Ree oe COMPLEAT BOD Y- 
July. Flower large, elegant, and of a pale yellow. 
_ There. is no Cup; but in the Place of one a 
kind of filmy Scabbard: this is oblong, ‘flatted, 
nip’d at the End, and of a pale green. It burfts 
fideways to let out the Flower, and foon after 
withers. ang TA. to 
The Flower is compofed of fix oblong, regular 
Petals, broadeft in the Middle, and obtufe. = 
In the Centre ftand fix Filaments, {mall ‘to- 
ward the Top, and crowned with oblong Buttons 
placed fideways. Underneath the Receptacle’ of 
the Flower is placed a roundifh furrowed Rudi- 
‘ment, from which rifes a fingle Style with a {mall 
Head, divided into three Parts. 
The Seed-veffel is oval, and in three Cells con- 
tains numerous Seeds. = eo eae 
_ The fix Filaments refer the Plant’ to the 
Hexandria of Liynaus, and the fingle Style 
fhews it one of the Monogynia. ont bs 
‘ter; and fee that it tipens perfectly, for very July; 
often that is not the Cafe; and he will be very 
unlucky who lofes all his Pains, of fowing and 
protecting, by the firft Error, in taking bad ~ 
Seeds: Se eee 
In the latter End of March let a Bed be made 
| up in a fhady Part of the Nurfery, with frefh 
Meadow Earth raked clean from Stones ; and on 
this let the Seeds be fcattered with an even Hand. 
Sift over them a Quatter of an Inch of the fame 
Mould, and let the Ground be defended by a 
Hawthorn Bufh; and at Times. gently. refrefhed 
with Water. | Sere 5. ee 
When the Leaves of the young Plants fade, let 
half an Inch of frefh Mould be fifted over the 
Bed to preferve the Roots during Winter; for 
otherwife being fmall, and too near the Surface, 
they would be hurt by Frofts. The next Seafon | 
they will be. fit to tranfplant at five Inches Di- 
ftance; and when they have once flowered in. 
this Place, the fineft- muft be marked again for 
ot et ee me i 
‘There will be a great deal of Variation in the 
Colour of the Flower, - and its Size, among thefe 
feedling Plants. The fineft are thofe. which are | 
largeft, and are of a delicate, pure, and unmix’d 
yellow ; pale, but {trong, and uniform throug} _ 
out every Part ‘of the Flower. This is the Co- 
lour of pure Virgin Gold, and thence the Plant is _ 
Culture of the GOLDEN AMARYLLIS, | 
- This elegant Flower has the Merit of Hardy- 
nefs: moft of the Amaryllis Kind are Natives of 
the hotteft Regions, but this burfts forth among 
the Grafs in the Meadows of Spain and Italy, and 
covers the Sides of Hills in Thrace. It will live 
therefore in our Gardens with little Trouble ; and 
as it encreafes faft and freely by Off-fets, few give 
themfelves any farther Trouble about it. They | named. | 
_feparate thefe when they take up the Roots; and ; When fine Plants are thus obtained, they may 
“they plant them in any Border where there is | be encreafed by Off-fets, and the worft of them 
a Vacancy. | -will make a very handfome F igure in Borders. — 
Our Gardener knows he is to aé& on other The leffer early flowering Kind differs no more 
Principles. ‘ 
from this than as a Variety from the fame Stock 5. 
Let him mark for Seed two or three of the | and the Cafe is the fame with the next defcribed 
fineft Plants, which have the Advantage of Shel- ! Kind, 
Pl. 442 
Fig. 4. 
makes a very noble Appearance; and as Nature 
is rarely attentive to the ripening of Seeds from 
it, tho’ the Parts of Impregnation are fufficiéntly 
large, it remains much longer than the fingle 
Kind in Beauty. 
' great Praife; they call the double autumnal Daf- | 
— fodil, Narciffus autumnalis flore pleno, and Nar- | 
ciffus autimnalis plenus aurens—Lann mus con{. | 
dering thefe Accidents from Culture as too trivial 
for peculiar Names, refers it to the other. 
The Root is larger than in that Kind, and has 
more and thicker Fibres, « 
The Leaves are five or fix; they are broad, 
not very long, obtufe, flethy, and of a very fine 
deep green. 
The Stalk is round, thick, and three Inches 
Culture of this AMaryutis. 
The fame Soil fuits this as the former fingle 
Kind; and no new Direétions need be given for 
raifing it. From a Quantity of Seed well managed 
at the fecond, if not at the firft Sowing, there will 
be produced one or more of thefe double F lowers 
which muft afterwards be nurfed with Care, and 
encreafed by their Off-fets. 
For thefe a good Bed fhould be provided in the 
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