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fmdl Tube^ and is roidenecl gradual- 

 ly into fix Segments : The Pointal 

 rifes from the Bottom of the Flowery 

 ending in [mall Threads, and turns 

 to an oblong triangular Fruit, divided 

 into three Cells, which are full of 

 roundijh Seeds : It hath alfo a folid 

 bulbous Root, which is cover'd with 

 a membranous Skin, 

 The Species are; 



1. CoLCHicuMj commune* C.B. 

 Common Meadow-Saftron. 



2. CoLCHicuM ; Anglicum, al- 

 bum. Tark. Engliih white Mea- 

 dow-Saffron. 



5. Colchicum; fleno fiore. C. 

 iB. The double-flower 'd Mcadow- 

 Saffron. 



4. Colchicum ; fioribus Fritilla- 

 ru in/iar tejfelatis, foliis planis. M. 

 H. Meadow-Saffron with Flowers 

 chequer'd like ihoie of the Fritil- 

 laria, and fmoorh Leaves. 



5". Colchicum ; Chionenfe, fiori- 

 bus FritillariA inflar tejfelatis, foliis 

 undulatis. M. H. Meadow-Saffron 

 with chequer'd Flowers and wav'd 

 Leaves, commonly caWd, Colchicum 

 Chio. 



6. Colchicum } latifolium; va- 

 riegatum. C. B Broad - leav'd 

 ftrip'd Meadow-Saffron. 



7. poLCHicuM i 'vernum, Hifpa- 

 nicum. C. B. Spring-flowering 

 Meadow-Saffron. 



8. Colchicum; Candidum mul- 

 tifiorum. C. B. Mioy-flower'd 

 white Meadow-Saflron. 



The firft oi'theih Species is found 

 in moift Meadows in ieveral Parts 

 of England. The fecond is a Va- 

 riety of the firft, from which it 

 only differs in the Colour of the 

 Flower. The third Sort alfo ori- 

 ginally came from the firft j but is 

 prelerv'd in Gardens, for the Dou- 

 blenefs of its Flowers. The fourth 

 Sort is a Stranger to our Illand, 

 and is fuppos'd to have been 



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brought from the Levant, with 

 the fifth Sort, which differs from 

 the fourth in having the green 

 Leaves very much waved on the 

 Edges. The Root of one of thefc 

 two Species is thought to be the 

 Hermoda£iyl of the Shops. The 

 feventh Sort hath fine, broad, va- 

 riegated, green Leaves, for which 

 it is greatly efteein'd. The eighth 

 Sort is valuable for producing its 

 Flowers early in the Spring; as is 

 the ninth, for producing a great 

 Number of Flowers. 



Thefe are all very pretty Varie- 

 ties for a Flower-Garden, moft of 

 them, producing their Flowers in 

 Autumn, when tew other Plants 

 are in Beauty. The Flowers come 

 up and are blown foine Time be- 

 fore the green Leaves appear, and 

 are therefore by lome call'd. Naked 

 Ladies. The green Leaves come 

 up in Winter, and in Spring arc 

 extended to a great Length : In 

 May the green Leaves begin to de- 

 cay; foon after which Time, is 

 the proper Sealbn to traniplant 

 their Roots ; for if they are fuf- 

 fer'd to remain in the Ground 'till 

 Auguft, they will fend fjrth freih 

 Fibres: Atter which Time it wiU 

 be too late to remove them. The 

 Roots may be kept above-ground 

 until the Middle of Auguji ; at 

 which Time if they are not plant- 

 ed, they will produce their Flow- 

 ers as they lie out of the Ground : 

 But this will greatly weaken their 

 Roots. The Manner of Planting 

 their Roots being the fame as Tu- 

 lips, d\:c. I ftiali forbear mention- 

 ing it here, referring the Reader 

 to that Article : And ailb for Sow- 

 ing the Seeds, by which Means 

 new Varieties may be obt.iin'd, I 

 fhall refer to the Article ofXiphion, 

 where there will be proper Direc- 

 tions for this Work. 



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