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5. Hyacinthus, flelUris, Byx,an- 

 titiHs. Cltif Great flarry HyAcinth 5 

 vulgo. 



4. Hyacinth us, fiellaris, c^rule- 

 usi amoenuso C. B. P. Fine blue 

 ftarry Hyacinth. 



f. Hy ACWTHVS, Jiellatus, Ferua- 

 nus. H. Eyji. Blue ftarry Hyacinth 

 of Peru. 



6. Hyacinthus, Jlellatus, Veru- 

 anus, flore albo. White ftarry Hy- 

 acinth of ?eru. 



The firft of thcfe Species is a Na- 

 tive of England, growing in Woods, 

 and under Hedges, in divers Parts, 

 but efpecially near London. The 

 two next mention'd are Varieties 

 which have been accidentally ob- 

 tain'd from the firft, from which 

 they differ only in the Colour of 

 their Flowers. The twenty next 

 mention'd, are all of them Varie- 

 ties of the oriental Hyacinths, which 

 were originally brought from AJia ; 

 but by the Induftry of the Florifts 

 in Holland and Flanders, they have 

 been fo much improv'd, as to be- 

 come one of the moft ornamental 

 Flowers of the Spring: And as 

 they continue fbwing Seeds annu- 

 ally of thefe Flowers, fo they not 

 only increafe the Numbers of their 

 Flowers, but have yearly fome ex- 

 traordinary Beauties appear, which 

 are, according to their Stature, Beau- 

 ty and other Properties, highly e- 

 ilecm'd, and are iomctimes bought 

 at a very great Expencc, by the 

 curious Delighters in thefe' Beau- 

 ties. 



The firft and fecond Sorts of the 

 ftarry Hyaci?ithsy are found in fome 

 Parts of Germany : The firft is nlfb 

 a Native of England; the fecond 

 being only a Variety of the firft, 

 which probably was obtain'd from 

 Seeds : The third and fourth Sorts 

 were brought fi-om Conjlantinople \ 

 and the fifth and lixth Sorts, tho' 



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by their Names fuppos'd to be 

 brought from Veru, yet are they 

 found in many Places in the Le- 

 vant, and Monfieur Tournefort men- 

 tions them as Natives of Portu- 

 gal y but my ingenious Friend 

 Mr. Henry Hopkey, fent me fome 

 Seeds of them, which he gather'd 

 upon Gibraltar Hills, where he 

 found them growing in great Plen- 

 ty. The two firft mention'd do 

 flower in February, which caufes 

 them to be greatly eftcem'd. The 

 third and fourth Sorts produce 

 their Flowers in April -y but the 

 fifth and iixth do not flower until 

 the Middle of May, fo that they 

 keep a regular SuccelTion from 

 the Middle of February until the 

 End of May, and if their Roots 

 are permitted to remain three 

 Years undifturb'd, they will pro^ 

 duce many Stems of Flowers from 

 each Tuft, whereby they will make 

 a very beautiful Appearance, and 

 continue the Succefllon much bet- 

 ter than when they are tranfplant- 

 ed every Year, and their Flowers 

 will be much Wronger. 



All the different Sorts of Hya- 

 cinths, are propagated by Seeds or 

 Ofi-'-fets from the old Bulbs i the 

 former Method has been but little 

 pradlis'd in England, till very late- 

 ly, but in Holland and Flanders, it 

 hath been continually follow'd for 

 many Years, whereby they have 

 obtain'd a very great Variety of 

 the moft beautiful Flowers of this 

 kindi and it is owing to the In- 

 duftry of the Florifts in thofe Coun- 

 tries, that the Lovers and Deligh- 

 ters in Gardening are fo agreeably 

 entertain'd, not only with the cu- 

 rious Variety of this, but of moft 

 other bulbous- rooted Flowers, few 

 other Florifts thinking it worth 

 their Trouble to wait four or five 

 Years for the Flowers of a Plant 

 which 



