" Culture of this Darropt1. 
This rifes from the Seeds of fome of thofe large 
fingle Daffodils, which we have obferved before 
aré the original Produce of the common wild 
Englifo Kind. They are to be fown as we have 
direéted treating of the others; and if this 
grey and yellow Flower do not appear among 
thofe of one fowing, it muft be fought in fuch 
as follow. The great Art to obtain thefe double 
and variegated Flowers is to fow often, and 
largely. 
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When a Plant of it is once obtained, it will be. 
encreafed by Off-fets. Thefe muft be taken off 
every Year when the Roots are taken up; and | 
new Compoft muft be always allowed. The old 
Root will by this be kept vigorous, and will 
flower in its full Beauty many Years; and the 
Off-fets, as they will be too fmall to blow at firft, 
mutt be planted in a Nurfery-bed at four Inches 
Diftance to gather Strength, and afterwards res 
moved into the Garden. 
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Pl. 44. We have had Occafion to name many of the 
Fig. 2. Jris’s, and fhall defcribe yet fome others; for there 
are few Flowers raifed fo éafily that deferve fo ~ 
much of the Gardeners Attention. » 
Among the whole Series of Flowers of that | 
- Name, there is not one that demands his At- 
tention more than this Sufan Kind; fo called, 
becaufe of eaftern Origin, yet freely living in 
cour Gardens. All the Writers on Flowers have 
named it, and moft have diftinguifhed it, accord- 
ing to the Place whence it was firft brought, by 
the Names Iris Turcica, Iris Calcedonica, and Iris 
Sufiana ; the Turkifh, Chalcedonian, or Sufian Iris: 
fome have added to this the Form, Size, or Co- 
lour of the Flower. Ctustus, flore majore varie- 
gato, with a great variegated Flower; and C. 
BAvHINE, flore maximo ex albo nigricante: Sufian 
Iris, with a vaft black and white Flower. 
Linnzjus in this, as other Inftances, has 
named it from the effential Charaéters, and con- 
fequently adapted to it Terms which cannot be ap- 
plied to any other: ’tis the great Glory of this 
Author, that his Names are fucciné& Defcriptions ; 
and he who knows them, cannot but at fight 
know alfo the Plants to which they refer: he calls 
this Iris corollis barbatis caule foliis longiore uni- 
foro: the fingle flower’d bearded Iris, with the 
Stalk longer than the Leaves. 
The Root is tuberous, thick, irregular, and 
juicy: the Leaves are long, moderately broad, 
and of a frefh green. They rife fix or eight to- 
ecther, and furround one another at the Bafe: 
they are fharp at the Points and Edges, and of a 
tolerably firm Subftance. : 
The Stalk is a Foot and half high, round, 
thick, jointed, and of a pale green; and it fup- 
ports a fingle Flower, the largeft of all the Iris 
Kind; and when nearly viewed one of the moft 
elegant. It is compofed as thofe of the other 
Iris’s, of fix Petals; among which appear the 
three leafy Heads of the Style, fo much refem- 
bling three others, that the Flower has been ufual- 
ly underftood to be compofed of nine. 
Of the fix proper Petals three turn down and 
three ftand upward. 
The three lower Petals are on their Infide ab- 
folutely black, only there run fome violet purple 
Lines along thefé from the Bafe to the Middle ; 
and fpread themfelves, though lefs diftinétly, 
| der the Turf in a Meadow. 
| through the reft. 3 | 
The Middle of the Petal toward the Bafe is 
black and hairy ; and in the Centre there is a de 
_licate jetty Spot, of a Velvet Appearance. 
The Outfide of thefe Petals is of the fame 
blackifh Hue, but fainter: often tinged with a 
_dufky purple, and often degenerating into an afh 
grey. > : | 
The three Petals which ftand upright are 
waved, and curled; and they are vaftly large, 
but thin. They are of a dufky Lead Colour, 
variegated from the Bafe to the Tops and Edges, 
with fine {mall Lines of black and greyifh; and 
there are ufually intermixed among them fome 
{mall dufky Spots. 
The three falfe Petals, or leafy Heads of the 
Style, are divided at their Tops; and are of a 
faint, though deep purplith Tinge, with a great 
deal of the fame blackifh Hue. 
The whole Flower at a Diftance refembles the 
Feathers of fome Indian Birds, or the Skins of 
| Serpents; for the upper Petals are mere Films. 
The Flower has no Scent: Nature has done 
enough for it in Colouring. 
The Filaments and Style are the fame in this 
as in the other Iris’s; three of the frft place it 
among the Triandria of Linn mus; and the lat- 
ter being fingle, among the Monogynia. 
Culture of this Iris. 
The Plant is a Native of the Eaft, whence it 
was firft brought into Europe by the Dutch in the 
Year 1 57 2. It is eafily encreafed by parting the: 
Roots in Autumn, but the beft Method of raifing 
it is from Seed: for the Flowers of fuch Plants, 
when rightly managed, exceed thofe from older 
Roots; and though they never vary their general 
Colouring, yet will afford a very pleafing Diverfity 
in the Difpofition, Form, and Bignefs of the 
Spots. i 
The beft Compott is a Mixture of equal Parts, 
Garden Mould, and rich black Farth from un- 
In this, with pro-_ 
per Management, the Plants will fower in full 
Perfeétion. 
Let fome Seeds be faved from a very {trong 
Plant, which has ftood under a warm Wall. 
Let then be dried in the ufual Manner ;* and. 
let 
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