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as, if they had perform'd it in this 

 Method, they might have fucceed- 

 ed, as I have feveral Times experi- 

 enc'd. 



INTYBUS; vide Endivia. 



JONQUIL; 1/i^e Narciflus. 



IRIS; Flower de Luce. 

 The Chambers are i 



It hath an oblong, Jlefloy, creeping 

 Root : The Flower conjifts of Jix 

 Leaves, three of vphich are bifid, 

 and fiand erect J the other three are 

 rejlexed: Upon the under-part of the 

 arched Leaves is placed a Congeries 

 of Hairs refembling a Beard. From 

 the very Bottom arifes the Male 

 Stamina, carefully defended by a hol~ 

 loro Cafe of Petals. The Flower 

 grows to the Apex of the Ovary, 

 which fends forth thofe Beards and 

 Cafe-like Tubes ; and hence it ap- 

 pears like 'a nine-leav'd Flower. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . Iris ; purpurea, five vulgaris, 

 Park. Par. Common purple Flow- 

 er -de-Luce. 



2. Iris i hortenfis,pall'ule c^rulea. C. 

 B. Pale- blue Garden Flower-de-Luce. 



5. Iris; hortenfis, alba, Germa- 

 nica, C. B. White Garden Ger- 

 man Flower-de-luce. 



4. Iris ; alba, Florentina, C. B. 

 White Florentine Flower-de-Luce. 



f» Iris; Dalmatica, major. C. 

 B. Greater Flower-de-Luce of Dal- . 

 ?natia. 



6. Iris ; Sufiana, flore ynaximo, 

 ex albo nigricante. C. JB. The Chal- 

 cedonian Iris, with a large black 

 and white Flower. 



7. Iris; latifolia, Vannonica, co^ 

 lore multiplici. C. B, Broad-leav'd 

 Hungarian Flower-de-Luce, with a 

 many-colour'd Flower. 



8. Iris ; Illyrica, fiore majore, 

 Tourn. Flower-de-Luce oi Illyricum, 

 with a large Flower. 



9. T.as; fativa, lutea, C. B. P. 

 YtL!:w Garden Flower-de-Luce. 



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10. Iris; lutea, variegata. Cluf 

 Yellow variegated Flower-de-Luce. 



11. Iris; latifolia^ Candida, pur- 

 fureis venis difiincla, C. B. Broad- 

 leav'd Flower-de-Luce, with a white 

 Flower ftrip'd with purple. 



12. Iris; humilis, minor, fiore 

 purpurea. Tourn. Dwarf purple 

 Flower-de-Luce. 



15. Iris; anguftifolia, maritima, 

 major. C. B. Greater narrow-leav'd 

 Sea Flower-de-Luce. 



14. Iris ; anguftifolia, maritimay 

 minor. C. B. LefTer narrow-leav'd 

 Sea Flower-de-Luce. 



I f . Iris ; anguftifolia, minor, Van- 

 nonica, five verficolor. Cluf Small 

 variable narrow-leav'd Flower-de- 

 Luce of Hungary. 



16. Iris J humilis, minor, angu- 

 fiifolia, flore variegato. Dwarf nar- 

 row-leav'd Flower-de-Luce, with a 

 variegated Flower. 



17. Iris i /ylvefiris, quam Xyrim 

 vocant. Plin. Raii Syn. Stinking 

 Gladdon or Gladwyn. 



There are fevcral other Varieties 

 of thefc Flowers, which are pre- 

 fer v'd in feme curious Gardens a» 

 broad ; but thefe here mention'd, 

 are what I have obferv'd in the 

 E-nglSfij Gardens : Tho' formerly we 

 v/ere pollefs'd of a greater Number 

 oj- them, than are at.prefent to be 

 found, according to the Account 

 which Parkinfon and fome other 

 old Authors have given of them, 

 who reckon up above thirty diffe- 

 rent Varieties which were then m 

 the Fnglifi) Gardens. But thefe 

 have fuffer'd the fame Fate as ma- 

 ny other valuable Flowers, v/hich 

 have been thrown out, to make 

 room for new Varieties, of which 

 many People are now tired, and 

 would be glad to retrieve their old 

 Sorts again, if they were to be 

 found. 



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