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Nov. to the Air in the Height. of Summer; remov’d |. they muft be hous’d, and kept well water’d, and. Nov. 
~— at Autumn into the Green-houfe ; and if need be, duly warm, 
~#Pil. X. 
Fig. 2. 
itfelf upon the Summit of the Stalk : 
in . Winter, into the Stove. 
All that is requir’d particularly, is, that ter 
be water’d often. 
By this Management, if the ee be care- 
ful to nip off the Flowers as they fade, there will 
The Wet will readily run off | be a Succeffion from September to April, and a 
thro’ this loofe Soil, if the Openings be not 
clog’d : and when the Buds appear for flowering, 
vaft Number on the cays at a Time. 
oe i 
2 CARIBBEAN SWEET PANCRATIUM. 
This is one of the fragrant Beauties of the 
warmer Climates, which will live freely in our 
Country with a ‘fuited Care, and will very 
amply repay the Attention that is beftow’d on it. 
The common Writers have call’d it a Narciffus ; 
for the true Diftin@tion of the Bulbous Plants is 
but of late Origin: the World owes it to the La- 
bours of Liwwalds. : 
ComMMELINE names it Narciffus Americanus flore 
mltiplici albo hexagono oaerato. 
Sir Hans Stoane, by a much better con- 
ftruéted Denomination, Narciffus totus albus lati- 
folius polyanthus major odoratus. | 
Linn vs, in his more accurate Diftinétions, 
refers it to the Pancratium Kind, and calls it, 
Pancratium Ipatha multiflora foliis lanceolatis : 
Many flower’d Pancratium, with fpear-pointed 
Leaves’ *” 
The Rede is a Bulb, of the Bigtieg of a 
Man’s Fift, and of a Pound or more in Weight: 
its outer Coat is of a reddifh brown; the inner 
ones are white; and from the Bafe run many thick . 
white Fibres. | 
The Leaves rife in a Clufter, and are two Foot 
long: they are confiderably broad, fharp-pointed, 
and of a lively green. They have many Ribs 
running length-wife, and thefe fwell out in the 
under Part. 
The Stalk .is flatted,” th oe upright, and of a, | 
pale green. It rifes in the Centre of the Leaves, 
and is two Foot or more in Height. 7 
At its Top appears, at firft, an oblong Bud; 
which, when the Stalk is at its Height, burtts, 
and difclofes a rich Clufter of large and moft ex- 
treamly fragrant Flowers. 
Thefe are of a Snow-white throughout, and of 
confiderable Duration: and when they fade, 
there appears, after each, a fhort-three-corner’d 
Seed-veffel, full of numerous round large Seeds. 
Thus much the vulgar Eye perceives ; but that 
of Science will penetrate farther. 
The whole Clufter of thefe noble F "eg was | 
at firft enclos’d in a leafy Scabbard, which thew’d 
this burtfts 
fide-ways to give them Room, and divides: into 
two or three Parts; after which, having perform’d 
its Office, it fades, withers, and falls. 
Fach Flower confifts of a Nectarium and fix 
The Nectarium, which in the gene-- 
Jong Petals. 
rality is fmall and inconfiderable, in this is large, 
confpicuous, and forms the Body. of the F Saisie 
the Petals being inferted into it. 
This rifes with a flender tubular Bafe, which 
_ by Degrees, expands; till at the Rim or Mouth it’ 
is very wide, and is divided into twelve Segments. 
On this are inferted the Petals and the Filaments. 
The Petals rife from its: Outfide, fomewhat 
below the indented Verge, and they are — long, 
narrow, and turn’d backward. 
Upon the Edge of the NeGariumy are plac’d 
the Filaments. Thefe are fix: They are long,» 
flender, and very confpicuous : their Bae is 
whitifh ting’d with green, and their Buttons are 
of a fhining yellow. | | 7 
In the Centre of thefe rifes, from the Rudiment 
of the Seed-veffel, a fingle flender Style; which 
has an obtufe-Top. 9 i |) 
If this had been the farft ia teioien we had de- 
{crib’d, the Student could not have been at a 
| Lofs to have difcover’d what were its Clafs and 
| Place in:the Linn aan Syftem. Six Filaments 
_and a fingle Style declare it to be one of ‘the Hex- 
andria Monogynia of that Author ;° thofe which 
| have fix male Parts, and the ae fingle. 
The Bignefs and the fhowy Colour of thefe 
Flowers, naltteil to their Number in‘the Clufter, 
which is ufually ten or twelve, would fufficiently 
claim for it a Place in our Colleétions; but there 
is nothing in the Flower-Kind which at all refem- 
bles its Fragrance. This is in the highett Degree 
delightful and peculiar. 
We are accuftomed to the Sweet of the Fonquill, 
| abd other Flowers of Kinds approaching to the 
Pancratium,; but there is in them a Faintnefs with 
all the F ragrance. The Scent here is mix’d of | 
the perfume and aromatic, and refembles that of 
fome among the richeft of the Oriental Balfams ; 
filling the Senfe, without palling or difgufting ic, 
Culture of the CaRIBBAZAN PancRATIUM. 
There is fomething peculiar in the Soil where this 
‘Plant naturally grows, and that we fhould imi- 
tate. 
It is a Native of the hotteft Parts of the #7 oft 
Indies, and there burfts out among thofe fcattered _ 
Bufhes which edge their Forefts. It loves fome 
Shade; and. a light Earth, enrich’d by rotten 
Wood. ; 
This we can eafily give it here; and on the 
right Management, in this Refpeét, will depend 
the Glory of its Flowers. 
Prepare for the Reception of the Roots the fol- 
nes artificial Soil : ° | 
‘Mix equal Parts of Earth from under the Turf 
> | in a good Pafture, and that from the-Bottom of a 
Wood: 
