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ference only, 'viz. that thefe may 

 be left clofer together than com- 

 mon Turnips, tor neither their 

 Leaves nor Roots do grow near 

 fo large: The Plants being thus 

 clear'd from Weeds, and cut up 

 where they are too thick, will re- 

 quire no farther Care until they are 

 fit for Uic, which Of the Seafon 

 proves favourable) will be in about 

 two Months after they are fown, 

 when they muft be drawn up, 

 and treated as common Turnips. 

 The wild Sort is pretty common 

 upon dry Banks in moil Parts of 

 EnglanJ, where it flowers early in 

 the Spring, but is never cultivated 

 in Gardens i but in the Ifle of Ely 

 it is very much cultivated, it be- 

 ing the Cole Seed from which they 

 draw an Oyl : 'I he Seeds of this 

 Kind are us'd in Medicine, and by 

 mod preferr'd to thofe of the Gar- 

 den Sort. 



NARCISSO-LEUCOJUM i The 

 Snow-drop i vulgo. 



The Ckamciers are ; 



The Flo-icer is for the mofi part 

 compos d of fx Le^.z'es in form of a, 

 Lily, "ivkich are formtimes equaly 

 and fomBtimes unequc.l a.7id pendu- 

 ious : The Empalermnt becomes /i 

 roundif} Emit, which is divided into 

 three Cells, and full of roundifJj 

 Seeds : To rohich may be added. It 

 hath a iulhus Root. 

 The Species are ; 



T. NARCisso-LEUCOjurvri trifoli- 

 nm, minus. Totirn. LelTer Bulbous- 

 \-iolet or Snow-drop. 



i. Narcisso-Leucojum; vulga- 

 re. Tourn. Common Bulbous- vio- 

 let or Snow-drop. 



3. Narcisso-Leucojum; trifoli- 

 nm, minus., fore pleno. Bo^rh. Jnd. 

 The Double Snov/-drop. 



4,. Narcisso-Leucojum i trifol:- 

 um, mayds. Tourn, Greater Snow- 

 drop or" Bulbous- violet. 



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5*. Narcisso-Leucojum; cdti^- 

 mum, flore parvo albo, apicibus vi' 

 ridibus. Boerh. Ind, The talieft 

 Snow-drop, with fmall white Flow- 

 ers tipp'd with Green. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in moft Englifh Gardens, 

 where it is preferv'd tor its early 

 flowering, which is generally in 

 January, when they often appear, 

 though the Ground at that time 

 be cover 'd with Snow, and is one 

 ot the firfi: Ulherers in of the 

 Spring. 



This Plant is very eafily propa- 

 gated from Off-lets, which the 

 Roots fend forth in great Plenty 

 (efpecially if they are permitted to 

 remain undiflurb'd for two or 

 three Years) in v/hich time, from 

 a fingle Bulb, there will often be 

 ten or twelve flowering Roots, 

 and as many more fmall OfF-fets. 



The beft Seafon for tranfplant- 

 ing the Roots is in May, after their 

 Leaves are decay 'd, when they 

 mufl: be taken up j and after being 

 dry'd in a fhady Place, they may 

 be kept out of the Ground until 

 September before they need be plant- 

 ed again i when they fhould be 

 planted about two Inches deep, 

 and pretty clofe together, other- 

 wife their Flowers being fmall, 

 will make but a poor Appearance. 



They will thrive in almoft any 

 Soil or Situation, but are common- 

 ly planted near Hedges, and by the 

 Sides of large Walks , where being 

 permitted to remain two or three 

 Years unremov'd, till they have in- 

 creas'd, and become large Bunches, 

 they make a very good Appear- 

 ance before any other Flowers 

 come up. 



The Double Sort is preferr'd t(y 

 the Single, for the Largenefs and 

 Fairnefs of its double Flowers, 

 This may be propagated as thq 



