Jan. | Breyniuvs hence called jt by its proper 
a Generical Term, Hyacinth, adding for its Di- 
{tinction from the others, Orchioides Africanus 
bifolius maculatus major fore Julphureo obfoleto 
majore. a a ~ | 
Linnaus gives it 4 fpecifick Title, fufi- 
ciently diftinct in fewer Words, Hyacinthus Co- 
rollis srregularibus fexpartitis, Hyacinth with ir- 
regular Flowers, divided into fix Parts. 
_ The Root is round, white, and full of a flimy 
Juice. | ee ee 
_ The Leaves which rife from it are ‘naturally | 
two. They are long, confiderably broad, undi- — 
vided at the Edges, and obtufe at the End. 
They envelope one another at the Bafe, and 
there cherifh and defend the Rudiment of the | 
Stalk. Their Colour is a very beautiful green, | 
and they are’ fpotted with a dufky, blackifh 
- Purple. Re chet oy eee 
_ The Stalk is thick, round, and of a pale green, 
{potted in the Manner of the Leaves with brown; 
-and toward the Bafe a little ting’d with Purple ; 
it rifes between the two Leaves, furrounded a 
great Way up by their Bafes, and grows to fifteen | 
Inches in Height. © © 
are in the higheft Degree fingular as well as 
beautiful; they ftand at a moderate Diftance, and 
they are larger than the Generality of the Hya- 
dufky on the Outfide, and more ‘bright within. 
They appear gradually and flowly after one : 
another, which is a great Recommendation. | 
OF GAR DEN:I NG 
Each is form’d of a fingle Petal, divided very 
deeply and irregularly into fix Segments. 
In the Centre rife fix Filaments; and in the | 
. 4 finele St . | Weather intervene. Then place them in a 
The Seed Veffel that follows each Flower is | 
fhort, thick, and mark’d with three Furrows; 
it is divided within into three Cells, and-contains | 
| little at a Time, and they will thus be brought to 
Midft of thefe is placed a fingle Style: 
numerous, very minute Seeds, 
- Thefe Filaments and the fingle Style declare — 
it to be one of the Hexandria Monogynia of 
Linnaus; the fixth Clafs, and its firft Sec- | 
tion. 
fot 
; 
Culture of the WAyvacintg. 
The Plant is a Native of the Cape of Good 
_ Hope: it is found about the Sides of Woods, 
where the Ground is. rich and damp, and where 
the dead Leaves fhelter its Root in the colder 
Seafons. 
_Breynivs was the firtt Perfon who faw it in 
Europe; flowering in Mrs. de Flines’s Garden, 
- Its natural Soil direéts us how to cultivate it ; 
and the beft Method will be by Roots brought 
from the Spot where they are natural: if thefe be 
taken up when the Leaves fade; they will bear to 
be a long Time out of the Ground: After this 
it may. be encreafed. by Off-fets. — 
For its Reception let the following Compott 
be prepared, and imellow’d by frequent Turn- 
} Ings: | 
_ Mix two Bithels of rich Meadow Eaith, one 
Buthel of Pond Mud, three Pecks of Mould from 
under a Wood Pile; and one Peck of Marle; or 
if that cannot be had, of foft Chalk broke to 
| pieces the fame Quantity. 
Put into the Bottom: of ds many PotS-as you 
gerne have. Roots, feveral: Pieces of loofe- Gravel. to 
There are no Leaves on this, but its oo Be Baiine ten | ic Gravel, to 
decorated with a loofe Spike of Flowers. Thefe 
keep open the Hole for difcharge of Water, and 
then fill them up within one third of the Top 
with the Compott. a 
In the Middle of each Pot place one Root: 
cinth kind. ‘Their Colour is’ a deep ‘yellow : take Care the Bud be exactly upright, and cover 
it three Quarters of an Inch with the Mould; 
fifting it carefully upon it. 
Set thefe Pots in a fhady Place, and once in 
five Days give them a little Water, e 
Let them remain there till the Bud begins 
to fhew itfelf above the Surface, unlefs fevere 
more warm and open Situation; and at the Ap- 
proach of Winter bring them into the Stove, 
‘Water them more frequently than before, but a 
glow in all their Beauty. 
Lefs Heat and lefs Care ‘will bring thern 
flower, but not in their proper Strength, and the ~ 
| Flowers will be few and brownifh, . — 
SRO OR ea eR a 
CHAP iL 
The Care and Management of the Flower-Garden, Green-houfe, and 
Stove. 
’ ET the Care of the Gatdener, aiid his conftant 
Attention to the feveral Parts of his Ground, 
fave us the Tedioufnefs of Repetition, by going 
ever his Borders in the fame Manner we have 
direéted in the preceding Weeks; but as the 
Froft ray now be more dangerous than ever to 
his Seedling Plants, let him take redoubled Care 
to defend them. 
The choitett Kinds we have directed him fo 
fow in Boxes, and thefe he fhould now fet in the 
Grourid; or otherwife the Shelter he lays upon the 
Surface will not prevent the Effect of Frofts thro’ 
their Sides. 
Let him chufe the higheft and the dryeft Spot 
he can, and take Care that it be open to the 
South. Here let him dig out a Piece of Ground 
capable 
