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fo well again, at leaft not in two 

 Years after, fo that the bed Me- 

 thod to obtain good Seed, is to 

 plant new Roots every Year for 

 that Purpofc. 



The common 'EngUjJ} and Starry 

 Hyacinths are very hardy Plants, as 

 are fome of the fingle blue and white 

 Oriental Sorts, and do increafevery 

 faft by Off-fets from the old Roots, 

 fo that it is hardly worth while to 

 propagate them by Seeds j efpecially 

 lince it can fcarcely be expected to 

 receive any great Varieties from 

 them : Thefe Flowers, though 

 common, are very pretty Orna- 

 ments in the Borders of the Flower- 

 Garden, where being intermix'd 

 with other bulbous-rooted Flowers, 

 they add to the Variety, and con- 

 tinue the SuccefTion of Flowers a 

 long Time in the Spring ; and as 

 they are very hardy, and only re- 

 ouirc to be tranfplanted every other 

 Year, fb they are worthy ot a Place 

 in every good Garden. 



The Hyacinth of Fern is one of 

 the hteft Flowers of all this Tribe, 

 feldom appearing before the Mid- 

 dle, and fometimes not until the 

 latter End of May : This, as I be- 

 fore obferv'd, f.iould have a Situa- 

 tion expofi^d to the Morning Sun, 

 and a light, rich Soil i but as this 

 feldom. lofes its Leaves or Fibres 

 intirely, fo it cannot be kept long 

 out of the Ground 5 the beft Seafbn 

 for tranfplanting their Roots, is in 

 Aumfl or Septzmber, at which 

 Tnne the Oft-lers fhonld be taken 

 from them, and the ftrong Roots 

 planted again for flowering j but 

 the fmall Roots fhould be plac'd in 

 a Nu. fcry-bed, until they have 

 acqiiir'd Strength to flower. The 

 Dillance and Depth of planting 

 thefe, being much the fame with 

 what I have already raentiou'd fbr 



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the other Hyacinths, I iliall forbear 

 repeating it. 



I fliall add in this Place, another 

 Hyacinth, which is now prefervcd 

 in curious Colledlions of Exotick 

 Plants } it was originally brought 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 being a Native ot a v/arm Climate, 

 will not endure the Cold of our 

 Winters in the open Air ; but for 

 the Beauty of its Flowers, well 

 defervcs a Place in a Green- houfe. 

 It is called, 



Hyacinthus,- Africanusy tubero- 

 [us, fiore C£.rule0y umbellato. Breyn. 

 prod. The African Hyacinth, with 

 a tuberole Root and blue Flowers, 

 growing in Umbels. 



The Roots of this Plant fliould 

 be put in Pots, filled with the fame 

 Earth as was direded, for the other 

 Hyacinths; thefe Pots, during the 

 Summer-fcafon, may be expoled to 

 the open Air with other Green- 

 . houfe Plants, and in V/inter mud 

 be houfed with them ; the Time 

 tor tranfplanting the Roots, is to- 

 ward the Ena of March, before 

 the green Leaves are produc'd too 

 far, alter which it is not fo fafe to 

 remove them : During the Time 

 that their green Leaves are in Vi- 

 gour, they muft be frequently wa- 

 tered, but when their Leaves begin 

 to decay, it muft be given them 

 very fpariiigly ; for much Wet at 

 that time will rot their Roots: 

 They fnould alfb have as much free 

 open Air, when the Weather is 

 mild, as they can pofllbly receive j 

 for which Purpofe they fliould be 

 plac'd near the Windows of the 

 Green-houfe, tor they require only 

 to be Ihclter'd from Froll and ex- 

 treme cold Air, being in other 

 re{peds very hardy.. 



This Plant is propagated byOfif- 

 fcts taken trom the old Roots, at 



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