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July. Seminary. They fhould be feparated, if ever fo | flower as well as the Parent Root. July. 
——-— fmall, every Time the old Root is taken up; not 
only for the Sake of encreafing their Number, but 
to keep that Root in the full Glory of its Flower- 
ing. 
, “They mutt be planted at fix Inches Diftance in 
the Nurfery Bed, and there weeded and occafionally 
watered; and, when the Leaves fade, covered 
with frefh Mould, to fhelter them during Winter. 
Thus they will foon arrive at Perfection, and will | 
We have advifed repeated Sowings of the com- 
mon Kinds; and were there no other Reafon, it 
would be proper to obferve that Method punctu- 
ally, for the Sake of obtaining from Time to 
Time a Succeffion of thefe double Flowers ; for I 
have found that in Spite of all the Care that can 
be taken of the Roots, they lofe their Strength 
after a Number of Years, and flower more 
faintly. 
5 CRIMSON ORIENTAL AMARYLLIS, 
Pl. 44. The Reader has feen with how much Juftice 
Fig. 5 Winn aus ranges together feveral elegant Plants 
under the Name Amaryllis: this, for its Singu- 
Jarity and Beauty, may claim the Preference 
againit moft of ‘them ; 3 and perhaps yields to 
none. 
The Botanift would wonder to fee this ssh 
called bythe common Writers a Narciffus, had wenot 
juft fhewn the golden Amaryliis under the fame De- 
nomination : he will perceive the Flowers of this, 
though perfectly unlike thofe of all the Daffodils, 
are altogether like thofe of that elegant low Plant, 
except in Colour; though widely diftant in their 
Manner of Growth; and he will as readily ap- 
plaud Linwzus, who joined them under this 
Name, as he will cenfure thofe who could con- 
found them with the Daffodils. They only who firft 
faw the Plant were guilty of this Error: thofe 
who followed named it Lilio-narciffus. | 
Swertsius called it Narciffus Indicus Orientalis ; 
and Ferrarivus, Narciffus Indicus {phericus, flore 
liliaceo: the round-headed Daffodil, with liliace- 
ous Flowers. 
Morison calls it Lilio-narciffus Indicus maximus 
fphericus, floribus plurimig rubris lilaceis. 
-Linnvus, who has rightly joined it with the 
Amaryllis, adds, as the Diftin¢ction of the Species, 
fpatha multifiora, corollis inequalibus, foliis lingui- 
formibus: Many-flowered Amaryllis, with Tongue- 
like Leaves and irregular Flowers. 
The Root is very large, round, fwelled out in | 
the Middle, covered with a thick Skin of a brown . 
Colour; and fends from the Bafe numerous 
very thick and long Fibres. 
The Leaves are oblong, broad, obtufe, and 
of a frefh green with a Tinge of greyith. 
The Scabbard which contains the Flowers burfts 
from the Ground entire; very large, oblong, 
pointed, and tinged ftrongly with Scarlet, or with 
rage 
As this raifes itfelf above the Ground, the Stalk 
appears, and by Degrees attains the Height of 
fourteen Inches: it is flatted, very thick, and of 
a lively green, more or lefs coloured with that 
elegant Red which was at firft fo confpicuous 
upon the Covering of the Flowers. 
Before the Stalk has attained half its Height, 
the Scabbard burfts;.and the Flowers ‘appear in 
their large Buds clofe compaéted into a Kind of 
Conic Head.* Soon after the Covering has burft, 
N° 44. 
they begin to feparate; and at length form a vatt 
and very noble Head, nearly of a fpherical Form :- 
fome continue erect, or nearly fo, while others 
throw themfelves off obliquely, and forne hang 
downwards. Thefe all rife together from the Head 
of the Stalk, where there are alfo placed fome 
redifh Films. = 
Iivery Flower has its Footftalk, and thefe are 
three Inches long, flatted in the Manner of the 
main Stém, and tinged like that with a lively 
Red. 
The Floweéfs themfelves are large, and of a 
very delicate Red. Each is compofed of fix Pe- 
tals; five of which naturally turn a little inward, 
and the fixth fepatating from them ftands out- | 
ward, This is what occafions Linnaeus to call 
it an irregular Flower. 
In the Centre ftand fix Crimfon Filaments, 
crowtied with large yellow Buttons, and furround- 
ing a fingle Style, whofé Head is divided into 
three Parts. — 
Each Flower is fureceeded by a large Seed-veffel ; 
and even thefe make no mean Appearance. 
The fix Filaments and fingle Style refer the — 
Plant to the Hexandria Monogynia of Linn aus, 
as evidently as the Form of the Flower to the 
Amaryllis Kind, 
Culture of this AMARYLLIS: 
This elegant and noble Speciés is a Native of 
the Ea/t-Indies; and with us will never flower fo 
perfectly as in a Stove.. The Seeds are to be ob- 
tained from its native Place of Growth for Pro- 
pagation; or the Roots brought thence: for 
when taken up at the Time of the Leaves fading, 
they will bear to be brought over very well. 
The Gardener in general gives himfelf lefs 
Trouble: Off-fets are produced from the Root — 
freely enough, and from thefe he propagates the 
Plant: we know that it will flower alfo without 
the Stove, but not in its Perfection; and ’tis a 
Plant too noble. and, too elegant to be impair’d 
by the negligent or unfkilful Hand of the Gar- 
dener. 
The Method by Seeds is tedious and preca- 
rious: but if they have been collected in the J- 
dies, from good Plants, and well hardened, they 
will keep good, and will grow in a Pot of fine 
6R Mould 
