BULBOUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 7^ 



oFthe different fowings, after the firft Tour, five, 

 fix, or feven years, come into flower accord- 

 ingly, fbme every year in fucceiTional order, 

 and thereby always have a rucceflion of new 

 flowers appearing ; and among the profefled 

 florifts, all the new flowers pofleflTed of eligi- 

 ble properties according to the etiquette of the 

 fcience, are formally named, generally that 

 of fome great perfonages, or lomecimes of the 

 perfon who raifed them, or places where firfl 

 raifed, and various fancy names; and with 

 which the flower catalogues abound to the 

 amountof many hundreds of varieties in the 

 fame fpecies, as for inilancein the oriental or 

 common garden hyacinth the varieties are 

 without end, the fame of the tulip, anemone, 

 ranunculus, &c. as new ones are annually 

 occurring. 



That when intended to faVe feed of the de- 

 iireable forts for fowing, permit fome flower- 

 llalks after the decay of the flower, to remain 

 till the feed is ripe in Summer and Autumn ; 

 then gather it in a dry day, rub it out, dried, 

 and put up clofe, to fow foon after, or next 

 Spring. 



The forts which are the mofl: commonly 

 raifed from feed in order to gain tiew varie- 

 ties, are principally hyacinths, tulipSj ranun- 

 culufes, and anemones, as thofe are remark- 

 ably prolific in new flowers ; feveral other 

 forts, which, though not fo fportive as the 

 above, alfo often produce many pretty varie- 

 ties from feed, as fritiliarias, crown impe- 

 rials, marcagons, polyanthos-narcifl'us, bulb- 

 041S irifes, colchicum, &c. 



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