Pl. 35. 
Fig. 9. fame common Purple Kind, which demands great | 
OcFs GrAsReD{ Ri NiINGG. 
9, DOUBLES BRI LLELA RY, 
We clofe the Account with a Variety of the 
Attention. : 
The Number of: Petals in the Flower have been 
obferv’d to be alike in all we have yet nam’d, 
however the Flowers themfelves may have been 
multiply’d upon the Stalk; in this luxuriant Cul- 
ture, takes its natural Courfe as in many other 
Flowers, and encreafes the fpecious Elegance, by 
adding to the Number of thofe conftituent Parts. 
The Root is flefhy, white, and large. 
The Stalk is upright, firm, and pale; fome- 
times ting’d confiderably with Purple. 3 
~The Leaves are narrow, and of a pale but 
pleafant green. ‘They ftand irregularly, and are 
_ mot very numerous. 
CUr Trureé 
of the 
Thefe and the other Fritillaries, defcrib’d in 
our preceding Numbers, are all produc’d original- 
ly from the two Kinds here firft defcrib’d, the 
common Purple and the Pyrenean. — 
We have added to their Defcriptions ‘the Cul- 
ture they require, and from the Plants fo rais’d 
the Seeds are to be collected for the Produétion 
of thefe more fingular and more confpicuous 
Flowers. _ 
In all the bulbous Kinds the Seedling Plants 
_ fhew a Variety of Colouring. It will be fo here. 
The Plants rais’d, as we have directed, from wild 
Seeds, or thof of the wild Kinds, unalter’d in the 
Garden, will fhew fome Flowers better, and others 
worfe colour’d; and fome Plants itipng, and 
others weak. 
We will fuppofe this firft Care over, and the 
Gardener ftock’d with thefe Kinds: a Bed of the 
common, and another of the Pyrenean. 
1 The Seed. 
Let him watch thefe from their Beginning of 
Flowering to the,End, for fome will be earlier, 
fome later; and mark for Seed the boldeft. and 
moft promifing Kinds, by tyeing them up to 
Sticks. This enfures the Plants without Miftake, 
and the Seed will ripen the better for the Stalk 
being kept from rocking with the Wind. The 
only Care muft be that the Root is not hure by | 
_ the thrufting down the Stick. 
The Plants to be felected, are. thofe which 
have a ftrong Stalk with a few Leaves on it; and 
have the Flower large, wide at the Bottom, and 
‘regularly opening at the Mouth, with the Points. 
the leaft fharp that can be. 
~~ In the common Purple they fhould be quite 
ftrait, neither turning in nor out ; and in the Py- 
renean they fhould al teary turn up a little of 
‘the Verge. | 
_ Thefe are the Marks to be obferv’d for faving | 
Seed, as to the Colouring it is not material: the. 
‘Chance of Culture’ gave -it -at- the firft, and will 
continue to. give it from whatever Kind: in this | 
the Seed takes no certain Effe@ ;- but the Bignefs 
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Kind. 
One Flower terminates the Stalk, and it hangs 
drooping, tho’ ufually lefs fo than the common 
It is very broad in Proportion to its 
Length, and is compos’d of twelve Petals, fome- 
times more. But moft ufually it is the double 
Quantity of the common Kind. 
The Colour is throughout a dufky Purple, 
but there is great and beautiful Variegation. The 
Ground Part has the Purple faint, and mix’d with 
a great deal of green. The Spots are perfect 
Purple, and they are regularly fquare, and plac’d 
in the exact chequer’d Order. 
This Flower will ripen Seeds, but they have 
not the Strength of thofe from the fingle Kinds, 
nor will they regularly produce double ones. — Ie 
fhould therefore be encreas’d by Off-fets. | 
FRITILLARIES. 
and Shape of the Flower, and the F ieninofi of the 
Stalk, are often influenced by it greatly. 
When thefe are mark’d, the ufual Care muft 
be taken to make them bring their Seeds to good 
Maturity. The Plants all about them muft be 
cut down; and the Mouid ftir’d frequently, and 
water’d a little at a Time, and often. 
The Seed-veffels muft be cut off when full 
grown, and harden’d with a Part of the Stalk, 
and laid on a Shelf a Month: the Seeds muft 
be then air’d loofe about a Week, and by that 
Time they will be in perfect good Condition for 
fowing in a proper Soil. : 
2. The Compoft. 
Mix one Barrow of Pond-Mud with two Bar- 
rows of rich dry Pafture-Earth, and half a Peck 
of Hens Dung. Work thefe weil together, then 
add half a Bufhel of River-Sard, and break them 
well again. ‘The Whole will now come into a 
fine, mellow, and equal Mixture. 
The beft Time for this is as foon as the Flowers 
are mark’d for-Seed. Let it be fpread a Foot 
thick, in a fhady Place, and once in ten Days 
turn’d. | 
‘In the Middle of Auguf make two of more 
Boxes of rough Boards, a Foot and half deep, and 
of fuch Bignefs as can be conveniently manag’d. 
Bore four or five Holes in the Bottom of each ; 
lay fome Oyfter-fhells over the Holes, and pour 
in the Compoft, till they are nearly fill’d. 
Set the Boxes where they have the Morning 
Sun, and {catter on the Seeds pretty thick. Sift 
upon them a Finger’s Breadth of the Compoft, 
and lay over the Whole a light Covering of: Peafe 
Straw. Let this be taken off when the Mould is 
‘dry, that it may ‘be water’d. This muft be done 
‘with a light and regular Hand; and no Mof or 
Weed be fuffer’d to appear upon the Mould. 
‘In Winter the Boxes mutt be remoy’d to fore 
Place where they will be defended from the North, 
and open'to the Sun. In Spring let them be 
plac’d where they were at firft. ~ 
~ When the young Plants have fo much Strength 
; 5sN that 
