432 The Gardener's New Director. 

 The Martagons are thefe. 



1 The Imperial ftantinople 



2 The white 1 1 The lefler do. 



3 The white-fpotted I2 The yellow 



4 The double 13 The Afh-coloured 



5 The Canada 14 The Flelh-coloured 



6 The red-fpotted 15 The ftriped-flowered 



7 The long-fpiked 16 The very late flower- 



8 The greateft American ing Conftantinople 



9 ThePompony 17 The ftriped - leaved 

 10 The Polyanthos Con- Martagon. 



The Canada^ Poniponyt and greateft American Marta- 

 gonsy are more tender than any of the other forts, and 

 fhould be planted deeper in the long borders of the flower- 

 garden; but if they are planted in quantities, or in nur- 

 fery-beds, they muft be covered in winter, to protect 

 them from froft, vi^hich is very injurious to them. 



The other forts are in no danger from cold, and thrive 

 bed in a frefh, light, undunged foil, efpecially the flrip- 

 ed fort, nor fhould they be lifted but rnce in three years. 



The Gladiolus, or Cum-jiugs, require the fame cul- 

 ture; the moft valuable of which are the flefli-coloured, 

 the white-flowered all around its ftalk, and the great 

 Gladiolus of Confiantimple. 



The great Indian Gladiolus is a green-houfe plant. 



Dire Bions for the Culture of the Colchlcums, 



I Have treated already of the Vernal or Spanijh purpk 

 Colchicum: The other forts require the fame culture, 

 and fhew beft, when they are planted in clumps in long 

 borders: The beft forts are the early, the white, the 

 purple, the two double forts, the yellow, which, more 

 properly fpeaking, is an Autumnal Narcijfus, though it is 



reckoned 



