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All thefe bulbous-rocted Flowers 

 delight in a loofe fandy Earth, mix'd 

 with good Kitchen-garden Mould; 

 and in the Culture of them there 

 mould be but little Water given them 

 at thofe times when their Leaves de- 

 cay, and the Roots are not in a 

 growing State ; for much Moiilure 

 at that time will often caufe them 

 to rot : but when they are growing, 

 and putting out their Flower-flems, 

 they mould be frequently refremed 

 wirh Water, but not given in too 

 great Quantities at a time. The 

 Pots Ihould conflantly be kept in 

 the Stove; but in Summer they 

 Ihould have as much free Air as pof- 

 fible : for altho' fome of thefe Sorts 



Smay be kept abroad in Summer, 

 yet thofe do not thrive fo well, nor 

 flower fo conflantly, as thofe which 



»are treated in the manner here de- 

 fcribed. 



The fifth Sort, which is called the 

 Belladonna Lily, was brought to Eng- 

 land from Portugal, where the Gar- 

 dens abound with thefe Flowers; 

 for the Roots increafe very fall, efpe- 

 cially in fuch Countries where they 

 live in the open Air. The Gardens 

 in Italy have alfo great Quantities 

 of thefe Flowers, efpecially about 



\Florence\ where, at the Seafon of 

 their flowering, they are commonly 

 fold in the Markets to adorn their 

 Rooms : the Italians call it Nar- 

 cifius Belladonna. This Plant thrives 

 fo well in Italy, as to need no other 

 Culture than the common Lily ; 

 and altho' it does not flower until 

 dugufi, yet it commonly produces 

 good Seeds in that Country, from 



: which they propagate them in great 

 plenty; but with us they require to 



I be planted in Pots fill'd with light 



(frefh Earth, and in Winter they muft 

 be fhelter'd, to prevent their Leaves 

 from being defiroy'd by the Froit, 

 which, if it does not quite kill tlieir 



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Roots, will fo weaken them, as that 

 they will not recover Strength to 

 flower in feveral Years after, tho* 

 you mould attend them with ever fo 

 much Care. This Plant produces 

 its Flowers in September, and the 

 green Leaves come up foon after, 

 and abide all the Winter and Spring 

 until May, at which time they decay, 

 foon after which the Roots Ihould 

 be tranfplanted ; for if they are let 

 ftand till July, they will have fee 

 forth new Fibres, when it will greatly 

 injure the Roots, if they are dif- 

 turb'd. If fome of thefe Roots 

 are planted in a warm Border, clofe 

 to a South Wall, and on a dry Soil, 

 they will thrive very well, efpecially 

 if they are covered in fevere Fro ft ; 

 and thefe Roots will flower much 

 llronger than thofe which are kept 

 in Pots, and will multiply r after. 



The fourth Sort is fuppofed to 

 come originally from Japan ; but 

 has been many Years cultivated in 

 the Gardens of Guernfy and Jerfey ; 

 in both which Places they feem to 

 thrive as well as if it was their na- 

 tive Country; and from thofe Iflands 

 their Roots are fent annually to the 

 Curious in moll Parts of Europe^ 

 and are commonly called Guernfey 

 Lilies. The R.oots of this Plant are 

 generally brought over in July and 

 Auguft ; but the fooner they are 

 taken out of the Ground after their 

 Leaves decay, they are the better : 

 for altho 1 the Roots which are taken 

 up when their Flower-Items begin 

 to appear, will flower, yet their 

 Flowers will not be fo large, nor 

 will their Roots be near fo good 

 after, as thofe which were removed 

 before they had fent out , frefh 

 Fibres. 



When thefe Roots come over, 

 they mould be planted in Pots filPd 

 with frefh light fandy Earth, mix'd 

 with a little very rotten Dung, and 



plac'd 



