May. 
re 87. 
Hig. 4. in their full State of Perfection; and this among 
their almoft numberlefs Pee. “Is not the lait i in 
to be feen; the Ends of the Rays curl back, and 
back at the End, and let him thus examine it. 
 ftill viewing it from behind: he will plainly 
_ feparate one of the Rays: he will find the 
F = are. i be Gand only in Books, that in | thefe minute Directions will be found far from 
——— Nature all is not fo diftinct and evident: the Rea- frivolous. 
fon is, that thofe who have examin’d Nature have | The Seeds ripen ander the F lofeules of the 
not hole properly. |... | Dif, as well as under thofe of the Rim; and 
When the Flowers are fully open, no Part is well therefore the Section to which Doronicum belongs 
is that of the Syngenefia Polygamia fuperflua.. 
their trifid Extremity is obliterated or maim’d. ag ted Eee ap eT 
The Duft from the Buttons of the firft open’d 
Flofcules has fcatter’d itfelf over the Difk ; their 
Segments are faded, and the reft are fo canola | 
together that all is Confufion: but in a Flower 
oF proper Ripenefs ’tis not fo. ee 
Let our Student chufe one newly open’d, whofe — 
Rays ftand oblique, and have not begun to curl 
Culture of this Doronicum. 
The Plant is a Native of Europe, and princi- 
pally of the Northern Parts: it thrives beft on the 
Sides of Mountains where there is 98 oe, 
Moifture, and fome Shade. | 
Thefe muft be our Rules for its true: Cut. 
ture. It requires little Care, but whatever the 
Gardener admits into his Ground, we would 
have him raife in the: moft full Perfe&tion. 
Let him chufe for this Plant a-rifing Part of 
Firft viewing it from behind let him take off one 
Leaf of the Cup, and with a Pen count the 
remaining Number, feparating them as he takes 
the Account ; the Gap where one was taken off the Ground, where there is fome Shade; and 
throw into a fmall Spot. the following Compoft: 
Mix two Bufhels: of Meadow Earth with: one 
Bufhel of old Cow Dung, anda Peck of Sand. » 
In this plant in Autumn fome'Pieces of the 
| parted Roots that have good Buds; and cover 
Rudiment of the Seed come with it: and juft | them half an Inch with Mould: they fhould ftand 
above the Top of its tubular Part, he will per- | at fourteen Inches Diftance, and they will after 
ceive the divided Head of the Style. Let him then | this require. only the common Care of Weeding 
feparate with the Point of his Pen one of the tu- | 294 now and then Watering. 
bular Flofcules, and he will diftinguith all its | The Seeds will alfo thoot freely: they thould 
Parts ; the Rudiment of the Seed at its Bafe, the: be gather’d as foon as ripe, and fowed on the 
Covering of filyery Down on its Tube, the five | fame Soil, and in the fame Situation we have 
ftar- pointed Seginents ; ; and the clufter’d Buttons directed for the Roots; either Way there will be 
forming a Cylindet, out at whofe hina juft ap- | 4 Supply | of handfome Plants. 
pears the Head., oe | The Root of this Plant poffeffes a very fineular 
The Filaments are fhort, and cannot be feen Virtue againtt Diforders of the Head, but it mutt 
will thew him when he has gone the Round. 
_ Next let him hold the Flower up to the Light, 
fee the trifid Top of each Ray. Let him then 
but by tearing open the Flofcule. _ be ufed in very fmall Quantities: ’tis one of 
_ The Parts thus ftudied once will never be for- | thofe powerful Medicines which in immoderate 
got. There is a Method of doing Things, by | Dofes act as Poifons. 
which alone they can be feen with Eafe, and 
t. DOUBLE ORIENTAL NARCISSUS, 
“Thisis a ti fil at which! the latter Daffodils are The Stiica recolle&s that what Gardeners 
the Flower; and he will find the reft of this 
Name equally intelligible and expreffive. 
- The Root is roundifh, large, and cover’d with 
a tough brown Skin. 
Three or four Leaves rife from i it: long, nar 
| row, flat, or very little hollow’d; of a blueifh 
but agreeable green, and of a eas Subftance, 
Beauty. 
~ Our Gardeners have sedi ag acquainted with 
the Plant, and it deferves to continue in their 
Efteem. They know it by the Name of the Noble ; 
or Conttantinople Narciffus. 
_ C.Bavnriwz has called it Narciffus luteus Con- 
Rantinopolitanus ; and Bester much more pro- | The Stalk is round, firm, upright, and four- 
perly, » Narciffus orientalis nobilis feu polyanthus mix- \ teen Inches high, © 
ius: the Flower is indeed, as exprefied by this | At its'Top there ftands a very noble Clufter 
Denomination, of a mix’d Colour, rarely perfect, of Flowers, fix or more: each has. its feparate 
ly yellow throughout. Foorftalk an Inch and half in Length; and thefe 
- Linnaeus, who refers the numerous Daffodils | all rife together from the Head of the Stalk, 
of our Gardens to a few original Species, ranks | where they are originally enclofed with thei 
this among the Varieties raifed’ by induftrious Flowers, in a green flat Scabbard. 
Art from the Tazetta: This’ he diftinguifhes by | They are large and elegant even when fingle, 
the expreffive Name, Narcifus fpatha multiflora, \ but in the double State AS ee we reprefent the 
neltario companulato foliis planis: Qat-leav’d many | Plant, there are few Flowers that exceed it in 
flower’d Daffodill, with a bell-fhaped Nectarium. Elegance. 
é 
The 
call the Cup of a Daffodill, is the NeGarium of 
May. 
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