Augult, the Triandria Monogynia of LiNNAUS ; 
. Clafs, and its firft Section. 
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Culture of this Ints. | 
We have obferved that this elegant Plant is 
no more than a Variety of the bulbous Tris, not a 
- diftin&t Species ; the Gardener will therefore un- 
derftand eafily, that his Method of obtaining it 
fnuft be by Seeds. | | 
Let him remember what we have told him on 
many of the like Occafions, that his great Hope 
is to arife from fowing a large Quantity; and 
afterwards feleéting for a fecond Growth, the Seeds 
of thofe particular Plants which comes neareft his 
expected Kind. 
In order to this, let him mark firft for Seed 
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his third | Let him ripen fome, and harden this as we have Augutt. 
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dire&ted on other Occafions ; and fow it with the 
Care we have prefcribed in treating of the com- - 
mon Kind. | 
When the Plants flower he will fee a great Va- 
riety, and from among thefe he muft felect fome 
particular Plants for Seed again. Thefe fhould © 
be fuch as have pale F lowers, and upon the 
whole appear delicate, and lefs robuft than the 
others. 
Thefe fown upon a Soil fomewhat poorer than 
the Compoft directed for the reft, will improve 
in this natural Delicacy; and he will have fe- 
veral with elegant, pale; fimple, and variegated 
Flowers. 
This Method of raifing from the Seed is the © 
only Way of procuring a continual Variety, and 
fome ftrong and good Plants of the bulbous Iris, | this never fails. 
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Care and Management of the Ground. 
HE firft Care of the Gardener this Week 
| fhould be that of his Auricula Plants. *Tis 
now fome Time fince he has been entertain’d with 
the Variety and Elegance of their Flowers: Na- 
ture has had her Time of Reft after flowering, 
and is now preparing to form the Bud for the fuc- 
ceeding Seafon. This muft be affifted by all pof- 
fible Means. | | 
The Earth in which they have grown in their 
Pots being fmall in Quantity, is by this Time 
exhaufted; and Nature, which is preparing to 
fend out new Shoots from the Root, is prevent- 
ed by the decay’d Ends of the old. This is to 
be remedy’d, and the Plants clean’d before they 
are frefh potted. 
Let a Quantity of the Compoft we have di- 
reéted for this Flower be laid ready, and then 
begin with the Plants: fhake out the Ball of 
—' arth from the Pot, | pick it away from the Roots 
except a very fmall Quantity ; trim their extream 
Fibres, and pull off any decay’d Leaves there 
may be about the Plant. 
Pour in fome of the Compoft into the Pot, and 
fet the Plant upright upon it; fill in more; and 
by degrees clofing it well about the Roots, bring 
it as high as the Head of the Plant. Give a 
gentle Watering to fettle it, and then draw on a | 
little more of the Compoft to make Allowance 
for the finking. 
Clean and plant every Root in the fame Man- 
ner, and then fet the Pots in a fhady Place, and 
continue watering them gently every other Night 
till they are perfe€ily fix’d again, and rooted in 
their new Mould. 
| forming the next Year’s Flower, and it will be 
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vaftly ftrengthen’d by this timely Refrefhment.. 
We find it neceflary to remove and change the 
Mould of whole Beds, in which fine Flowers are to 
blow, much more may we be affured it is necef- 
fary to change that which is kept in the Compafs 
of a little Pot; prevented from the common Ad- 
vantages and Improvements of that in Borcers, 
and fhut as it were from thofe common Advan- 
tages which arife from the Moifture of the Body 
of the Ground, ‘the Steams from below, and in 
fome degree from Dews. ‘This is a Reafon why 
particular Regard fhould be had to the Earth in 
Pots. 
We have on many Occafions directed the Top 
of the Mould to be taken out of thefe Pots, and 
a Supply of frefh. in its Place, but this is only a 
partial Refrefhment: there is a Time when Na- 
ture is at Reft, and when the Root of any Plant 
will bear to be removed without Hurt, becaufe 
it draws little Nourifhment. - 
At this Seafon it fhould be taken up and re- 
planted in frefh Soil ;. and it will fhew the Ad- 
vantage in very obvious Characters in the next 
Year’s Bloom. The great Care is to hit upon 
the right Seafon. 
In the bulbous Plants we are inform’d of this 
by the decaying of the Stalks and Leaves, but in 
others there wants that plain and obvious Infor- 
mation. ' Thefe we muft watch with the more 
Care; but the great Rule will be had from the 
Condu& of Nature in the others. The great Ef- 
fort is for the ripening the Seed, and the dif- 
playing of the Flower which precedes it. To- 
ward this every Thing tends for the greateft Part 
of 
The pufh that Nature is now making is for 
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