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thofe of that Genus; the Difference is nothing 
but that the Flower is globular, 
Variation in Form, Linn 2us does not admit as 
a Generical Diftinction. 
~ So long as we have cultivated F lowers this has | 
had a Place in our Gardens, and ‘all who have 
written on Plants have defcribed it. Thofe have 
added it to the Number of Hyacinths, who have 
preferved the Name Ma/fcari without the other ; 
but the more Correét have called | it Be the Se :? 
Term. 
- C. Baunine calls it Hyaiinab vith mof- | 
chatus: the mufky racemous Hyacinth : And 
Linnazus, Hyacinthus corollis ovatis : the Hyacinth, 
with oval Flowers. They have led themfelves 
into Confufion, who have attempted to diftinguifh 
it into feveral Species from the Colour of the Flower, 
for there is no Plant in which that i is fo variable, 
__ The Root is large, round, white, compofed of | 
numerous Coats,’ and hung about at the Bottom 
with many, thick, and permanent Fibres. 
The Leaves are long, confiderably broad, ob- 
tufe at the End, thick, and of a pale. green; 
hollowed a little, ftriated, . and “thrown - upon 
the Ground in various Direétions, “When, they 
firft appear, they have ‘often a Stain of fhining 
Crimfon, but it goes off as cas encreafe in 
Bignefs. 
The Stalk is naked, round, very thick, yet 
weak, and of a pale Colour, ftained more or lefs Len by-Offfets, they éncreafe abundantly;:and grow 
freely; this is therefore the cae Method, mat the 
with red. 
* The e Flowers ftand in a Spike, covering it from 
~ the Top half way down; and they are: yal and 
hollow, largett at the Bafe, fmall at the Neck 
and {preading a little again at the Mouth, 
Their Colour we have obferved is very variable; 3 
and in the feveral Stages of the fame Flower, it 
nevet fails to change confiderably, — In the yellow, 
Kind the Gradation is this : 
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The Flowers at their firft Appearance are of a 
pale whitifh Olive; as they grow to PerfeGtion 
_ they attain a more and more agreeable yellow; 
and in their State of Decay, they are blackith. 
In fome Plants the Flowers are of a perfeét 
and unftained White; in others, of a delicate 
bloody Red, or Crimfon: the Amethyft, or the 
_- Burgundy Colour, is feen in others; and in the 
lightly into fix Seataced : 
moft common of. all, the Colour is a dull Purple 
tinged with Green: this has more of the Green 
pe the Flowers are young, and the Colour af- 
terwards becomes of the Violet HHue.. 
In all thefe, States the Plant is very apieishalobeit 
The F ragrance iS oreateft when the ie eseni are 
patt their, full Bloom ; > and it is moft delicate! in 
the amethyftine Flowers,’ but the ftrongeft: in the 
yellow ones, 
There is no Cup t to theF lowers and it is com+ 
poled of ‘a-fingle Petal: ‘The’ Rim: is divided 
nd at the Top of the 
_and this flight 
of a Thicket 
dens. 
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| PE 7 «We call this Flower by its vaceivel Nahe: but } Rudiment are feen three ee thefe are the 
Fig. 3. are to tell the Gardener that it is properly a'Hya- | Nedtaria. | 
-tinth ; the effential-Characters areall the fame with }. -~"Ehe Filaments-are fix ; they are fhort, and the 
Antherze are convergent. The Style is fhorter . 
than the Flower, Gadi and crowned with an ob- 
tufe Head. _The Seed-veffel is three-cornered, 
and contains about fix Seeds, in three diftinct 
Cells. 
‘The fix Filaments thew: the Plant one of the 
Hexandria of Linnaus, and the Sigle Style ‘re- 
: fers | it to < Monogynia. 
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Culture of this AyacintTu. 
Tt is a Native of Afa, but has been ‘more than 
two hundred Years ‘brought ‘into our Gardens, 
It is a very hardy Plant; Sut becaule i it will crow | 
freely, has been too much negleéted. —'The Size — 
and bright Colouring: of the Flower are the Arti- 
cles of its Value, and thefe may be’ greatly en- 
created by a right Management. 
In its native Country | it loves a deep light Soil, 
and never thrives fo well as when under the Shade 
this we fhould Heabaty in Gar-° 
= he beft Compoft ree it is thus made : 
_Pafture Earth two Buthels, Pond Mud a Buthel, | 
ian Wood-Pile Earth and old Cow-dung of each 
a Peck, . 
Let thefe be Patin in. Spring; a and in July they 
| will: be ft for Ufe,, - 
“The.common’ Way of virile dhalec the Plant 
beft is to do it from Seed. 
- Let this ripen upon a healthy and ftrong Plant : 
» | let it’be gathered and hardened, as ‘we Have direét- 
ed on ‘ontler ‘Oceafions, and in the End of Auguft 
fown. » | 
If only Of-fets are ufed, let 2 Bed be made up 
in the Garden in Fuly, and fome. good | ones 
planted, at ten. Inches Diftance. — | 
If the Seeds bé faved, a thaded ee of the 
Nurfery muft be chofen, the Compoft thrown in, 
and the Seeds {cattered on, and covered a Quarter 
of an Inch. They miuft be managed as other. 
feedling bulbous Plants, but sine ponardy they 
will require lefs Trouble. 
“When they come to Flower the batt nti DE <3 
feparated, and planted in the Garden in a Bed of 
the fame Compoft; and from the fineft of \thefe 
muft be faved Seeds for Whother Sowing. 
The Flowers produced from thefe, will thew 
all that Variety of Colourme we have named, and 
will be much larger than ‘ila are ufually feen : 
nor can the Gardener get the Musk Flyacinth in. 
Perfeétion any other ‘Way. 
When. fome Roots of the fineft Kinds are thus 
obtained, they muft be managed with due Care, 
and” they will preferve therbielves in Perfection, 
and afford ‘numerous Off-fets. Every Year they 
muft be taken up, when the Flower-ftalks and 
Leaves 
