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Beauty of their Flowers j where 

 when the feveral Varieties are inter- 

 mix'd in a Bed, they make a goodly 

 Shew : The Seeds of thefe fhould 

 be fown in Autumn^ foon after 

 they are ripe j for thofe fown in 

 the Spring do not grow near lb 

 large, nor will their Flowers be 

 fo double. When the Plants come 

 up, they fhould be either trans- 

 planted out, or fbme of them 

 puU'd upi fo that the remaining 

 Plants may be left eight or ten 

 Inches Diftance each Wayj where- 

 by they will have room to grow, 

 and fpread their Branches, which 

 they generally produce in great 

 Plenty, and their Flowers will be 

 produc'd in larger Bunches. They 

 will require no farther Care, but 

 to keep them clear from Weeds. 

 In June thcfe Plants will flower, 

 and their Seeds will ripen about 

 the Beginning of Attgufi. But in 

 order to have your Flov/ers more 

 beautiful, you Ihould mark fuch 

 only for Seeds as produc'd very 

 double and finely-variegated Flow- 

 ers, pulling up or cutting off all 

 fingle or plain-colour'd Flowers. 

 DENS CANISi Dog's Tooth. 



Hh^Chnraciers are^ 



It hath a, fiefljy Root fJjap'd like a 



Dog's Jooth : The Leaves are broad, 



ami fpread upon the Ground, and, in 



Appearance, like thofe of the Round- 



leav'd Sowbread : The Flower is 



naked, and produc'd fingle upon each 



Stalk, each conffling ef fix Leaves, 



and fjjap'd like a Lily, and hang 



doTvnroard : The Petals of this Flower 



are refiex'd : The Tointal of the 



Flower becomes a roundiflj Fruit, in 



which are contained many oblong Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Dens Can is ; latiore rotundi:*- 



oreque folio, Jlore cajulido. C.B. The 



broad round- leavd Dog's-Tooth, 



with a white Flower. 



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1. Dens Canisj latiore rotundi- 

 oreque folio, flore ex purpurd rubente, 

 majore. C. B. Broad round-leav'd 

 Dog's-Tooth, with a large Purplilh 

 red Flower. 



5. Dens Can is j angufiiore longi- 

 oreque folio. C, B, fiore albo. Long 

 narrow-leav'd Dog's-Tooth, with 

 a white Flower. 



4. Dens Canisj angufiiore longi" 

 oreque folio, flore fuave rubente. H. R. 

 Far. Long narrow- Leav'd Dog's- 

 Tooth, with a fine red Flower. 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of this Plant in the curious Gardens 

 abroad, but thefe here mention'd, 

 are all that I have yet feen in Eng- 

 land: The two firft mention'd are 

 the moil: common with us; the 

 other two being very rare at pre- 

 fent, and only to be found in a 

 few curious Gardens. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds, ^s alfo by Oft- 

 fets from the old Roots: The Sea- 

 ion for fowing thefe Seeds, and 

 the Method of raifing and ma- 

 naging the young Plants, being the 

 fame as direded for the Narcijfus, 

 1 (hall refer the Reader thereto to 

 avoid Repetition. 



The Oft-fets, which thefe Roots 

 produce but fparingly, fhould be 

 taken off at the Time when the 

 old Roots are tranfplanted, which 

 Ihould be when the green Leaves 

 decay, which is commonly to- 

 wards the latter end of May, but 

 the Roots fliould not be kept long 

 above Ground, for then they are 

 apt to flirivcl and dry up, which if 

 this happens they fcldom recover 

 again. Thefe Plants delight in a 

 good frefli Soil, neither too light 

 nor too heavy, but fuch as is of a 

 middling Nature, and not over- 

 dung'dj and they fhould have an 

 Eaft or a Weil Afped, for if they 

 are planted in a hot Situation 



they 



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