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Hot bed again ; for thefe Plants, be- 

 ing Natives of warm Countries, mult 

 be treated after the manner of other 

 tender Exotic Plants. In Winter 

 they muft be placed in the Bark- 

 Hove ; but in Summer they mould 

 jiave a large Share of frefh Air, 

 />thcrwife they will not flower very 

 itrong; nor will they ever produce 

 good Seeds, if they have not Air 

 and Moifture in warm Weather. 



The .nineteenth and twentyfzxtk 

 Sorts are alfo very tender Plants. 

 Thefe are propagated by Seeds, 

 which mould be treated exactly in 

 the fame manner as the former Sorts : 

 but thefe are not lafting Plants ; for 

 they feldom continue longer than 

 two Years ; the fecond Year they 

 produce Flowers, and perfeft their 

 Seeds ; after which they generally 

 decay. 



The twentieth, twenty -iirft, twenty - 

 fecond, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, 

 and twenty-fifth Sorts are all annual 

 Plants, which are hardy. The Seeds 

 of thefe mould be fown about the 

 Middle of March, on a warm Border, 

 where they are defign'd to remain; 

 for they do not very well bear 

 tranfplanting ; wherefore the belt 

 Method is, to fow the Seeds in 

 Drills, about two Feet afunder ; and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 fhould be thinned, fo as to leave the 

 Plants about five or fix Inches apart 

 in the Rows. This is all the Culture 

 which they require, unlefs it be to 

 keep them clear from Weeds ; which 

 ihould be conltantly obferved. In 

 "July thefe Plants will produce their 

 Flowers; and in S<pte?>iber they will 

 perfect their Seeds, which fhould 

 be carefully gathered, to preferve 

 their Species- j 



ANTHOLYZA. We have no 

 Englijh Name for this Plant. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It bath an irregular Flower, of 



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the liliaceous So> t ; the upper Lip 

 iuclojing the Stamina : the Flower is 

 fucceeded by a Fruit divided into 

 three Cells, inclofing many roundijh 

 Seeds : the Root is bulbous. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Plant at prefent in the Englijh Gar- 

 dens; viz. 



Antholyza. Lin. This is called 

 by Dr. Breynius, Gladiolus Jloribus 

 rettum rcferentibus coccineis> Juprema 

 lacinia ere da (S fiftulofa. 



This Plant is a Native of Jfrica> 

 from whence the Seeds have been 

 obtained, and were iirft raifed in 

 the Dutch Provinces, where it has 

 long been an Ornament in fome of 

 their curious Gardens. 



It is propagated by OfT-fets, which 

 the bulbous Roots fend forth in 

 pretty great Plenty ; or by Seeds, 

 which are fometimes perfected in 

 Europe. Thefe Seeds mould be fown 

 foon after they are ripe; for if they 

 are kept out of the Ground till the 

 following Spring, they often mif- 

 carry ; and always remain a Year or 

 more in the Ground before they 

 grow. If the Seeds are fown in 

 Pots of light Earth, and plunged 

 into an old Hot-bed of Tan which 

 has loft its Hear, and lhaded in the 

 Middle of the Day in hot Weather, 

 the Seeds will come up the follow- 

 ing Winter : therefore they mull be 

 placed in a Stove kept to a moderate 

 Degree of Warmth, othervvife the 

 young Plants will be deilroyed. 

 Thefe mud remain in tlie Pots two 

 Years ; by which time they will 

 have Strength enough to be planted 

 each into a feparate fmall Pot filled 

 with light Earth. The time for 

 tranfplanting of thefe Roots is in 

 July, when their Leaves are de- 

 cayed. In Summer the Pots may 

 be placed in, the open Air ; but in 

 Winter they mull be removed into 

 a warm Gxeen-houie, or a Stove 



kept 



