FRY 
Pyrenean Fritillary. Linn. § Sp. Pl. 
ee I 304, excluding ca — of a Clif. (w ny 
moreover [hou rie ay . Prod. Fl. Gre 
ibth. v. 1.228. Curt. t. 664. iar Lieaves fcatters od, 
the lower ones bron and blunteft. 
recurved at the fummit. 
the Pyrenean — “lofi 
Leaves five to feven, glaucous, 
zr glaucous. Petals tawny-purple, 
yellow cael as well as at the extremity, which is 
dilated and recurved. The three outer ones are gibbous at 
the baie. 
F. racemofia. 
_ FL pyrenaica. 
Chatter. i ed Fr cela Curt. Nay 
ica; Lin ed. 2 
It is 
in gardens about London, and greatly refembles he fol- 
lowing, except in having more numerous and {maller 
lowers. 
i ane ceteris 
Cunt. ne fafc. 
Dan. t. 972. Jacq. Ai een t.32.— Leaves linear, pointed, 
keeled, Stem fingle flowered. Petals flightly incurved. Nec- 
tary linear.——Native of various parts ef Europe, flowering in 
a Stem a foot high, always fimple, bearing one large 
us flower, eel chequiered with purple, or with 
Sone whites. e petals are gibbous at the bafe, 
ars tips al infl 
atifols 
ria Fritillary. Linn. Sp. Pl. 436. 
oe ick pees t. t. 622. FL 
Brondleaved aut Curt. Mag 
cae oe al, . 51.— Leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, obras ; he er ones eee an fingle- 
wered. Petals flighty incurved. NeCtary oblong — 
Native of Mount Caucafus. The broad an numerous 
at the top of the ftem, diftinguifh this from the laft. The 
flower alfo is rather larger, “and ae regularly chequered. 
os leaves are bee Lo ous. It is not rare in garde 
RITILLA n Ga rdening, panes ends plants of the 
bile! pees flowery kind ; of which the {pecies 
moftly cultivated are the common fritillary, or chequered 
ily (F. meleagris); the tae fritillary (F. pyrenaica) ; 
the imperial’ fritillary, or crown imperial (F. eeneua) 
the Perfian fritillary, or Perfian lily, (F. Perfica 
Of the firft of which there are numerous ates as the 
ite 
eee ea ae great 1 
Etalian e {m all Portugal allow: the black, and the 
Spanifh 
And a the third there are varieties with yellow flowers ; 
with large flowers; and with double flowers; but that 
which has two or ie whorls of flowers above each other 
ich has a 
ranches out at the top into 
peduncles, ed fuftaiaing one dark-coloured 
r, which is termed the dwarf Perfian lily. 
Thefe plants are all of them highly delerving of places in 
the flower- 
Method of Culture——The common mode of propagation 
in all thefe, plants is by off-fets from the fides of their roots, 
feparated every fecond or third al ; the proper time for 
which is when then’ ee ftalks decay, taking the whole 
roots up entirely, and feparating them into diftin@ roots, - 
then planting the {maller off-fets by themfelves in nurfery- 
beds, to remain a year ay two, to acquire a flowering ftate; 
PRI 
and the larger roots, where they are to remain for flowering 
in 4 oe tk feafon 
e likewife ¢ apable of being propagated by feed 
but this i is : prin lly practifed for oh ee Ae che 
proceis is tedious ; the fritillary and Perfian lily being ri 
years, and the crown imperial fometimes fix or feven, befor 
they flower in perfection. The feeds may be fown in the 
eginning of autumn in large wide pots, or in boxes of 
fimilar width, fille 2d with light, mellow earth, each fort 
eparate, covering them evenly with fine earth 
deep, ; eae the 
cin mer, Or 
a 
cae eet in oe nee ‘be fide up, an the eck 
planted immediately in nur fery-bedy in fhallow drills, four 
inches afunder, to remain till they flower in that fituation. 
hey are all hardy, and highly ornamental plants -for the 
borders, nate and other parts; the fourth fort being fet 
ackwards, the third in the middle, and the others ere 
in order rane a may make the finelt appearance poffible 
FR , Gasparo, in Btography, a very agreeable. per- 
former on the vio iolin, and compofer for that inftrument. 
He had ftudied under the celebrated oo Somis; and 
in the year 1770, he had been refiden 
He was well known to all Englith 
ane or: Smee Italy, through Geneva, = 
eard’ him esau one of his 
ae “bint ae asa ae 
exprefiion were admir oe 
Ry i in Geograp! hy, a town 
principality of Lower Hefle ; fituated the Ee con 
ae two colleges and a convent ; 3 13 5 miles S. 5. W. “of 
Caffel’ N. lat. 50° 8’. E, long. 
, a province of Italy, . njed on the N. by 
oe rinthia, on Bar Z. by the es of Goritz, and the gulf 
riefte ; re S. by the gulf of Venice, and on the Wr. 
ty a Treva, the F Feltrin, a the rien, 3 about 52 
miles from north to fouth, and 45 ‘from eaft to weit. 
This oe: was ee en’ from the ne ards by Charle. 
magne, and ‘has belonged to the V ans from the year 
1420. It is partly flat’ and partly mountainous ; tlie hilly 
part toward Germany is the: moft fterile and uninhabi 
and forms part of the Alps which feparate Italy from 
ermany ; and on the other fide this country,is interfedted 
another ridge of mountains. 
ich is deemed foir e the 
taly. “The prince al rivers are, the Tagliamento, 
ihe ae Cellina, ‘Stella ai and Natifone. h 
inhabitants, 
