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A COMPL BAT 8 0O-DY 
‘Student tear open a Flower: he will fee, by turn- 
—— ing down the Segments, that it ftands in a Cup, 
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F ig. 2. 
divided into five Parts; and that it is form’d 
of a fingle Petal: this he will perceive is tubular 
at the Bate, and in that Part droops: for the reft, 
the Neck is prominent; and the Segments, which 
are naturally five, turn upwards. | 
The Struéture of the Flower being thus under- 
ftood, let him lay it open to the Bafe, to find the 
Organs of Impregnation. Within the tubular Part 
he will perceive five fhort Filaments and a fingle 
Style: this refers it to the fifth Clafs, the Pentan- 
dvia, and places it there arnong the Monogymia, 
the firft Section. 
Culture of this CycLamen. 
The Plant is to be rais’d from a. ; and the 
beft Method is to fow them in Boxes, in the Man- 
ner of the choicer Flowers. . 
For this Purpofe,. let a Box of ough Boards 
be made, four Foot long, three Foot broad, and 
eight Inches deep. 
“Mix up fome Pafture-Mould with one third 
Earth from under a Wood-Pile, and one fixth 
rotted Cow-dung. Lay thefe in a Heap, and let 
the Whole be well blended, and fometimes turn’d. 
Let Seeds be fav’d from fome very well. 
growing Plant: lay them on a paper’d Shelf, and 
when thoroughly harden’d, tye them up in Pa- 
pers, and keep them till September. 
Then fill the Box within an Inch of the Rim 
with the Compoft: fcatter on the Seeds, and fift 
over them a Quarter of an Inch of the fame 
Mow = ve 
Set the Box in a Place where it will have 
Pa The 7 
We fpeak of known Flowers under their moft 
common Names; but this is as improper as the 
worft: the Plant is no more a Lilly than it is 
native of the Ifland whence ’tis nam’d. 
Few need be told that it is one of the fineft 
Flowers the World produces, nor that it deferves 
the Care and Culture by which it may be brought 
to flower with us, like other Plants. | 
The Names by which it has been known, are 
Lillium Sarnienfe, and Narcifus Japonicus rutilo 
- flore. 
Live aus who firft well-eftablifh’d the Ge- 
nera of bulbous Plants, makes it an Amaryllis ; 
in this, together with thofe who know the Sci- 
ence, the moft ignorant and obftinate now follow 
him. He adds to this Generical Name, as the 
Diftinction of the Species, /patha multiflora, co- 
rollis revolutis, genitalibus ftriftis: Many-flower’d 
Amaryllis, with the Petals turn’d back, and 
the Filaments and Style rang’d clofe toge- 
ther. 
Mr. Miixiar, envious of our Succefs, has un- 
I 
Plants. 
the fall Sun all Winter; and pick off any Mofs or 
young Weeds that appear. 
In Spring the Surface will be cover’d with 
young Plants. Let the Box then be removed in- 
to a fhady Place, where the Sun comes only two 
Hours in the Morning. 
In April let the Plants be caren: and where 
they crowd one another let a few be pull d up. 
Give them, at Times, gentle Waterings; and 
p in this Manner nurfe them up, keeping them 
~ clear from Weeds, till they are fit for tranfplant- 
ing. 
made of the fame Ingredients as the firft, and 
with it fill as many Pots as you intend to preferve 
Carefully take up the fineft of them, 
one for each Pot, and plant them with all poffible 
Nicety. | 
The Seafon for this is in Summer, when the 
Leaves are decay’d. When the beft are thus 
potted, the Remainder may be planted in a warm, 
well-fhelter’d Border, to take their Chance among 
the hardy Plants. : : 
Thefe which are potted muft ae plac’d in a 
fhady Situation till they begin to fhoot again: 
then they muft be remov’d to a warmer Part; and 
at the Approach of Autumn taken into the Green- 
houfe; here they will flower about this Seafon, 
and with due Care will continue full of Beauty 
till late in Spring. 
All this while they muft, at Times, be water’d 
fparingly; and, unlefs Seeds are wanted, the 
Stalks fhould always be cut down when the 
Flowers are faded, to promote a Succeffion of 
new Bloom for the Continuance of Time we - 
name. 
GULBRNGEY LILL yY. 
dertaken to give his Work, in the new Edition, the 
fame Advantaae we propofe in this, by explaining 
to the Engli/b Reader the Senfe of Linn a&us’s 
Names. In this Inftance, he gives the fame Words, 
and tranflates them thus: Amaryllis /patha ia tt 
flora, corollis revolutis, GENITALIBUS STRICTIS: 
Lilly Daffodil, with many Flowers in one Cover; 
the Petals equal, fpread open, and turn’d back- 
ward, with BROKEN Stamina. 
Where did he find thefe broken Stamina? not 
in the Plant, for they are there perfectly entire, 
ftrait, and very long: not in the Word /riffis , 
for the juft Senfe of that is what we have ex- 
prefs’d. 
Not to rally this Author on a Deficience for 
which we pity him, the Want of Latin, what are 
we to fay of this Ignorance in Nature! Did Mr. 
Mixxar never fee a Guernfey Lilly, or did he not 
write the Gardeners Diftionary ?.one of the two 
feems evident, 
The Root is a large Bulb. 
The Flowers appears at one Seafon, and. the 
Leaves 
‘Againft this Time let fome frefh Compoft be 
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