- April. large oval Segments, which are wide expanded, 
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When thefe have been well mix’d and expos’d April, 
~— and in the Hollow at their Centre ftands the | to the Weather four or five Months, let the Place ——~—«. 
golden Head, form’d of the Buttons of four Fi- 
laments, which reach up to the Top of the tubular 
be fill’d up with them, and the Surface rak’d 
even. . 
Part: a little lower, within the Tube, are feen 
_ Let him preferve the Berries, which follow 
thefe, from Accidents; and when they will freely 
Stigma, or rounded Head, placed, without any | quit the Stalk, take them of. Let him carefully 
intermediate Style, upon an oval Rudiment; | rub out the Seeds, and {pread them thin upon 
which afterwards ripens into a roundifh Berry, a paper’d Shelf. Let them lie there ten Days to 
with one Seed. oe harden, and then fcatter them thinly over the 
The eight Filaments (for Linn aus does not | Bed. % | 
regard their Difference in Height) place this The Berries will ripen in Fuly, therefore this 
among the Offandria, in the Eighth Clafs; and Sowing will be early in duguf. Let a Quarter. 
the fingle Stigma fhews it one of the Monogynia. of an Inch of common Garden Mould be fifted 
: be i eae os over them; and, ftrewing on a few Pieces of 
ks | 3 Culture of bbe Cr inson Maske: Hawthorn Buthes, leave all to Nature. In Spring 
| : the young Plants will appear, and there will be 
Abundance of Weeds among them. , 
of the Tube; and in their Midft appears a fingle 
_. The Shrub is Native of Europe, even of the ~ 
‘Northern Kingdoms, but we have it not wild in The Bufhes muft be taken off, the Weeds care- | 
England. Germany abounds with it in Forefts on | fully pick’d out by Hand; and, when the young 
the Sides of Hills, where there is a deep Soil, | Plants ftand too thick, the weakett of them muft 
Shade from the Noon Sun, and fufficient Moi- | be pull’d up, and the reft left at eight Inches 
fture. 34 weined aes.t | Diftance. 4 | i 
_. This muft be the Gardener’s Rule for cultiva- | - The Ground being loofen’d ‘by taking up. the 
ting it here. | Weeds, a gentle Watering will penetrate very 
_ Let him chufe a Spot in the Garden where the | fr eely: this muft be given in the Morning, two 
Ground is rifing, open to the South-Eaft, and | Hours after Sun-rife, . and repeated occafionally. 
, where there is Shade againft the full South They will now require only the common Care 
an: | of being kept clear from Weeds, and now and 
Here let him dig out the Mould, and throw | then water’d. They will thus take their Growth 
into its Place the following Compoft: naturally and freely; and here the fineft are to 
__ Mix two Barrows of rich Garden-Mould with be left to flower. The weaker Shrubs muft be 
one Barrow of Earth from a loamy Pafture; | taken. up the fecond Year; and thofe intended to 
and add a Buthel of rotted Cow-dung, and half | remain mutt be lef at four Foot Diftance. 
a Peck of Soot. 
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ae 3 YELLOW PAINTED IRIS 
Pl. gh The Jris’s are a vait Store of Beauty and Va- | of new Dyes from Culture, very ee excel 
Ig. 3, riety for the Gardener; and this is one of ‘the | it. 
moft pleafing. The Varieties rais’d by Seed have 
been too freely admitted to fwell the Account of j 
Species, but this isnot one of that Number: it 
is truly diftinét, and it was early known to be 
Mdina hank 666; | : | 
The old Writers call’d it Iris tenuifolia ver- 
fciolor 5 and Iris anguftifolia minor. | 
_ Liynaus, in the Place of thefe indeterminate 
Names, has given it one expreffive of the Cha- 
_ acters by which it is diftinguifh’d from all the 
The Root is irrecular and {preading, blackith, 
uicy,. Knobed, and full of long tough Fibres. 
The Leaves are long, narrow, and of 
ereen, with fome little Tinge of ereyith. 
~The Stalk is round, upright, firm, not very 
thick, of a whitifh green, and toward 
-paleft. The Leaves on this are few, 
ifh green, pointed at the End, and of afisnk 
a pale 
-be call’d handfome 5. but <under , the, Acceffion | 
that 
