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take fufficient Root to be tranfplant- 

 ed : they delight in a ftrong loamy 

 Soil, and may be planted either in 

 October or February. 

 BERMUD1 ANA. 



The s Characters are ; 

 // bath a Lily-flower, compofed of 

 fix Petals, who/e Empalement becomes 

 a triangular Fruit, which opens in 

 jhree Parts, and is divided into three 

 Cells, which are filled with round- 

 ijb Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Bermudiana Iridis folio, fibro- 

 fa radice. Tourn. Bermudiana with 

 a Fleur-d'e -lys - leaf, and a fibrous 

 Root. 



2. Bermudiana palm<z folio, ra- 

 dice bulb o fa. D. Ling. Tourn. Bermu- 

 diana with a Palm-leaf, and a bul- 

 bous Root. 



"3. Bermudiana graminea, fore 

 minore caeruleo. Hart. Eltb. Grafs- 

 leav'd Bermudiana, with a fmall blue 

 Flower. 



The fird Sort is hardy enough to 

 endure the Cold of the ordinary 

 Winters in the open Air, if it is plant- 

 ed on a dry Soil, and in a warm Si- 

 tuation ; but as it may be deftroyed 

 by fevere Winters, a Plant or two 

 mould be kept in Pots, and fhelter- 

 ed in Winter, to preferve the Kind : 

 this Sort may be propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown in 

 March, upon a Border expofed to 

 the Sun : the Plants will come up in 

 May, and require no other Care but 

 to keep them clean from Weeds : at 

 Michaelmas they may be tranfplant- 

 ed where they are to remain ; the 

 * following Summer they wiil produce 

 Flowers and Seeds. 



The third Sort is not quite fo har- 

 dy as the nrft, though in very mild 

 W inters I have had it live in the open 

 Air ; but it will be beft to fhelter 

 this in Winter, under a common 

 Hot-bed frame, where they may en- 

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joy the free Air in mild Weather? 

 this will produce Flowers and Seeds 

 every Year as the nrft : both thefe 

 Sorts may alfo be propagated by- 

 parting of their Roots : the belt time 

 for doing of this is about Michael- 

 mas. 



The fecond Sort never produces 

 any Seeds in England-, fo can be 

 only propagated by OfF-fets. This 

 has a bulbous Root about the Size 

 of the Corn-flag ; buc is not fo flat: 

 the Leaves of this Plant die off in 

 Winter, and in the Spring there are 

 new ones put forth. This Plant is 

 much tenderer than the former, and 

 requires a Stove to preferve it thro* 

 the Winter : in Summer the Pots 

 mould be placed in a Bark-bed,other- 

 wife the Plants will not produce 

 Flowers in this Country : in Wmter 

 they mould have very little Water 

 given to them ; for Wet will foon 

 rot the Roots when their Leaves are 

 decayed. There is no great Beauty 

 in either of thefe Plants ; but they 

 are preferved by the Curious, for Va- 

 riety-fake. 



BERNARDIA. 



The Characters are ; * 



It is Male and Female, in different 

 Plants : the male Plants produce [matt 

 Katkins, which, when ripe, fall off $ 

 the female Plants have apetalous 

 Flowers, which are fucceeded by tri- 

 coccous Fruits, refembling thofe of the 

 Ricinus. 



The Species are ; 



1. Bernardia frutefcens erecla, 

 carpini folio, mas. Houfl. Male up- 

 right mrubby Bernardia, with an 

 Horn-beam-leaf. 



2. Bernardia frutefcens ereclcr, 

 carpini folio, fceniina. Houfl. Female 

 upright fhrubby Bernardia, with an 

 Horn beam -leaf. 



3. Bernardia fruticofa maritt- 

 ma rfpens,foliis fubrotundis & fubttis 

 argenteis, mas. Lioujl. Male creep- 

 ing 



