TES 
Sa cgi eer eet 
Sept. 
| Sytem j is eafily feen : 
of the firft Se¢tion of the fixth Clafs, of the. 
fide and outfide equally ; for the brown Tinge 
on the outer Surface ripens into this’ red, by the — 
‘This - 
Time of their feparating and expanding. 
being underftood to be the Flower, the internal 
Part was fuppofed to be filled with Filaments 
and their Buttons, and the other Organs of Fruc-- 
tification : but the true Structure of the Flower is 
this. in = abhi 
Thefé fix Leaves which are the Cup fxttound 
and defend the proper Flowers : and when they 
open they fhew thefe, which are numerous, and 
difpofed in a Kind of Umbell. 
Thefe {mall ones are the proper Flowers, and | 
they are about thirty in Number on one Stalk. _ 
Each is formed of a fingle Petal, divided into 
fix Parts at the Edge. 
narrow ; and the tubular Portion at the Bafe 1s” 
angulated and fhort. | 
TA the Centre of each of thefe Flowets rife the 
Filaments, and in the Midft of them the Style. : 
This fhews thefe feparate Parts are properly, : 
Earth, taken from hui the Turf in a good 
' Pafture, half’a Buthel of Sand, and a’Peck and’ 
the Flowers, and the large purple Body but the 
Cup; for ’tis in the Centre’ of the Flower thefe 
always.grow. : 
The Filaments are fix in each : ‘they: are in- 
ited in the tubular Part of the Flower, and 
they have oblong incumbent Buttons. 
Buttons are of a Gold Yellow ; and. the Body of 
\ thefe fmaller Flowers is fcarlet. 
The Place this Plant has. in the Linn AN 
it is, as the former one, 
Hexandria Monogynia; Plants in whofe Flower 
there are fix feparate Filaments and a fingle Style. 
The Leaves are in the Courfe of Nature now 
to be defcribed ; for they appear not with the 
firft Shoot of the Stalk, but about the Time of 
the Flowers opening. Thefe are in Number 
only two; they rife at one Side of the Stalk, 
and they are large and of a beautiful greeen. 
They are broad, oblong, and rounded at the 
Ends ; 
the Surface. 
It is a Native of Whe, and requires with us 
-fome Care and Management : 
but its Singularity 
and extream Beauty very well deferve it. ~~ 
~ The Roots are to be obtained from the Cape of 
Good Hope, and they will eafily be brought in 
Perfection. They will alfo freely live with us and 
fhoot their Leaves, but without a juft Care they 
will not flower. The Time of their flowering 
is the very End of September : but this will ap- 
pear lefs ftrange to thofe who confider that it an- 
{wers to April at the Cape, the natural Time of 
fuch Plants flowering. , 
as flowering in the Barbarini Garden, and Cotum- 
nwa in that of Prince Casius, fhould mock their 
they brought it to flower in Holland, and after 
that the Culture became more underftood here. 
OF ¢ GIASR DIF NVIN'G. 
_ or three Pots. 
| Compoftas will fill-each’ Pot two thirds. ‘Shake i if 
_ down, and upon this place in each Pot one Root. 
| Lay in more’ of the Earth carefully round, and 
cover it’ about ‘a — of an Inch above the 
Yop. | | 
“Watering, 
Place: ~ 
and fpread themfelves oppofite ee | 
ae 
m= SF 
os! 
However, till there are many who have been Sept 
Tan ; ee 
poilefied of good Roots ieveral Years, which 
never have. flowered :=We {hall therefore lay 
down the true Management of them, and will. 
venture to affure the Poffeffor, that under this 
Care they will rarely rail. 
‘The Gblanite of the udeus : os 
The firft Care is to make a 4 Proper Compott, 
or artificial Soil. 
The general Practice sect thefe Roots in too" 
-Yich an Earth, and'this prevents their flowering. 
‘The Author of the Gardeners DiGtionary ‘or! 
ders Dung in the Soil-wherein they‘are ae ie 
_but Experience fhews that to be prejudicial. °°" 
Thefe are long and’ | 
the Errors in that’ Book ‘occafioned our under-' 
_ taking this’: 
» confirmed himfelf by repeated Bigoats that all 
Improvements feem to him Miftakes.’ 
Juftice to the Publick compels us to declate, 
} 
-Etrors; in. which its “Author has: fo’ 
Let there be fixed together a«Bufhel of dry’ 
a half of Earth from an old Wood-Pile. Add 
to thefe half a Peck of clean fifted'Coal ‘Afhés*’ 
Stir and mix all thefe well together, and ler ~ 
~~ | them lie a Month before'they are ufed. 
The Style is a plain Thread of the fame } 
Length. The Filaments ‘are white, and. their 
- Then about the Middle of tune prepare two 
Carefully lay in as much of the 
When the Roots are planted, ‘give a gentle 
and fet ‘the Pots in a fhady fheltered 
Once in a Fortnight give them a little Water ; 
| and thus let them ftand two Months. 
Then remove them into a warmer Place, but 
ftill in the open Air; and give them a little 
Water once in ten Days. 
Let them ftand thus till the Middle 7 Sep- 
tember, and then bring them into the Stove. 
Give them a gentle Watering when firft put in, 
anf repeat it afterwards every Day. : 
This frequent Watering, and the new Heat 
| will maké them fhoot at once ; and the ‘fecond 
Year they will flower very {trong. | 
The Earth fhould be taken off from about the 
upper Part of the Root, and frefh of the fame 
Kind put in two or three Times a Year; and 
Care muft be taken, neither to give. them too 
-much Water, nor to let them want it. 
This Way they may be certainly and faccefs- 
fully brought to flower, whether the Roots have 
| been obtained from Friends here, or from the 
It feemed fomeTime a Difgrace to our Garde- | 
ners, that a Plant, which Ferrartius defcribed | 
Cape, their natural Place of Growth, 
The beautiful Flower called the Guinea Orchis, 
: or Satyrium e Guinea, 18 of this Genus, and ex- 
3 | plains the Structure of the Flower moft plainly ; 
- Care and Affiduity ; but about fixty Years ago | for in that the Leaves of the Cup are green, and 
| the feparate Flowers more elevated and difting. 
This wi M be defcribed and figured hereafter. 
a AZORIAN 
