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The re are = “an, af a moderate 
Breadth. They ftand.at Diftances upon the 
Stalk; and from a broad Bafe grow Jmaller to 
the Point, where they become setaanoky flender, 
and curl in the Manner of -Tendrils. They ferve 
that Purpofe, alfo, laying hold of any Thing | 
by which they can fupport the Stalks. 
. The Flowers are.{cattered over the whole 
Plant: 
rife from the Bofoms of the Leaves on long 
{lender Foot-ftalks. Sa | 
While in the Bud they droop, and have a fin- 
gular and very beautiful Figure. They are of 
the Bignefs of a {mall Pullet’s Ege, and of its 
Shape; the large End growing to the Stalk, 
In this State their Colour is an elegant whitifh; 
green tip’d at the Point with a moft glowing ° 
Purple. . 
moft elegant purple, 
Singularity. 
| To know to. what ral teg in the eb Ae Sy- 
ftem this ftrange Plant belongs, the Flower is to _ 
be examined in its. internal Parts. 
It grows to the Stalk without a Cup, ae itis. 
compofed of fix of thefe long, narrow, undu- | dually fettle. Then place carefully in each one 
lated and pointed Petals. Thefeare turned up — 
from the Bafe ; and in their Centre rife fix con- 
fpicuous Filaments, terminated by their Buttons, © 
and furrounding a fingle Style. | | 
The Student will not be at a Lofs whither to 
refer this Plant: 
that none can 
its Parts are fo confpicuous, © 
ferve 
belongs. 
Syiftem ; 
Parts. 
Style is fingle, -it naturally falls into the firft 
Seétion of that Clafs. 
Let the young Botanift imprefs this in his 
Memory : whenever. he fees a Flower with fix | 
equal, feparate Filaments, and a fingle Style, let 
him remember it belongs to the Hewandria Ma- 
wogyma. 
Plants with bulbous Roots. 
bulbous Tribe, its Root i is not of that Form, 
“This fhews the Preference of the, LINN ZAN to. 
They ar- . 
e thefe Plants according to the round Form — 
the common Syftems in this Article. 
Fang 
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fome terminate the Branches, and others . 
better for explain- | 
ing the Characters of the Clafs to which it. 
This is the fixth of the LINN AN | 
| it is called Hexandria, a Term expref- . 
fing Plants in whofe Flower there are fix, male 
Thefe are the fix Threads ; 3 and as the » 
oy Te ae ; and they mutt therefore feparate 
this Plant from them: 
The new Method difpofes them secohites to 
their Filaments, and joins this with them. __ 
| Nature wantons here in her CharaGters; and 
Linn aus is happy, that her Irregularities are 
in his Favour. 
thod ; and too often give this Praife to others, 
The Culture of the Guoriosa. 
The Gioriofa is a Native of Ceylon ahd Mala- 
bar, and therefore needs good Care to bring it 
with us to due Perfection. 
Its Propagation muft be by parting the Roots: 
and Time muft be allowed them ; for they muft 
by Degrees be brought to Strength for flow- 
| | erin 
As they ‘burt open they sro more erect, the 
Stalk is firmer, and not the Body of the Flower © 
but its Filaments alfo turn upwards. | 
When fully OPAB it is of a yaft Size, and the | thrives beft where there is fome Richnefs alfo in 
“green of the Petals grows firft gradually yellow | 
to the moft perfect. gold Colours. and thence to a 
Thus the feveral Flowers | 
in their various States appear diftinét, and diver- | 
fif y the Object in an extreamly pleafing Manner, — 
_. The feveral Petals are of .a fingular Fi-— 
gure, long,. narrow, and undulated at the Edges. — 
The whole . Flower, when the Plant is well ma- | 
naged,’ is. often: three. Inches | and a half in 3 thefe Off-fets be planted thus: 
Length, and is ; fecond to fone in Elegance or 
To know the proper Soil, the Gardener fhould 
be informed in what Kind it naturally grows: 
*tis found in barren Defarts upon Sand; but it 
the Ground, and where it has Support and Shelter. 
In Autumn after it has flowered, the Leaves 
grow yellow, and the Stalks decay: this is the 
ane for getting off the Sets. 
Let the Mould be carefully opened ng the 
Plant, and let them be taken off carefully with- 
out damaging the main Root. Let this be co- 
vered carefully up, and left to Nature; and let 
mix together 
equal Parts of light, rich Garden-Mould and 
Sand; prepare as many Pots as there are Off- 
fets, and let them be large ones; for the Plants 
are never to bé removed out of them. 
Let the Pats be filled two thirds with this ar- 
tificial Soil, fhaking it down, that it may gra- 
of the Off - fets, and cover it regularly two 
Inches deep. . 
Shake the Pots gently again, and fet them, 
not in the Greenhoufe, but under an eaft Wall. 
Here the Soil will be impregnated with the Rains, 
-Dews and Sun; and if there fhould be a Defect 
of Showers, a little Water muft be given them 
ence in four er five Days. \ 
When they have fpood thus a F otatohey re- 
move them into the Stove, placing them where 
| they may:have as much Air as can be had in that 
Situation, Oo i oe : 
‘Here they muft be watered now and then; 
and the Top of the Ground mutt be penned for 
their fhooting. 
About, the Beginning of December the fire 
| Shoots will be feen above the Surface; and from 
this Time they may be watered fomewhat more 
| largely. 
The Tulip is.fuch another, and moft of the 
. The Gronad suid be Diered at the. Seale 
| from time to time; and when they are grown to 
“It is one of the Singularities of this pis | 
Plant, that with thefe plain Characters of the | into the Mould, and they muft be tied up to it. 
fome Height, a Stick muft be carefully thrutt 
After this let them have Warmth to promote * 
their Growth, and Air; asit can be conveniently 
admitted, to give.them Firmnefs and Strength.’ 
The Spring after the. planting of thefe Of- 
: ? a fets, 
Sometimes they perplex his Me; - 
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