The Roots brought over from thence, tho’ they 
alfo often mifcarry, are a better and fecurer Me- 
thod. When thefe are ‘received, they mutt be 
muft be prepared for each of them. 
or three Pieces of loofe Gravel muft be thrown 
into the Bottom of the Pot, to keep the Hole, 
for the Difcharge of Water, from ftopping ups 
then the Pot mutt be filled more than half with 
fome of the light rich Compotts ; and the cleaned 
Root fet upright, and more of the Compoft 
thrown in, till ic is covered three Quarters of an 
Inch. 
In this Situation it is to remain, with now wand 
then. a very little Water, only to keep the Mould 
from being too dry, till ic begins to fhoot. If 
the Seafon be favourable, it will do beft all this 
Time in the open Air, in a warm fheltered 
Place. 
From the Time that it begins to fhoot, more | 
Water is to be allowed; but fill § in Moderation ; 3 
it muft be allowed often a little Water. 
thus be brought eafily to Flower. 
After a Year or two the Root will produce Of 
Mould plunged in a Bark-Bed : and they mutt | fets; and ihdte riuft be managed with great Care. Tully. 
Every Year the old Root muft be taken out of ——--— 
the Pot, and clean’d; and as foon as the Off-iets 
have been taken off, it muft be planted again in 
frefh Compoft. The beft Seafon for this is about 
a Month before the fhooting of the Leaves in 
Spring. } 
The Off-fets feparated from the. old Roots, 
muft be managed. juft as thofe Roots were at firft: 
They mutt be planted with great Care in Pots of 
the fame Compoft, and fet in a Hot-Bed of Bark. 
The Mould mutt be in thefe refrefhed occafionally 
with Moifture; and a little Air mutt be allowed 
in good Weather. | 
When they are thus brought: to a Condition of 
Flowering, they muft be taken into the Stove; 
and to. keep them in perfect good Condition, they 
muft be fet in the Bark, and continued there 
| throughout their whole Ti ime: they will flower any 
where within the Air of the Stove, but their full © 
| Perfection is never feen, unlefs when they ate in 
Pots up to the Rim in the Tan, and at ‘Times 
watered. 
‘The Seafon of Flowering in this Plant, hen 
3 kept i in the Stove in this Manner, is quite uncer- 
tain; but on that muft depend the Management 
of the Roots, and the whole Regulation. 
: 6, 
Pl. 44. The Dwarf Jris’s are not the leaft fpecious of | 
Fig. 6. that Kind of Flower; nor: is this inferior, in the 
Delicacy of Colour, to any of the plain Kinds. It 
is a Plant of eafy Culture, and worth a Place in | 
every Garden. 
“The Writers on Flowers in general have named 
it: they call it Chameiris purpurea, and Iris bu- 
milis purpurea, and Iris latifolia flore rubello. 
‘Linn aus joins it to the Violet Kind, which 
he diftincuifhes from all the others, by the Name 
Tris corollis barbatis, caule foliis breviore unifloro: 
Bearded Jris, with one Flower upon a Stalk, lower | 
| bearded Ne&tarium, 
than the Leaves. . 
Though. a low it is a very fhewy Plant; and in 
this pale Colouring is very confpicuous. 
The Root is tuberous, thick, prong, and 
whitifh. 
The Leaves are numerous, and of a very de- 
licate green; broad, fhort, obtufe, and highly 
rib’d. 
The Stalk is very fhort, but thick, ‘rib’, and 
irregular. The Flower ftands on its Summit, 
and is. very large. 
the other Jvis’s, of fix Petals, and three leafy 
Appendages to the Style; and is of a very fine 
pale Crimfon.. 
The Petals are firm, and the whole Flower is 
permanent, and of a very fine Violet Scent, 
Three of the fix Petals hang more or -lefs 
downward, and the others ftand upright, and 
clofe in upon one another. 
Toward the Bafe of the lower Petals is placed 
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a long and large bearded Ne¢ctarium; and above 
thefe ftand the three long Heads of the Style, 
which are ufually counted by thofe who have not 
ftudy’d the Science, as fo many other Petals. 
The natural and proper Colouring of the 
Flower is to be throughout pale Red. The three 
Petals which fall downwards are the paleft ; 
the three which ftand up have more Crimfon; and 
the three Heads of the Style are of a fainter Co- 
-lour than thefe, but have the fame Kind of Tinge. 
This is the proper Colouring of ‘the Petals, 
but with this there is always the Addition of the 
which is thick and of a violet 
blue; and near it there is on each of the lower 
Petals a yellow Spot. | 
Culture varies the Colouring of the Petals 
greatly, but thefe Characters always remain: the 
whole will be changed in the Tinct from this 
pale Red, one Way, through all the Stages of 
fiefhy Blufhing, to abfolute White; and the other 
through all the deepening Reds, to abfolute and 
full Purple: and fometimes the a Petals will 
It is compofed, as thofe of | be ftreaked or variegated.. 
One Obfervation fhews Linn aus has not erred 
in refering this to the more ufual Violet Kind, 
which is the Scent. It is always perfum’d, but moft 
in the deepeft coloured Flowers: as they grow 
paler the Scent is lefs; and in the White is nearly 
loft. | 
The Chara&ters are the fame in this as 
in the Suwfan, and other Kinds: there are three 
covered Filaments, and a fingle Style with this 
great 
