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Of thr cij^hth fpecics there is a variety with larger 

 di'pper-colourcd flowers. 



Method of Culture.— AW tliefe forts are capable of being 

 incrcaled by planting the off-fcts of the roots, and by fowing 

 feeds to obtain new varieties. 



And the roots of all the forts afford plenty of o(f-fets 

 annually, which, when greatly wanted, may be taken off 

 every year in the autumnal feafon ; but once in two or three 

 years is belter, according as they are wanted ; the proper 

 time for which is in fummer and auttinm, when the winter 

 is pad and the llalks decayed, either feparating the off-fets 

 from the mother-bulbs ni the ground, or taking the whole 

 up, and feparating all the otf-fcts, fniall and great, from 

 the main bulbs ; the fmall off-fets being then planted in beds 

 a foot aHnukT, and three inches deep, to remain a year or 

 two, and the large bulbs fet again in the borders, &c. 

 fmgly. 'I'he off-fets in the nurfery-beds may alfo, after 

 )iaving obtained fizx and ftrength for Howering in perfetlion, 

 be planted out where they are wanted for ornament. 



But the fowing of feed is chiefly pra<Sifcil for the mar- 

 tagons, to obtain new varieties, which fiiould be done in 

 autumn, foon after the feed is ripe, in pots or boxes of rich 

 light fandy earth, with holes in the bottoms half an inch 

 deep ; placing the pots in a funny flieltered fituation all 

 winter, refrefhing them often at firll with water, and the 

 plants will appear in the fpring^ when about April, remove 

 •them to have only the morning fun all the fummer, giving 

 moderate waterings ; in Augutt, the bulbs fliould be tranl- 

 planted into nurfery-beds in flat drills, an inch deep, and 

 three or four afunder ; when, as the bulbs will be very fmall, 

 ■fcattcr the earth and bulbs together into the drills, covering 

 them with earth to the above depth : and after liaving grown 

 in this fituation till the Augull or September following, they 

 fhould be tranfplanted into another bed, placing them eight 

 or nine inches each way afunder, to remain to fhew their 

 firfl flowers ; after w'tiich they may be finally planted out 

 into the pleafure-groimd. 



And new varieties of the other forts may be raifed in tlie 

 fame way. Likcwife, the bulb-bearing varieties may be in- 

 creafed by the little bulbs put forth from the axils of the 

 leaves, without taking up the old bulbs, where it is ne- 

 ceffary. 



And the fame method of planting and general culture 

 anfwers for all the different forts and varieties. 



It may be noticed, that the moll proper time for planting 

 and transplanting them is in autumn, as has been feen, when 

 their flowers and ftalks decay, which is generally about 

 September; the roots being then at rell for a iliort fpace of 

 time, as well as for procuring roots to plant o'lt. The 

 tulbs taken up at the above feafon may be kept out of 

 ground, if neceffary, till Odlober or November : the white 

 lilies, however, do not fucceed, if kept long out of the 

 «arth ; and all the olliers fucceed bed, when planted again 

 as foon as poflible. The bulbs of all the forts are fold at the 

 nurferies. 



They fhould be planted lingly, as they foon increafe by 

 off-fets into large bunches, dilpofmg them in a femblage in 

 different parts of the borders, and towards the fronts of the 

 principal fhriibbery clumps; placing them three or four 

 inches deep, and at good dillances from one another, inter- 

 mixing the different forts, placing fome forward, and others 

 more backward, to effeft the greater (how and variety. 

 And fome may Ukewife be planted in feparate beds by them- 

 felves, twelve or fifteen inches afunder, either of different 

 forts together, or each in diffinft beds, or in feparate 

 rows, &c. 



Whea they have been thus planted out, 'few of the forts 



require any particular culture, as they are capable of en- 

 during all weather at every feafon. It is, however, necef- 

 fary to dellioy all weeds ; and, as fome of them run up with 

 pretty tall (lender llalks, to fnpport them witli (licks, to 

 prcfcrve effectually their upright pofition, by which their 

 flowers will appear to the bell advantage. 



But fome of the more tender forts, as the fecond, fourth, 

 cigiith, and tenth Ipecies, fliouid be protected in fevcic 

 winters, by ajiplying tanner's bark, or fome other fimilar 

 fubflance over their roots. And they fliould all, as already 

 ilated, remain undillurbcd two or three years, or h>nger ; 

 as by remaining, they flower ftronger after the firfl year ; 

 and liaving increaled by off-fets into large bunches, many 

 flalks will rife from each bunch of roots, fo as to exhibit a 

 large duller of flowers : it is, however, proper to take up 

 the bulbs entirely every three or four years at leall, at the 

 decay of the llalk, to feparate the increafed ofl-kts, both 

 for propagation and to dilburthen the main roots, and 

 give theni room to take their proper growth in. As foon 

 as they are taken r.p in the autumn, ail the lorts fliould, as 

 already obferved, be replanted as foon as pofTible, efpecially 

 the while lily forts, as they foon begin to emit roots. 



All the forts and varieties are valuable, as plants of or- 

 nament, for the beauty of their flowers, which have a nobl? 

 appearance : they are of courfe proj)er ornaments for the 

 plcafure-grouud ; and when the different forts are properly 

 intermixed, they effect a moll elegant variety, fucceedinj^ 

 each other in blow upwards of three months. When wanted 

 particularly for fhady or clofe places, the common white 

 lily, orange lily, and common martagons, are the mofl 

 proper, as they thrive under trees. The orange lily alfo 

 anfwcrs well in fmall gardens, in the midft of buildings in 

 towns and cities. Befidcs planting the different forts for 

 tlie beauty of their flowers, many of the flriped-leavcd whiter 

 lily forts fhould be placed towards the fronts of the moil 

 confpicuous parts, for the beauty of their leaves in autumn, 

 ■winter, and fpring, which, if dilpofed alternately with the 

 common white lily, whole leaves are entirely green, a mofl 

 flriking variety will be produced. But the tall-growing 

 forts arc only proper for large borders and clumps, in mix- 

 ture with other large kinds of the herbaceous plants. 



LiLlUM lapiihum, a name given by the writers, in Natural 

 H'ljhjry, to a foffile body found in fome parts of Germany ; 

 which plainly Ihews, tliat it was once a fpecies ot llar-filh ; 

 though the animal be not, at this time, known in its recent 

 flate. Klein, who has well coniidcred this body, in com- 

 pliance to the vulgarly received names of things, calls this 

 the cnlrochus rnntofus, ar branched entrochus i and the refem- 

 blance fome of its parts have to the common entrochi, fhews 

 plainly, that their origin has been the fame, and that tliey 

 are fragments either of this fpecics or of the Magellanic 

 ftar-fifh. The recent filh not being found from which the 

 lilium lapideum is formed is no peculiar fate, but is com- 

 mon to It, .and to the cornua Ammonis, and many other ani- 

 mal remains. 



LILLE, or Lisi.E, in Geography;, a city of France, and 

 principal place of a dillrict, in the department of the Nonlu 

 Before the revolution, it was the capital of French Flan- 

 ders. It is fltuated in a marfliy but rich foil, furrounded 

 with walls, and llrongly fortified by marflial Vauban. The 

 river Doule croffes it. It is faid to contain i^oftreets, 30 

 public places, 8000 houfes, and, by the moll recent Itate- 

 ment, 54,756 inhabitants, on a territory of 77- kiliometres, 

 in 14 communes. Before the revolution it had feveral re- 

 ligions houfes. It was divided into leven parifhes, and had 

 feven gates, fome of which were admired for the ffyle of their 

 arcliitecture. Its manufactures are llwfe of cloth, camlets, 



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