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‘Tn the Hollow of this Flower are placed fix 
fhort Filaments, crown’d with. oblong . quadran- 
gular Buttons ; and in the Midf& of them a fingle 
Style, fmall at the Bottom, and thicker upwards: 
This is the Shape exprefs’d by the Term clavated, 
and it is terminated by a long fine Stigma. _ 
The fix Filaments and fingle Style fhew the 
Plant to be one of the Hexandria Monogynia of 
Linnaus ; the fixth Clafs of that Author, and 
its firft SeCtion. 
Culture of the GREAT FLOWERED Snow Drop. 
_ The Plant is a Native of the Swifs Meadows, | 
‘and thrives beft where it has fome Moifture, and 
not too much Sun; this fhews its proper Culture. 
No Defence'is needed for it againft our Win- 
ters: it may be planted in the open Ground, -and. 
its beft Soil will be pure Meadow Earth. 
Let the common Mould of a Border be dug | 
out, and its Place fupply’d with good black 
Earth from under the Turf in a fertile Mea-. 
dow; and let this Border be fituated in an 
open Part of the Garden, facing the Eaft, that 
the Plant may have the Morning Sun, and no 
more. , ee 
Let this Border be flocked with’ Off-fets from 
fome old Roots, and let ‘them be planted in the 
Beginning of September two Inches and a half 
deep; and at ten Inches Diftance. -- Lg 
This is the Method of firft ftocking a Gar- 
den; but let there’ be alfo -a Supply from |. 
Seed. For this Purpofe let the Seeds of the beft 
_ Flowers be faved with Care, and in the latter 
End of Auguft let them be fown upon the two 
Ends of the fame Border where the Off-fets are 
placed. . They fhould be featter’d at two Inches. 
Diftance, and covered a’ Straws-breadth with 
Mould. (cr: =: Rae 5 nies aotva 
Here they will rife without any: farther Care. 
than a little watering in dry Weather ; and being 
_ kept ‘clear from Weeds: and thus there will be | 
a rifing Supply while the firft planted Sets are 
flowering. There is nothing amifs in the Ap-- Feb. 
pearance of the Seedlings, and as this Soil and ~~~ 
Afpeéct in which we have directed for the others, 
will beft raife thefe ; fo there is no Occafion for a 
feparate Trouble. ‘ct 
Thefe Seedlings will, according to the Favour- 
ablenefs of the Soil, Situation, and other Acci- 
dents, flower the third Year, or a Seafon fooner 
{ or later. There will be fome Varieties among 
them, and fome Luxuriances. I have feen two 
or three Flowers upon one Stalk, as Clufius, tho’ 
| fcarce credited, defcribes them: the Student will 
hence fee that Spatha uniflora, tho’ a general, is 
not an unalterable Character. 
The Number of Petals will alfo be encreafed 
to eight or ten on fome Plants, and in others 
they will be truly double. This is the Adyan- 
tage of raifing Flowers from Seed; and in all 
Kinds it perfectly anfwers the Trouble. © 
Thefe Seedlings when they have once flower’d, 
are to be treated with Care according to their 
‘Value. ‘The beft Kinds are to be planted at the 
“Depth and Diftance we have direéted for the 
Off-fets: and all the Care that is afterwards re- 
quired) for them is to keep the Ground clear from 
Weeds; and annually to take up the Roots when 
the Leaves are décay’d, which will be in the Be- 
ginning of Fune,; and keep them in Paper Bags in 
an airy Place till September: then planting them 
again in a Border in the fame Situation, but with 
frefh Mould. 
‘The fame Border ‘may ferve many Years, but 
frefh Earth fhould be brought in for every Plan- 
tation, This will keep the Plants in Vigour, 
and they will much ‘exceed the Thought of fuch 
as have not feen them treated with fuch Care. 
After this fome.Roots are to be left for Of- 
fets, not taken out of the Ground as the others ; 
ed for Seed. This Way every Seafon will im-- 
prove the Plants: and. it. is no fimall Praife to 
We adopt in this Cafe, as in the former, the | 
ae common Name, for the Gardener’s firft Informa- 
tion of what Plant we mean ; but are to tell him 
_ this is as improperly as the preceding, ranked 
under one Name with the common little Snow 
- Drop; being of the diftin®t Genus Leucoium, 
The Writers on Botany, in general, have been - 
acquainted with the Plant, and C. Bavaine has 
| named it, Leucotum bulbofum majus frve multiflorum. 
Linnavus has done this Author honour, by 
Fig, 2. 
- adopting his Charaéter of ‘the Plant, “tho” he 
a 
long, and of confiderable Breadth, fh 
fame Colour with the J.eayes, but paler ; 
of the Style of the other, and will thence fee the 
Strength’ of this Diftinétion. 
We have placed it next the preceding, to give 
the Student in this pleafing Science, a jutt Idea 
of their Difference; which does not confift alone 
in the Number of the F lowers, but in their Size 
and ‘Difpofition. 
The Root is large and round, and is cover’d 
with “a whitifh Membrane. The Leaves. are | 
arp point. 
ed, and of a fine deep green, with a fight Tinge 
of blueifh,: | 
The ‘Stalk: is* thick, naked, hollow; of the 
and’ at 
