Oétob. though poffible thefe have very effential Diftinc- | 
tions. That this Plant has only three Styles, 
that the Aruncus has Male and Female Flowers 
on {eparate Plants, and belongs therefore to the 
Diocecia, that the Ulmaria has twifted, atid the 
Filipendula rotated Capfules. Thefe are Differences 
in Nature, but the Genus is made to contain them 
all. : 
Culture of this Spinm@a. 
It is a Native of North America, where it thrives 
beft in a deep rich Soil: with us it will very well 
bear the open Ground, and ftand all Weathers ; 
and may be propagated by Cuttings, or by 
Layers; but the eafieft Way of all is, by the 
Suckers, which, it naturally fends up in Abun- 
dance ‘about the old Plants, and which take root 
freely. | 
The Suckers fhould be taken off in Autumn, 
and. planted at. two Foot Diftance in a Nurfery- 
bed, to acquire a due Size for the Garden. 
If no Ufe were made of them, it would be 
proper annually to take them off, becaufe they 
disfigure and exhauft the old Plants; and they 
‘OP AGAR DENRRG. A... 
The Layers take root freely enough, and the 
Cuttings feldom fail, if the hollow or pithy Part 
be fecured by a Piece of Bees-wax. 
The Layers will be fit to tranfplant at the End 
of a Year; and the Cuttings, if they have the 
Advantage of a mellow Soil, and fhady Situa- 
tion, will take fufficient Root to be removed in 
two Months. : ee 
Whichever Way the Tree is raifed, it muft be 
train’d in the fame Manner. If left to Nature, 
it grows a wild ftragling Shrub; and ’tis much 
better to carry it up with a fingle Stem, and not 
to fuffer it.to have too many fide Branches. 
When the Shrubs are brought into their Places 
in the Garden, the Ground fhould be well broke 
all aout them, and their Heads finally trim’d to 
due Form: after this they will require only to be 
clear’d of their Suckers, and reduced to Shape 
every Autumn. “ge oe 
If there be any Branches that crofs and gall 
each other, one of them mutt be cut off; and 
any dead Wood muft be cut out from the Head : 
the Ground fhould frdm Time to Time be broke 
about them, and always kept clear from Weeds ; 
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and about the Time of their flowering they fhould 
grow with fo little Trouble, that it is pity any 
have good Waterings. 
body fhould lofe the Opportunity of raifing fo 
many pretty Plants. | 
5. PURPLE &HTHIOPIAN AMARYLLIS. 
There is fcarce a Flower thé Gardenet raifes | Authors, though perfectly different in the Shape 
fuperior to this; whether we confider the Num- | of the Leaves, and regular Flowers; 
ber, Size, Colouring, or Fragrance of the Bloom; The Root is large, roundifh, and of a dufky 
but taking all together, very few can be faid to | yellow Colour: from its Bafe run many very thick, 
equal it. It has been defcribed by forne of the | white Fibres. ‘em 
Writers in Botany of confiderable ftanding ; and The Leaves aré numerous, and they lie {eae- 
has been many Years efteem’d in Holland oné of | ter’d irregularly upon the Ground: they are very, 
the greateft Acquifitions from that Quartet of the | long, moderately broad, of a pale green, and 
World whence we have named it; but in Eyg- | fharp pointed, and they are mark’d with large 
Jand it is lefs known than fo elegant and noble a | longitudinal Fibres. | 
Plant deferves; notwithftanding there is no great The Stalk is very thick, eight Inches hi che 
Difficulty in the Culture. : flatted, firm, and of a pale green, often flain’d 
Cornttus refer’d it to the Narciffus Kind, as the | with réd. | 
Writers of his Time did many of the Species of | Thére are no Leaves, nor Rudiments of Leaves 
this elegant Genus: he calls it Narciffus major | on this, but at its Top a membraneous Scabbard, 
smdicus ferotinus. ComMELINE Calls it, Lilo nar- which contains the Flowers. Thefe are nume- 
ciffus Africanus platicaulos humilis flore purpurafcente | rous, very large, and extreamly beautiful: they 
odorato: Yow fat-ftalk’d Lillio Narciffus of Africa, | rife in a kind of conic Head, twenty or more in 
with fweet fcented purple Flowers. number, and feparate to fome diftance as they 
The Chara@ters of the bulbous Plants were | open. ‘Their Colour in the Bud is a pale crim- 
never afcertain’d till Linnavus gave them with fon, ftain’d in different Places with purple; but 
Precifion : his Genus Amaryllis comprehends this | as they open, they gtow deeper, and when full 
Pl. +8. 
Fig. 5. 
Plant; and as he has not named it, we may 
properly call it after his Manner, Amaryllis [patba 
multifiora, corollis equalibus, foliis acummatis : many 
flower’d Amaryllis, with regular Flowers, and 
fharp pointed Leaves. This will diftinguifh it 
from all the other known Species of Amaryllis, 
blown, they are univerfally of a ftrong and fine 
purple. Their Scent is in the higheft degree 
fragrant, and toward Evening efpecially it is over-. 
powering. | | | pede 
Each Flower is compofed of fix Petals, of a 
lanceolated Form, equal in Size, and opening 
and particularly from the oriental Kind, we have regularly every Way, and there is no Cup to 
defcribed in a preceding Number, with which, fo | them. befide the general Scabbard. 
long ago as in Commetine’s Time, it was ufually In the Centre ftand fix Filaments crown’d with 
confounded; and from which it does not feem | oblong, incumbent Buttons. 
yet to be well diftinguifh’d by the Generality of | The Rudiment of the Fruit is oblong, and fur- 
N®@ 58. ; | 8 .N row’d ; 
