he will underftand them when thus explain’d; and 
June. 
- fron the Filaments and Styles will eafily find the 
Place of the Plant in the Linw@ an Syftem. Hewill | 
Filaments are fix’d to the Recep- | 
tacle; and from this Infertion, afid their Num-_ 
ber, that the Plant is one of the Polyandria; as 
fe | End of September ; anid beifig a that Time kepe 
perceive that the I 
alfo, from the five Styles, that it is one of the 
Pentagynia, the fifth Divifion under that general | 
Head. 
tad September, in the Garden. 
| poft be us’d, but a Seis chofen a little more 
| open to the Sun, than that in the Nurfery. 
We have fhiewi that et and the other Kinds ‘of; 
double Columbine, ufually feen in our Gardens, © 
| Diftance, _ 
Kinds; and fhall therefore give thie Culture of 
Culture of this Coiumerve. | 
aré Seedling Varieties rais’d from the comrhon 
them all together. 
The Plant is: nesses of many Parts of Fare | 
fo that it is too hardy to require any great Care in 
‘its Prefervation ; but from a proper Culture it~ Sorts, ‘and fome of che" common ; less thofe of | 
will afford all thefe Var ieties, and more; and the | the common. will ey very fine in ys Kinds: 
 Gardener’s Pains will be very well rewarded. 
Let him make for it fuch a Compal as Nature 
directs, light, and yet rich. 
him chufe for the Place a Part of the Seminary 
which is on a rifing Pofition, and has a good deal - 
of Shade. The Morning and the Evening Sun 
will be ufeful, but that of Noon deftruétive. 
Here let him dig out the Mould, and in aki 
put in the Compoft fix Inches deep. ; 
Let him fave Seeds from fome ftrong and well. 
growing Plants of the common Columbine ; and 
as they will be ripe in Yuly, they will have lain a 
Fortnight upon his Shelf to harden by the Time 
we direct this Bed to be prepared for them. Let 
them be feattered moderately thick upon this Bed, 
in the Evening of a fhowery Day. Let him fift 
over them a Quarter of an Inch of dry Compoft, - 
and laying a-Piece of Hawthorn Buth upon the. 
Bed, leave them fo to Nature. | 
In Spring the young Plants will appear. The 
Weeds muft be carefully taken up, and the Plants. 
thin’d where they ftand too clofe. From this 
3. VIOLET BULBOUS 
This is a very elegant Plant, long known, and 
worthy to be always efteem’d in our Gardens. 
The Luftre of its large Flower would recommend 
it to this Attention, if it requir’d more Care and 
Pains in the Management; but it is hardy, and 
demands very little Trouble. 
The old Writers name it ; but many of them 
feparating it with fome others which have round 
Roots, from the common tuberous Js’ s, have 
eall’d it Aipbium: others, who have kept the two 
Kinds feparate, have retain’d the common Name, 
fris, tho’ with the Addition of bulbofa ; and have 
Stalk. 
Time they muft be often weeded, arid occafi ionally 
we 
When they have a Month’s Growth, let him 
thin therit again, takine t gup ‘tHe weakeft Plants : thofe 
may be planted out upon another Piece of Ground; 
the others remaining undifturb’d till. the tet 
carefully weeded and water’d. 
Let a Bed be prepar’d for oe at the End of 
Let the fame. Com- 
The Plants. mutt be taken. with Care from the 
Seed-Bed, and fet regularly in this, at two Foot 
Thus they muft remain thro’ Winter. 
In Spring they muft be weeded, and the Mould 
fhould be broke between them with a Trowel ; 
and in the Fue following they will flower. There 
will be found among oe fome of the curious 
AS foon as the Flowers fade, let the Stalks be 
|} cut down . near the Ground, and a Covering of 
{an Inch of frefh Compott thrown upon the 
Let him mix a Barrow. of the Grieft Teairbes : 2 
Mould, a Bufhel of Pond-Mud, and two Pecks | 
of rotted Cow-dung, with one Peck of River- 
Sand. Thefe being well wrought together, let | 
Bed. 
The next Year they will flower Fron ger; and 
two or "three of them fhould then be ecieiae for 
Seed. | | 
his fhotild be fown in the fame Manner as a 
firft, arid the Procefs repeated every Year. Thus 
by Degrees, tho’ not at once, the Gardener will 
have all the elegant Kinds. 
The fine Roots muft be een with 
and sles rags well, or they will degenerate. Eve- 
There is little Trouble in raifing this Plant 
from Seed, therefore it fhould be conftantly re-_ 
peated. The Gardener who does this will have 
all the Varieties; and thofe who have not feen 
them all, know little of the Beauty to which this 
common hardy Plant is capable of being brought 
by proper Management. 
13 Lb; 
call’d it Tris bulbofa purpurea, and ceruleo violacea: 
‘the purple, and the violet blue bulbous Jris. 
Linn us retains the Generical Name ris, in 
common to the bulbous and the tuberous-rooted 
Kinds; and adds, as the Diftin@tion of this Spe- 
cles, corollis imberbibus, foliis fubulato-canaliculatis, 
caule brevioribus: Beardlefs Iris, with Leaves hol- 
low’d, {mail to the Point, and fhorter than the 
The Root is roundifh, large, fefhy, and co- 
‘ver’d with feveral dark Membranes. 
The Leaves are bollow’d, oblong, pointed, and 
of 
