April. 
~ Stalk will be drawn up in Height, and the Flower | 
~ the Stalk. 
The Clafs of is Plant is red diftinly in the 
three Filaments: the third in the Linna@an Sy- 
- ftem receives all fuch; ahd the fingle Style fhews 
it one of the firft Seétion : its Place therefore is 
among the & riandria Monogynia. - 
Culture of this Tris. 
"The Gardener will not néed be told that a Plant 
with fo large, tuberous, and fpreading Roots, 
may be propagated by parting and dividing ee, 
nor can he forget what our Leffons and his own 
Experience have join’d to inform him, that when 
the Beauty of a Flower depends upon the {taining of 
- Perfeétion is from Seeds. _ 
~ Let him guard againft fome common Errors. 
If the Soil be too rich, the Plants will be luxu- 
riant in Leaves, but the Flower will want its 
Beauty ; and if they have too much Sun, the 
will not only lofe much of its Luftre, but the 
Plant will want its natural Singularity of Afpect, 
which lies in a great Meafure in the Shortnefs of 
In the moft fuited Soils ‘af Aufrria there is no 
Stalk above the Ground; but the Leaves expand, 
and the Flower refts by its Bafe upon the Sur- 
face. This Lozex faw in his Excurfions, and he 
has wel] defcrib’d it. | 
In his Time it appears that an improper Ma- 
nagement gave it, in the Dutch as well as Engli/h 
Gardens, a Stalk of eight Inches or a Foot high, 
and ftarv’d the Flowers in Proportion. They 
were on thefe tall Supports, {mall, pale, and | 
- often faintly yellowith. | 
Let thefe Cautions remain in the Remembrance 
of the Gardener who propofes to raife the Plant ; 
and he will not fail of Succefs: 
The beft Soil is a rich Mould, not too aris 
and the fitteft Expofure Eaft and a little South. | 
_. Let a Border in fuch a Situation be dug out, 
and its Place fll’d with. the Abani ag 
oe DO? 
Mix a Load of rich Meadow-Earth with half 
a Load of Pond-Mud, two Bufhels of Sand, and 
three of old Cow-dung. Let thefe be put together 
in Spring, or “twill be better if in the preceding 
- Autumn; and while they lie in the Heap to 
mellow with the Weather, let Seeds be fav’d. 
For this Purpofe, let the Gardener mark two | 
| Water ; 
| ftance; and in Autumn take up the reit. 
or ‘three Flowers ; let them be fuch ag are large, 
deep colour’d, with fome yellow in the Variega- 
tions ; and with fhort Stalks. 
abt the Roots be refrefh’d. with ee, while — 
ae Seed- vetlel iS enlarging ; ; and let. the Tops of 
the Leaves be cut off. 
When it has the full Size, give no more 
and when the Seeds are ripe, and the 
Hufk dry, carefully cut it off, and lay it on a 
Shelf, to burft at Leifure. When the Seeds 
have been fpread abroad eight or ten Days they 
will be fit for fowing. 
Let them be kept no longer out of the 
‘ ats’ Petals, the Method to obtain it in greateft Ground.. Let the Compoft be thrown into the 
Border, and the Surface levell’d. Scatter on the 
Seeds not too thick, and fift over them a Quarter 
of an Inch of the fame Mould. Throw a few . 
loofe Bufhes over the Border, and leave all oe 
Nature. 
When Weeds appear take then up by Hand, 
and again lay on the Bufhes. In Spring watch 
for the: young Plants, clear away Weeds carefully, 
and refrefh them with gentle Waterings. 
‘When you can’ fee which are the ftronger 
Plants, take up the weaker where they grow too 
thick, and leave the Plantation at about five 
Inches Diftance. , 
All Summer keep che Bed clear from Weeds ; 
and when the Mould : is too dry gently water it. 
At Autumn fift on half an Inch of new Mould, 
| and the next Spring many of the Plants will, 
flower. 
Mark thofe which promife beft, that is, fuch 
as have largeft Flowers, and thofe moft variega- 
ted, and with the ftrongeft Colours. 
Leave thefe in the Beds at about a F oot Di- 
them out into another Border of the fame Com- 
poft, in the fame Expofure, and, with the fame 
Diftance. Pe | 
They will flower ftronger the fucceeding Year, | 
and it will then be Lira not before certainly, 
which are worth preferving. 
A Stock of fine Flowers being hes rais’d, let the 
moft perfect and beautiful be every Year mark’d for 
Seed; and by a repeated Sowing in this Manner, 
the Gardener will have endlefs Variety and . 
| Beauty. 
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Pl. Zo. 
Fig. 5. 
mention. : 
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5 DOUBLE LEMON DAFFODIL. 
_ ‘We have nam’d many of the Gardeners fa- 
vourite Daffodils, and have yet feveral more to | 
they rife from Species we have defcribed 
before; therefore few Words will ferve for their 
Botanical Explanation; and their Beauty is fufficient 
to recommend them to the Gardener’s moft atten- 
tive Notice. 
is far from the leaft confpicuous. 
in full Perfection in the Gardens of Holland; 
but though not unknown in England, it does 
Of thefe the Double Lemon Daffodil 
It is familiar 
not 
Plant. 
‘April. : 
