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SfiCT. XIX. 3. 2. 



OF FLOWERS 



543 



1 



gth produce flowers, as defcribed in Sed- XVII. i. 2. and par- 

 ly if the anther-duft of one variety in refped to colour be Ihed 



the {l:i2;ma of another variety 



A 



method of producing a ch 



or 



variety of 



bulb- rooted fl 



may be by planting them every y 



hey 



fl 



on 



ry 



nutritious foil 



an abundant combi 



f 



flure and of heat, as thefe two elements (hould exift tog 



effed the moft luxuriant growth of vegetabl 



And aft 



ey 



have flowered, or on the year in which they are expeded to fl 



they (liould be 



fplanted 



fs 



foil 



th lefs h 



and moifture. Or probably this lefs quantity of nutriment, heat, and 

 moifture, mioht be ufed at the commencement of th 



th, or 



fowing their feed, with fimilar effed: of fooner break 



to 



variety of colours. 



The beauty of the double yellow tulip, and its greater longevity, 

 much recommend it to common' eyes ; but the. endlefs variety in the 

 colours of fingle tulips has long and defervedly been the admiration 

 of florifts. The curious event of their breaking intc 



from an uniform purpl 



year 



two aft 



th 



firft flowering 



and at the fame time of their lofing nearly one third of the height of 

 t'heir flems, feems to indicate, that this efFed refults not from the 

 debility of age, but from the acquifition of hereditary difeafes, as thefe 



h thev break, afterwards remain for 



ed generations, 

 in apple-trees, 



d 



may 



fpe£l be compared to the canker 



ed in Sea. XIV 



3 



This chanse of colour from darker to lighter in tuhps may proba 



bly be 



ated or increafed by keeping the roots long out of th 



o-round in dry or warm apartments, fo as to harden their fibres, and 



diminifl:» 



diameters of 



fee 



to 



(Tel 



d thereby h 



dering their abforption of 



molecules, fimilar to grey h 



produced on 



ma 



Id feem to obt 



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by 

 in 



age or external injury of the part 



Th 



ps 



as 



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they breali into colon rs^ 



they 



