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for Auguft. 
: many Miles. 
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fe of this HEMEROCALLIS. 
The Plant is native of the northern Parts of 
| Europe; it gilds the Meadows of Bohemia ; and 
in Hungary perfumes the Air in fome Places for 
It loves a deep black Mould with 
moderate Moifture. 
Hence the Gardener who acts upon the Prin-- 
ciples of Reafon, is to deduce the Method of 
its Culture. No artificial Heat can be needed for 
a Plant which naturally lives in fo cold a Cli- 
mate ; nor can any Soil fuit it fo well as its native 
Meadow Earth; enriched, without altering its 
Quality. It is to be managed thus : 
- Mix together four Bufhels of black Mould 
from under the Turf in a rich Meadow, two 
Buthels of River Mud, and one Bubhel of old 
Cow Dung. Throw thefe together ina Heap in 
Autumn, and let them lie till the OZoder fol- 
lowing. Then chufe a Part of the Flower Gar- 
den where there comes little Sun, and where 
there is the Shade of fome Trees. 
Dig out the Mould two Spades deep, and 
throw into the Place firft a Foot Depth of pure | 
frefh Earth from a Meadow, and then this 
Compoft. Level the Surface, draw Lines a- 
crofs and lengthwife, and a Foot and a half Dif- 
tance, and in the Centre of each Square open a 
ria. 
ao Se ES RED 
The Gardener knows the Stock Julyflower too 
well to be: mifled about its Figure; but it is 
needful he be told Linnvus has given it the 
Name Chetranthus. 
That Author has in many Cafes altered the 
Names of Plants boldly ; thofe who have not 
entered into his Reafons have faid arbitrarily ; 
but to judge of his Motives, Men muft take in 
the whole Compafs of the Science: all lay before 
him when he made thefe Innovations; and to 
thofe who entertain the fame comprehenfive View 
they will be found juft, and neceflary. 
Thofe who have lefs general Knowledge, owe 
his great Name the Reverence to believe, that | frutico/o: 
has been needful which appears fuperfluous, and 
that right, the Reafons of which they do not com- 
prehend. 
There is no Writer on Plants, or on Garden- 
ing, who has not named this elegant Genus ; 
fruitful of Varieties, and comprehending many 
diftin@ Species which afford them. 
They have, in general, treated of the Plant 
under the Name Lemucoium, with the Additions of 
Sativum, duplex, purpureum, rofeum, and violaceum: 
the double Garden Leucoium, with purple; vio- 
let, or white Flowers. Our Gardeners name it 
the Stock Fulyflower, or fimply the Stock. 
The Latin Name Leucotum has been ufed with 
3 
The Plant muft be propagated by Root: 
thofe Kinds which increafe at the Root fo abun- 
dantly, rarely ripen Seeds. — 
In OGober let the old Roots be as up and 
parted, and one good feparated Root planted in 
each Hole. Cover them an Inch and half; and 
keep the Ground clear from Weeds : Nature will 
do the reft. 
After this, every Autumn the Roots thould be 
taken up, and reduced to a proper Quantity ; 
and the Compoft dug out, and its Place fupply’d 
with a frefh Parcel. 
This Compoft which is mex: away may be 
- ufed for other Plants which require the fame kind 
of Soil; for though it will not fupport the fame 
Root again in that full Luftre we expect for 
thefe Flowers, it is not exhaufted. 
This may be the Practice of the Gardener alfo 
on many other Occafions : the Compoft removed 
from the Bed of one Plant, may be ufed for ano- 
ther which requires the fame kind of Soil: but 
I have found that on many Occafions it is ab- — 
folutely neceffary to remove the Earth in which 
a Plant has grown, and to give frefh, in order to 
keep it in Perfection. i 
This Particularity is not limited by Nature to_ 
Flowers, but reigns among the meaneft Plants. 
Scordium, which is as hardy as any Herb we have, 
will not grow in any tolerable Condition, for a 
Continuance of Time, upon the fame Ground. 
CHEIRANTHUS. 
the Addition of Bulbofum for a very different 
Plant, and to that Linnavs alfo has affigned it: 
we know how vague and various a Senfe the 
Englib Name Jaiedonc: bears ; and when the 
Gardener underftands the Reafon of the more 
modern Term Ckeiranthus, he will judge that it 
ought to npplayt the Enghjb as well as ; the old 
Latin one. 
To this generical Name eadeee adds as 
the Diftinétion of the fingle Species, to which 
the double Flower we defcribe here owes its 
Origin, foltis lanceolatis, integerrimis, obtufis, in- 
canis, filiquis apice truncatis, compreffis, caule fuf- 
woody ftalked Cheiranthus, with lan- 
ceolate, undivided, obtufe, hoary Leaves, and 
comprefled Pods with abrupt Tops. 
The Name is long, but the Species of Chei- 
ranthus are numerous. 
The Root is thick, woody, white, and hung 
with innumerable long Fibres. » 
The Stem is fingle, upright, woody, touch ; 
of a whitifh Colour, covered with a light Down, 
and half a Yard in Height. At the Top it di- 
vides into numerous Branches which throw them- 
felves every Way with a wild, but not ungrace- 
ful Irregularity, and are of the Length of the 
main Stem. | 
The Leaves are oblong, undivided, broadeft 
toward 
