June. 
narrow, and a little waved ; 
is placed the Filament belonging to each’ Divifion 
~The Root i is bulbous, and moderately large. 
The Plant, though a very late one, is fmall; 
and has much more the — of fome of the 
early Kinds. 
The Leaves are broad, oblong, hollow, waved 
at the Edges, and of a blueifh green. 
The Stalk is ten Inches high and weak; the 
Leaves on it ‘refemble thofe from the Root, and 
at its Top ftands a fpecious and moft fingular 
Flower. 
Its Shape is tolerably perfect; but toward the | 
End of the Time of blowing, the Petals fpread 
themfelves open, - and then beft of all difclofe the 
inner Structure. 
The Flower agrees with the common “Tulips ir in 
all the general Charaéters : 
the Stalk; it is form’d outwardly of fix Petals, 
and there are within fix Filaments with’ their 
Buttons, and a fingle Rudiment of a Seed-veffel. 
This refers it to the Hexandria Monogynia, the-| 
fixth of the Linn aN Claffes, . and i its eg Sec- 
tion. 
The Peculiarity § ice: vithith the Flower there 
rife fix fmaller Petals; thefe furround the Rudi- 
ment of the Fruit as the Filaments do in other 
Tulips, and they are form’d each into a fhort 
and fingle Body, with a forked Head. 
The Body is flat; the two divided Parts are 
and in their Centre 
of the Flower ; with its Button. 
The Filament is fhort, and has its Infertion at | 
the Top of the fingle Body, between the two Di- 
vifions : the Buttons are of the ufual Form; and 
they are fhielded from Injuries | i the divided 
Parts. 
The Colouring of the F lower is very pretty. 
A COMPLEAT BODY _ 
ayan excellent Addition. 
. examine what are double; 
Culture of this Tuxtp. 
No regular Method of Sowing can be laid 
down for aie procuring this F eg for as it is 
no more than a Variety from Accident produced 
by the Seeds of the common Ge/nerian Tulip, 
the Courfe of Nature in thefe Produétions is too 
‘little underftood for Art to copy. 
It has been fuppofed that many of the Varieties - 
in Tulips were owing to the Roots being ftarved, 
or check’d in growing; but if that be allow’d as 
the Caufe of breaking the Colours, the contrary 
muft be called into the Account for an exuberant 
‘Number of Petals. 
it rifes naked from 
Abundant Nourifhment alone can be the Source 
of thefe Redundancies; fo much we may be cer- 
tain with refpect to the Number of inner Petals ; 
but what it is that throws the Filaments of the | 
Flower from their natural Origination in its Bafe, — 
and mounts them upon the Summit of the Body 
1 of thofe fingular Parts, we are yet to learn. 
Let the Gardener who would raife double Tu- 
lips, enrich the Soil of his Seed Beds beyond what 
we have dire€ted on that Head. Swines Dung is — 
Let him fow the Seeds | 
of bold and healthy Flowers ; and when his Pa- 
tience has obtain’d the flowering Time, let him 
and whether any in 
this Form. 
-Jf he mifs this nike Kind, he will not 
fail of having enough of the fineft Flowers from 
the fucceeding Management, to anfwer his Trou- 
ble. | 
If he perceive none of this Kind, let him fave 
the Seed of forme. of the double ones that ripen 
eetencimamen semen men meth tet te nee 
- June. 
it well; and fowing that in the fame Manner, he 
will probably fucceed: } 
There is no Way. but. by repeated Trials ; and 
the Comfort to the Florift is, that none of thefe 
fail of producing good Flowers. When by this 
Affiduity he has| obtain’d one with the fingular 
Character here defcrib’d, let him allow it a 
richer Soil than ordinary, and encreafe his Store 
by a prudent peiepene of the Off-fets from 
its Root. | 
The Body is crimfon, and the Points and Edges 
of the Petals are ufually white; often that Colour 
is difperfed in wild Stains over thé reft of the | 
Flower, and fometimes it occupies the greater 
Part of its Surface. | 
_- The inner Petals are ting’d in the fame Man- 
ner. Their ground Colour is a light Crimfon, but 
the white. is finely laid in long Streaks’ like Rib- 
bands upon them; and often there runs between 
thefe a Rib of F leth Colour. a3 
2. ORTENTAL MEADOW CROWFOOT, 
The Crowfoots of our Meadows -are “not. itt 
out their Beauty ; and the Varieties raifed from 
them by artful Culture are all very pleafing. 
From the Eaft we received long fince into our 
Gardens, a nobler Kind, which: we have filled 
remoteft Part of the Eaft; and wear ing at pre- 
fent its natural. Afpect, appears more of the Méa- 
dow Crowfoot Kind, than of that which has been 
fo long, and fo juftly efteem’d in our Gardens. 
The Singularity will now recommend it, but 
FE: 
ig. 2. 
with Petals doubled like the Rofe, and ting’d 
with various Colours; but. there are yet others, 
Natives of remote Climates, that will readily live 
in our Gardens; and tho’ of the wild Afpect na- 
turally, yet capable of alk the Elegance that can 
be given to other Flowers by Culture. 
Of this laft Kind is the Plant named here, it 
has been raifed from Seeds brought from the 
q 
’twill be eafy to give it a new Form by Culture. 
The old Botanical Writers have not been acquaint- 
ed with the Plant: we owe it to our lateit Travel- 
lers. -The Student muft not therefore expect to 
be told what it has been called by thofe Authors, 
but that it is named with Propriety by Linn 2us, 
Ranunculus feminibus [pinofo fubulatis recurvis calye 
cibus reflexis foliis multifidis: Meadow Crowfoot, 
with 
