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 creel, noble in its appearance, and really flrikes the eyes 

 with awcj refpeft, and reverence ; it is a fecond blower, 

 and adorns a colledion of hyacinths. 



I come now to defcribe the red-coloured hyacinths, 

 which are the finefl kinds of the double, upon account 

 of their admirable colours, and which of late years have 

 been much improved by the many charming flowers 

 which have been raifed of tliis colour from feed, by the 

 florifts m Holland, and which, at their firft appearance, 

 have been fold for a very confiderable fum. 



I ft. Aim able Rouge, or pretty Red, is a very pretty 

 fmall flower, its ftem is not high, its bells are pretty 

 double, ereO:, and have a moft agreeable red colour in 

 the bottom of the bell ; it is an early blower. 



2d. Coralline, is much fuch another flower, with a 

 higher ftem, and the bells are better refle6l:ed, and have 

 a mixture of coral and carnation colours ; it is an early 

 blower. There is another kind of this flower, which 

 blows later, and is called by the name of Coralline tar- 

 dive, or late flowering Coraline. 



3d Rofe Ilbijlre, is a very pretty flower, with a high 

 fiem ; its bells are large, ereft, very double, and well 

 refle(^ed, which difplay their hearts of the moft beauti- 

 ful blufti colour, and a bluifii fliade mixed with it, that 

 can be feen ; it is an early and moft charming fpike of 

 flowers, and has moft uncommon colours. 



4th. Pyra7nidale Incarnate, is a very pretty carnation 

 coloured flower, without any mixture, in a pyramidal 

 form • it has a high ftem, the bells are but thinly fet 

 upon it, are ere6i:, and very well refle6led, which fhow 

 their hearts of a deeper colour than the outfides of their 

 petals ; it has a pretty afpeQ:, a fine fpike of flowers, and 

 is a fecond blower. 



cth. Veltbaen, or Field-hen, or Poppy, is a very fine 

 flower, a good ftem, and bells well refle£led and ere6f, 

 which in their hearts have this fingularity of three fmall 

 petals or leaves, us red, and of as bright a colour as our 

 field poppies, from whence it takes its name j it is an 



early blower. 



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