tome great hero or 

 learned man, polTihly in botany, or fome other fcience, 

 either antient or modern. So it is in this flower, the 

 bells of which, upon a high bold flem, and at the tips 

 or extremities of their petals, are very much fringed, 

 are large and thick fct, and are of a fine white; it feeds 

 very well, from which I have raifed feveral fine double 

 flowers; it is amongfi: the fecond blowers. 



lOth, La Rt'ine de FemmeSi ox §)neen of Women, for 

 its high and floriferons flem, the exquifitely pure fhin- 

 ing white colour of its bells, which are very ere£t, 1 )ng, 

 and is charmingly rcflefted, one of the moH: attractive 

 flowers to the eve of the beholder yet known ; its fl:em, 

 from three inches above the fiirfacc of the ground, be- 

 ing quite filled with its charming flowers, to the number 

 often of thirty-four, nnd fometimes thirty-eight, to which 

 magnitude I blowed it in my own garden. It feeds fome- 

 times, continues a month in full bloom, when it is care- 

 fully attended, and is a late blower, rrefervirg its admi- 

 rable colours to the Infl:. At its firfl appearing in Hol- 

 land, it was fold for fiftv guilders per root, which is a 

 great price for a Single Hyacinth. 



The next divifion of the Single Hyacittths^ is calhd the 

 Single Rofe-coloured Hyacinth. 



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