ge" COMPLEAT BODY 
nim ON, 
Quarter of an Inch of the fame Compoft fifted ‘when the Leaves are faded, and in Autumn Blidc., “May 
j ed in the beft Beds among the choiceft Kinds, as ~~ 
In the Depth of Winter let a Mat be drawn. we fhall direct hereafter. 
over the Bed, fupported by low Hoops ; : and at 
all Times keep the Surface free from Weeds, and 
carefully water’d. The Plants will flower the fe- 
cond Year, and there will be many very noble 
ones of the more ufual Kinds,.and probably fome 
of this proliferous Sort. 
1 
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4 ah 
> PL 33. 
Fig. 7. 
ce ae 
oh atin a Ea 
ie ar Sat ee gP 
we —s acquainted the i with Sie very 
| Recon Species of the Hyacinth, and fhall with 
It is a Genus that abounds with Variety 3 
and with. Elegance; nor is there any athe J 
without Beauty. gee 
. The wild Kind, which — Children adie inet 
more, 
a s* a 
jt * ae 
» der the Name of Blue Bells. and Hare Bells, is 
worthy to be brought from. ‘under Hedges,” to be 
-enroll’d among sli Garden Flowers. Bis which 
we here defcribe is ally’d.to it, but-of a nobler O- 
_rigin, one of the Natives. of the Za, Children 
 Ayaci thus C Becrcaiis 5, and: have siven Na ames to | 
of the a, that always glow with a Richnefs 
<nown. to _thofe 
¥ 
f pe a 
ee ee 
oe: AE 3 
ae ‘imaginary Kinds, its Seedling Varieties. 
or feven of thefe ri 
; tac, 
_ Ground, _ There are, a Leaves on it ;. bor from. 
* fae Name Ayacinthus Orientalis, with the Di- 
and vague as the others: 
cies: from thofe Linn avs diftinguithes it by the 
Addition of corollis infundibulifermibus Semifexifidis 
bal ventricofis: Hyacinth, with; Funnel- fhap’d | 
‘This Name com- 
teeth 
Breadth ; hollow’d, obtufe, of/a. pale. green. on 
the lower Part, but deeper toward the End; fix. 
Stow themfelves about i in various Directions. 
_ Among, thefe rifes the Stalk, round, thick, up- 
“right, juicy, and ten Inches high. . It is brownifh’ 
in the upper Part, but ef a ale’ gteen near the 
* > 
FY hase 
= mutt a taken ss 
Re. an * Bilge % 
i “BLUE ‘OR TEN TAL “HYACIN TH. 
produc’d in colder Cli- 
| «which we fhall fpeak hereafter ; 
lightly divided into fix: Parts at the | 
i Rim, and f{woln at the Bafe. 
be prehends all the Varieties of this elegant awe 
and feparates it as their Origin from all others: | 
_. The Root is bulbous and large, campos a ofl ji 
many ‘thick Coats, and full of a fimy Files. i o: 
- Let the Gardener never grudge this “Trouble “of 
trying for the proliferous golden Crowfoot from 
Seéd; for if he fails of it from one Sowing, he 
will obtain it from another ; and there never will 
be Ming 2 fine Flowers enough to recompenfe the 
toe. a 
ie age eePy 
the Middle- to die Fadi it-is very glorioufly Kise 
‘rated with Flowers. Thefe are hollow, ‘of 4 Bell 
or Funnel-like Shape; divided at the Edges. into 
fix. Parts, and fwoln:into.a kind of Roundnefs at 
| the Bafe, They hang frém- the Stalk by! thore 
‘flender Footttalks of, a brownith green, principally, 
but not entirely, on one Side; and they are of an 
extremely heastifl “Blue, and of a very fweet 
Scent.) . . | 
Sometimes there is a Htietire of purple with 
the blue; fometimes they are white, and fome- 
times they are flefhy ; thefe and numerous other 
Varieties of them are produc’d from Seeds, of 
but*what we de- 
ten here is the original or’ Mother‘Plant. - , 
- The Flower i is form’d of a fingle Petal, and 
tfeoni the Bafe there rife fix F Lament fhort, and sa 
man ce ‘terminated by convergent Buttons. 
‘Dovey aus has taught others to call: it’ by il 
Hexandria. Monogynia. ; ce 
At the T op of the Rudiment of the Sced-vefll, | 
from which the Style rifes, there are three confpi- 
—cuous Pores, filPd with a vont ae ‘thele are 
the Nettaria of the Plant. 
_ The Seed-veffél is of a roundifl Fo orm, eck 
with three Ridges, and contains in three Cells a 
few large roundifh Seeds. 
Culture of this AyacinTu. 
This Plant 1S” ufyally propagated. by Off-fets 
from. the Roots, and this is a Method of conti- 
We ) nuing it the fame from Year to Year. 
fe together from the Root, and: | 
They mutt. 
be feparated with Care, and planted in a light rich 
Mould. The Seeds are to be fown for double. 
Kinds, and other Varieties, of which. we fhall 
{peak ; and we fhall then deliver the ponte of ’ 
managing the. young Plants. 
CHAP. 
“In the Centre 
of thefe rifes. a Aingls: Style, terminated ‘by: an ob-- 
| tufe Top. This fhews the Plant to’ bes one Al the 
~ ftingtion of greater and leffer. This is as arbitrary | 
thefe are only Varieties | 
of Growth, but there are many really diitinét Spe- | 
