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colour, without any fpecks or marks ; thefe yellow Martagons for 
variety may be admitted, and were they as pleafing to the fcent, as 
they are to the fight, would beof more efteem than now they are ; 
there is oneother variety of this yellow Martagon , which differeth 
only in the time of the flowering, which isnot untill $w/y, and in 
that the flowers are of a fairer and deeper yellow colour, 3 
All thefe zilies, and moft of the Martagons, flower in Funes 
that of Pomponyis the earlieft, which flowereth towards the end at 
May thofe of Conftantinople are later , as about the end of Fuze or 
beginning ot Fuly, and that of Virginia the laft of them all, whofe 
time of flowering is in Anguf. = 
‘They are all increafed by the roots too faft, being ftrong and har- 
dy Plants, except that of Camada and that of Virginia, both which 
are very tender and unapt to thrive or live at all in our Country ; the 
roots of all the other hold their Fibres, and therefore donot affect 
to be often removed, which when there is occafion to do, the beft 
time is as foon as the ftalksare fully dry; for then they will have 
Yewelt Fibres ; thefe fcaly roots mutt be fet reafonable deep, tour or 
five inches over the head ifi the earth, which every other year fhould 
be opened down to the bottoms of them, not hurting or ftirring any 
of the Fibres, and all the off-fets and young roots taken away, the 
mother root only left, unto which fome richer earth may be then 
conveniently put before it be covered, by this means the flowers 
of the old root will be fairer, and many more on one ftalk, the 
. 
ground nut peftered, and new Plants gained, 
_ As for thefe tender Martagons of Canada and Virginia, they will 
not endure toftand abroad, but muft be planted in the richelt and 
hoteft earth can be gotten, in Boxes or large Pots , and fet in fome 
Seller in the Winter where they may not Freez, : 
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CHAP. VII, 
Fritillaria. 
BROR He Fritillary, and the varieties thereof are next to be 
> defcribed, the which may be divided into two diftinet 
kinds the firftthofe with {mall roots, fharp-poin- 
ted green leaves and large flowers ; and the other 
: with bigger roots, round pointed whiter green leaves, 
and different fafhioned {taller flowers ; of each kinde there are fe- 
veral forts and diverfities ; we will begin with the firft, and firft of 
that beft known, : 
Fraxinella 
