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*rhefe Plants were originally 

 brought from xh^ Cape of good Hop^ 

 and have been many Years preferv'd 

 in the curious Gardens in Holland, 

 where they now have more Sorts 

 than are here enumerated j but in 

 England they are ftill very rare, and 

 in but few Gardens. The Seafon 

 for tranfplanting the Bulbs of the 

 firfl; Sore is in May or June, when 

 the Leaves arc decayed, at which 

 Time they may be kept out of the 

 Earth two or three iSlonths with- 

 out Damage j tho' the fooner they 

 are tranfpianted, the flronger the 

 Roots will be, and more likely to 

 flower. The Soil in which they 

 mufl be planted fhould be one halt 

 frefh Earth from a Pafture, and a 

 fourth-part rotten Dung, and the 

 other part Sea-Sand ; thefe fliould 

 be well mix'd, two or three Months 

 before us'd, that their Parts may 

 be better incorporated. Then you 

 ihould put a few Stones in the Bot- 

 tom of each Pot, that the Water 

 may be the eafier drained off i and 

 afterwards put the Earth into the 

 Pots, planting the Bulbs therein, 

 only fo deep as that their upper 

 Parts may be jufl cover'd : Then 

 place the Pors in a (hady Situation, 

 giving them now and then a little 

 Water in very dry V/eather : But 

 you mufl: obferve, never to let them 

 have too much Moifture, eipecially 

 at the Time v/hcn they are dellitute 

 of Leaves. In this Situation they 

 may continue until the Beginning 

 of Augujiy when they mull be rc- 

 mov'd to a warmer Place i for 

 about that Seafon they will begin 

 to pufh out new Roots ; but they 

 may remain abroad until the Middle 

 or Litter-end of September, at which 

 Time they fliouid be remov'd into 

 a moderate Stove, where they muft 

 I>e csrcfijlly preferv'd, obferving fre? 

 ^uently to refrefli theni with Water j 



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for now their Leaves will appear, 

 and in a fhort Time will grow to a 

 large Size, if the Roots are ftrong : 

 But you muft not give them too 

 much Water at once, which v/iU 

 endang;er their rotting. The Stove 

 in which thefe Plants are plac'd, 

 fliould be kept to near the tempe- 

 rate Heat as is mark'd on Mr. Fow- 

 ler's Thermometers, in which they 

 will thrive very well, and, if the 

 Bulbs are ilrong, will produce their 

 beautiful Flowers in Winter, which 

 renders them very valuable, it being 

 a Time when few other Flowers 

 appear. Thele Roots fhould not be 

 tranfpianted oftener than every other 

 Year j but the Earth in the Upper- 

 part of the Pots fliould be taken 

 out twice a Year, and fome ireih 

 Earth put in, which will greatly 

 ftrengthen the Roots. 



This firft Sort very rarely pro- 

 duces its Flowers with us, which 

 from the fmall Number of Bulbs 

 now in England may be accounted 

 for, by fuppohng it to agree with 

 the Lilionarcifus and fome other 

 Bulbous rooted Flowers, which fel- 

 dom flower ofccner than every 

 fourth Year. 



The fecond Sort generally flow- 

 ers every other Year, fo that froin 

 a few Roots there will be annually 

 ■ foms Flowers ■■, thefe appear in July, 

 and continue Part of Attguft, and 

 are of a beautiful Orange-colour. 

 This Sort may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which do ripen very well 

 in England: Thefe Seeds fhould be 

 fown m a Pot of light, fandy Earth, 

 foon after they are ripe, and the 

 Pots placed in a fliady Pofition till 

 the Middle o'l September, when they 

 fliould be removed more in Viev\> 

 of the Sun, obferving to refrefli the 

 Earth with Water, now and thea 

 when the Seafon is dry, as alfb 

 keep it clear from Weeds. Toward 



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