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GILLIFLOWER, er STOCK- 

 GILLIFLOWER j -vide Leucoium. 



GILLIFLOWER, the Queen's or 

 Dame's- Violet j vUe Hefperis. 



GINGER j x-zVe Zinziber. 



GLADIOLUS} Corn-Flag. 

 The Chara^ers are ; 



It hath a fiejljy, double, tuberofe 

 "Rootj the Leaves are like thofe of 

 *^eFlower-de-Luce; the Flower con- 

 ftps of one Leaf and is fhap'd like a 

 Lily, fireading open at the Top into 

 tT»o Lips, the upper one being imbri- 

 cated, and the under one divided into 

 five Segments j the Ovary becomes an 

 cblong Fruit, divided into three Cells, 

 rohich are filVd mth roundifh Seeds 

 wapt up in a Cover. 

 The Species are ^ 



1. Gladiolus; utrinque floribus. 

 C. B. P. Corn-flag, with Flowers 

 on both Sides the Stalks. 



a. Gladiolus ; carnei coloris. 

 Swert. Flor. Frefn-colour'd Corn- 

 flag. 



3. Gladiolus} fioribus una verfu 

 difpofitis, major, fioris colore purpurea- 

 rubente. C. B. P. Great Corn-flag, 

 with rcddifh Purple Flowers ranged 

 on one Side the Stalk. 



4. Gladiolus } major, Byzanti- 

 nus. C. B. P, Great Corn-flag of 

 Conftantinople. 



f. Gladiolus } utrinque fioribus, 

 fioribus albis. H. R, Monfp. Corn- 

 flag, with white Flowers rang'd 

 on each Side the Stalk. 



6. Gladiolus } maximus, Indi- 

 €us. C. B. P. The largell Indian 

 Corn-flag. 



There are fbme other Varieties 

 of this Plant which are prelerv'd 

 in fbme curious Botanick Gardens, 

 tut thefe here mention'd are what I 

 have obferv'd in the EngliJJj Gar- 

 dens. 



Thefe are all propagated by their 

 tuberofe Roots, which the firfl, 

 iecond and fifth Sorts produce in 



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great Plenty, £0 that in a few Years, 

 if they are fuffer'd to remain un- 

 remov'd, they will fpread very far, 

 and are hardly to be intirely rooted 

 out when they have once gotten 

 PofTeflion of the Ground. Thefe 

 Roots are in Shape very like thofe 

 of the large yellow Spring Crocus, 

 but are fbmewhat bigger, yellower 

 within, and have a rougher outer 

 Coat or Covering. The fmall Off- 

 fets of thefe Roots will produce 

 Flowers the fecond Year, therefore 

 when the old Roots are tranfplanted, 

 the Off-lets fliould be taken off 

 from them, and planted into a Nur- M 

 fery-bed for one Year, by which " 

 Time they will be fit to tranfplant 

 into the Borders of the Pieafure- 

 Garden. Thefe Roots may be taken 

 up in July, when their Leaves de- 

 cay, and may be kept out of the 

 Ground until OHober } . at which 

 Time they fhould be planted into 

 the Borders of the Pleafure-Garden, 

 intermixing them amongfl: other 

 bulbous-rooted Plants : But if you 

 plant them in large Borders in Wil- 

 dernefs - work, (where they will 

 thrive and flov/er very well) they 

 need not be tranfplanted oftener 

 than every other, or once in three 

 Years ; whereas in Borders of a 

 Pleafure-Garden, if they were fuf- 

 fer'd to remain fb long, they would 

 over-run the Ground, and be very 

 troublefbme. 



The third and fourth Sorts arc 

 the mod valuable, producing taller 

 Stalks and fairer Flowers , nor are 

 thefe fb apt to increaie, which ren- 

 ders them fitter for the Borders of 

 a Flower-Garden j fo that fmcc 

 thefe have been introduced and be- 

 come common, the other Sorts 

 have been rejected, unlefs in fomc 

 old gardens, or for large Wilder- ' 

 ncfs-Quarters, where they will grow 

 better than the two laft mention'd. 



Thefe 



