Dec. burit 2 Number of large Flowers, each on its fe- 
————="_ parate Foot-ftalk, {preading into a very noble Tuft. 
Their Bignefs makes them very confpicuous, 
their Number more, and moft of all their Colour 
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which is a pure and glofly white. This is their 
full Recommendation, for they have no Smell. 
The Seed-veffels that follow, are oblong, and 
have three Ridges. 
To know the Clafs to which this Plant ao 
let a feparate Flower be examined: the Charaéters 
are mark’d fo obvioufly, that none can miftakethem. 
Six Filaments difclofe themfelves in a very | 
by gold yellow Buttons, which add not a little to 
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' confpicuous Manner in each Flower, terminated 
4 its Beauty. Thefe fhew the Plant to be one of 
the Hexandria of the Linna@awn Syftem, a Clafs - 
‘ that comprehends moft of the bulbous Kind. 
—- In their Centre ftands a fingle Style, and this 
determines, in the fame obvious Manner, the 
| Subdivifion, making it one of the. firft Se@tion in 
that Clafs, the Monogynia. 
The whole Tuft of Flowers has a common 
Cup or Scabbard plac’d at the Top of the main 
burfts, to give them Leave to 0 ipread, and foon 
after fades. 
The F lowers 1 retain their Laie and Perfeétion 
a very confiderable Time; and after this the 
Stalk fhould be cut down, for the Seeds will nat 
ripen well in England; and the fuffering them to 
remain upon the Plant, exhaufts the Root to no 
:. Purpofe, and hurts the next Year’s flowering. 
a cm &, : 
Culture of the BROAD-LEAV’D PANCRATIUM. 
The Propagation of this Plant is beft accom- 
plithed by parting of the Roots, when the Off-fets 
are fufficiently grown for fuch a Separation ; and 
the beft way of obtaining it firft, is is from the na- 
tural Place of its Growth. 
~ “There the Roots fhould be taken up as Bots oe 
the Leaves decay, and planted as we thall direct 
when they arrive in England. 
Whether thefe full-grown Roots be procur’d, 
or the Off-fets nurs’d to flowering, the Method of 
their Management muit be the fame: the Heat 
of a Stove is requifite for bringing them to their 
and bring them to a more ampere Condition of 
flowering. i 
The Plant is aNaive of the Eaft- Indies, and fore 
other of the warmer Parts of the World, and 
there flowers in mellow Soils in November, 
Where it fucceeds beft, the Mould is found at 
once rich and loofe: ’tis fo in pyrite! where: it 
glows in all its Pride. | 
A. black. Mould, mixt with a idee Portion of a 
coarfe whitifh Sand, is there its moft frequent Nou- 
rifhment, - | 
Stalk, where their feveral Footftalks rife : .this | 
full Glory; but lefs Hear will keep them alive, — 
This is a Soil we have not naturally either in 
Gardens or in Fields in Lugland,; but Art may 
eafily imitate it; and it is to this caved Mimickry 
of Nature the Gardener will owe the fulleft Glory 
of his Exotic Plants. 
For the Reception of this let the following 
Mixture, be prepar’d : 
Put together one Barrow of black Mould, from 
under the Zul ip: & ach damp Miso: the 
fame Quantity of Pond-Mud, and half a Barrow 
of the largeft Sea-fand. 
Stir and mix thefe well, and leave them fome 
| Time to the Air. 
When the Roots arrive from the lake or 
when Off-fets are obtain’d from fuch as are kept 
here, let there be as many Pots prepar’d, as there 
are of either. 
Let thefe be of the middling Size; and fart 
put into them fome broken Tiles or rough Stones, 
that the Opening may be kept free on the Dif- 
charge of Water ; for if that fhould be {top’d 
{troy the Roots. 
| up, and the abund? at Wet detain’d, it would de- — 
Then put. into each Pot as much of this en | 
poft as will half fillit: or according to the Bignefs 
of the Roots or Off-fets, more or lef Mould 
muft be put in: let the Root be carefully plac’d 
in this with its Bottom level downwards; and 
pour in more of the Compoft about it, till it is. 
covered half an Inch. Then fprinkle over the 
Surface a very little Water. | 
Thus proceed with all the Pots; and when the 
Roots are fo planted and fettled, fet the Pots 
in a warm fhelter’d Place; and when the Earth 
grows dry in them, give them a little more 
Water. , 
Thus they may Wand till toward Autumn ; ; and 
the Leaves will, by that Time, begin to appear. 
They muft then be taken into the Gr eenhoufe, 
and water’d fomewhat : more freely ; and after that 
into the Stove, where they muft be fet i in a Bark- | 
Bed of moderate Heat, and water’d at Times, to 
promote the fhooting of the Stalk. 
They will thus come into Flower the firft Year, 
if brought in tolerable Condition from Abroad, 
‘This was the Method us’d by Commezine, who 
receiv'd from Batavia the firft Roots of this 
Plant. that. came into Europe, and faw them 
flower in the full Luftre of their native Country. 
If they were Off-fets that were thus planted, 
they will not flower till the fecond Year. 
The Time. of Stove-Plants fending out Dhaiy 
Flower-Stalks, may be haften’d or retarded vei the 
Difference of their Management, 
If they be water’d too freely in the weainiths 
| of the Summer, they will flower much before their 
natural Time, but they will have lefs Beauty, 
This is an Error againft which it is very needful 
to caution the Eng if mesosctanh 
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