OFIGAR 
July. 
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Pl 42. We have defcribed, in, .a- preceding Number, 
the common Martagon a very elegant and fra- 
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ee grant Flower: this, which. furpafies it far in» 
Beauty, is no, diftiné&t Species, ‘but one of thofe 
Varieties which Culture gives the attentive and 
ingenious, Gardener. 
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oTWOLSTAGED<“MARTAG ON. 
and iob:a: perfect! Blood-colour. The Buttons on 
the:fix Threads are \alfo of a fine bright Crimfon, 
and.add-norya little to the Beauty of the Flower, 
The Scent: is. sea! fweet, but very ftrong. 
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‘0 Culture of this Mant acon. 
The | ‘common, Martagon: we bate | enband bebisyet 3 
there. at. large; and, have. obferved.. that \ in- 
ftead of, the Names imperial and mufky Martagon, 
floxibus» reflenis, corollis revoluiis : 
tals turn up. 
__,Thofe who chufe to diftinguith, this ieriatah by | 
a peculiar Name, may call ‘it. the rey: Mar- | 
tagon, with a divided Spike. 
The Root is larger than in the other - ak pro | 
portioned to the Plant, It is compofed ,of nu- 
merous Scales, and has {everal thick Fibres. | 
The Stalk is round, very. firm, perfectly up- 
Its Colour | 
is naturally a dufky green, and it is ftained in | 
right, and more than .a Yard high. 
various Degrees with purple. 
. The Leaves are broad, fhort, uk of a deep | 
green, with high Veins on the under Part. There 
are ufually four or five Circles of them round the 
| Stalk, at different Diftances; and toward the 
Top two or three loofe, irregular, and {mallet 
Leaves narrower, and of another Form. . : 
_ The Flowers are extremely numerous and ele- 
‘gant, and they are-difpofed in a pyramidal but 
interruptedsSpike. 
of them on long Footftalks : 
Stalk, and form a kind of circular:Crown. 
bove thefe it is for fome Space naked, and 
then begins another Series of Flowers, form-_ 
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ing a.compleat Spike to the Top. 
‘Sometimes the Stages will be .three or more; 
ae in thofé Cafes the Diftinétion is lefs obvious ; 
and. this .is on all Accounts the fineft Condition. — 
The Flowers in Shape refemble perfectly thofe 
of the common Martagon. They have no:Cup ; 
each .is formed.of fix thick Petals, which turn 
-back. and:curl up, and in the Centre rife fix F 4 
ments, swith a fingle Style. ae 
The Colouring little differs ;. but what there is 
of Variation in this Refpect is to the Advantage 
of the prefent Kind. The Ground-Colour is a 
pale flefhy Crimfon, and the Spots are frequent, 
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4. 
Pl. 42. . Wehad Occafion to name in a late Number, a 
Fig. 4. Columbine whofe Flowers difcard the common 
Charaéter of the Genus, the Nectaria or Horns. 
In this which we defcribe in the prefent Chapter, 
thofe fingular Parts are fufficiently confpicuous, 
but they are difpofed in a Manner contrary to their . 
N° 42. 
Martagon imperiale, and, Lilium pyramidale mofcha- | 
tum. Linnaeus calls it Likum folits ;verticillatis, | 
Verticillate- 
deaved Lilly,, with cepoplng F lowers went Pe | 
At fome confiderable Diftance — 
above the uppermoft Leaves, there rife a Clufter 
thefe furround the > 
a 
Culture without the Intention of the Gardener 
firft produced this elegant Variety, and nothing 
is more precarious than its Propagation. 
vThe Plant itfelf,: which is a Native of Europe, 
will flourith iwith little Care or.Trouble in our 
Borders; arid’ this will be produced among the 
| reft, when raifed from Seed chofen as we have di- 
rected, and managed with the Care we advife to 
be beftowed on the imperial Kind. 
When fuch a Flower is produced, more than 
ordinary-Care muft be taken of it, and of its 
| Off-fets. No Change mutt be made in the Soil, 
~ | burit muft be allowed a fufficient Quantity. 
_ Nothing fhould ftand: within three Foot of 
fuch a Plant; the Stalk fhould be firmly fecured 
by a Stake, and frequent Tyeing; and the Space 
| of Ground devoted to its Nourifhment, muft be 
often ftirred, and oftener watered. 
. In this Manner the Plant is to be brought to 
Flower, and it will be proper to fave Seed from 
it. To this Purpofe, the upper Spike of Flow- 
ers fhould be cut off before they blow, and only 
the Crown or lower Circle left to perfect them- 
felves and their Seed.. 7 
‘This will be ftrong and vigorous in the higheft 
Degree, and will be the more likely to re-produce 
the two-ftaged Kind; however that be, no Seed 
is likely to produce fo fine Flowers ge the ufual 
Sort. 
In the Year 1755 I had one of thefe two-ftaged 
Martagons, with {now-white Flowers, fpotted with 
Purple. A very elegant as well as ‘fingular 7 
Plant. ° Ie a des 
‘Thefe are the Varieties that rife from fowing 
bulbous Flowers; they are the great Glory and 
great Reward of the Florift; and one or other 
of them is frequently appeasing when the true 
Methods are ufed. 
Thofe who call chachittees r fortis 3 in England, 
devote their Cares and Attention to two or three 
Kinds : they fhould make the Labour univerfal, 
for the Succefs will always be anfwerable to it; 
and the more Flowers they fow, the more Chance 
they will have for thefe new Appearances. 
INVERTED COLUMBINE. 
| natural Arrangement; they bend up to the Stalk 
in that, in this they point from it. 
The firft Notice of the Flower fpeaks it of an 
unnatural F orm, and the Gardeners have not 
amifs named it the Inverted Columbine. 
Tis not a diftinét Species from the common 
6L Kind, 
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