Sept. 
ees thick; fift over them a Quarter of an Inch of the 
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levelling the Surface, fcatter on the Seeds pretty often watered. 
fame Mould, and leave them to Nature. 
‘When the young Plants appear, let them be 
thinned to four Inches Diftance, clear’d from 
‘Weeds, and water’'d often, © 2 
_ In the Beginning of May they 
to tranfplant, and another Bed muft be chofen 
will be ready 
there will be a great deal of Variety in the 
colouring. i 
‘From the fineft Plants fome Seeds fhould be 
faved according to the Direétions already given, 
_and thus every Seafon; there will by this Means 
not only be a conftant Succeffion, but a continual 
for them in a fhady Situation. In September they | Improvement: of the Flowers in Bignefs, and in 
muft be removed into the Borders where they | the Delicacy of their colouring. [ 
ate to flower, and kept weeded; and in Spring 
a 
This ina very fine. and fragrant Flower, 
with all the Perfections of the common white Lilly, 
ftately Growth, Abundance of Bloom, and moft | 
confummate Fragrance ; and with the Advantages 
of a Variegation in Point of colouring; much in 
Character with the natural Flower; very delicate 
and very beautiful. — : 
Tt is a Seedling Variety of the white Lilly ; 
nothing more. | | | 
Late Authors have been taught to call it after 
\ 
~Marcuant, Lilium album flore lineis purpureis 
' gards fuch Variations in his Account of Species, | 
~ Leaves, with Bell-fhap’d Flowers fimooth within. 
variegato: the white Lilly with the Flower varie- 
gated with purple Lines: Linnus, who difre- 
refers it to the original Plant, the common white 
Lilly, which he diftinguifhes from the other of the 
Lilly Kind by the Addition of Foliis [par/is, corol- 
lis campanulatis intus glabris: Lilly with fcattered 
_ The fcattered Difpofition of their Leaves, and Bell- | | fe 
fhape of the Flowers, diftinguifh it from the Mar- We have on various Occafions told the Gardener, 
tagons, and the Smoothnefs of the inner Surface of 
- the Petals, from the red Kinds which have protu- 
berant Marks. 
_ The Root is bulbous, and compofed of a Mul- 
titude of Nuclei or thick Scales. 
The firft Leaves are lone 
g, moderately broad, 
waved at the Edges, obtufe, and of a frefh green ; 
tinged along the Edge with a dufky brown: this is 
not the conftant, but in the fineft State of the Plant 
it is very confpicuous, and adds no little Beauty ; 
at leaft Singularity. | | 
The Stalk is round, thick, upright, and two 
Foot anda half high; the Colour a pale green, 
tinged varioufly with brown or purplifh. 
The Leaves ftand thick upon this, and with 
perfect Irregularity; they are oblong, waved, and 
tinged more or lefs with brown. 
The Flowers terminate and crown the Stalk 
in an elegant Tuft, fix or eight of them together; _ 
they are large, and moft extremely fragrant ; 
white, and ftreaked along every Petal with a Rib | 
of the moft delicate crimfon, . 
The Form of the Flower is perfectly the fame 
with that of the common white Lilly. 
There is no Cup, the Petals are fix; long, 
large, and thick at the Point. ‘They rife to- 
gether from a narrow Bafe, and fwell out into 
Breadth till the whole Flower refembles a broad- 
aoe oP ELS 
é every Petal there ig a longitudinal Line, which is 
the Nectarium. | : 
The Filaments are fix; they are fmalleft toward 
| the Top, and they are. crowned with oblong, large, 
incumbent Buttons. | 
The Rudiment of the Fruit is oblong, and has 
fix Ridges; from this rifes a fingle Style of a 
cylindrick Figure, crowned with a triangular ob« 
tufe Head. ‘The Clafs and Place of this Plant in 
the Linnegn Syftem are extremely plain; the fix 
Filaments refer it to the Hewxandria, and the fingle 
Style thews it one of the Monogynia, 
Culture of this Laure. 
_ The Plant is Native of the Eaft, and thrives fa 
rich Soil where there is open Air and fome 
| Moifture.. This elegant Variety of it has been 
the Refult of Accident among frequent fowings. 
that he who will fow. ofteneft and moft largely, 
will not fail of many new Flowers in the bulbous 
Kinds. This may be produced thus by the modern 
Gardener as it was originally, but that is preca-~ 
rious, and cannot be expected but as the Refult o8 
many Trials, | - 
The Flower in this ftriped State ripens its Seed 
freely, and affords Off-fets as plentifully as in the 
fimple State, and it may be encreafed and propa- 
gated fromthem. The Method by Off-fets is very 
Cary. 5 2 | 
When the Leaves are decayed after the Sea- 
fon of flowering, the Roots mutt be taken up, 
and at that Time, in the perfect Manner of Cul- 
ture, we recommend there fhould be two Beds 
dug up, one in the Garden, the other in the Nur- 
fery ; that in the Garden is for the Reception of 
the old Roots again, and it may either be in the 
fame Spot with Change of Mould, or in another - 
That in the Nurfery is for receiving the Off-fets, 
and nourifhing them till they are of a Size to 
flower ftrongly. 
The Off-fets, being all taken off, muft be 
planted at eight Inches Diftance in the Nurfery 
Bed, and covered an Inch with the Mould; the | 
old Roots fhould be allowed fifteen Inches Diftance 
every Way. 
Some’ take up the Roots only once in three 
mouth’d Bell. ‘They have a hollow on their Back, | Years; but the right Practice is to do it every 
and their thick Ends are obtufe: at the Bafe of | Year: this not only affords more Off-fets for Prox 
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pagation, 
Sept. | 
They will flower in their full Perfe@tion, and “= 
