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or four Inches afunder; after this 

 they Vvill require no other Culture, 

 but to keep them clear from Weeds ; 

 for they do not bear trarjplanting ; 

 fo muft be fown where they are to 

 rema-n. The Autumn following 

 the Roots will be fit for Ufe, and 

 Will continue good all the Winter, 

 till they fhoot up their Stems in the 

 Spring for Seed ; after which time 

 they are tough, and not fit for eat- 



ing £ULBOCCDIUM. 



The Chara tiers are ; 

 *Ihe . Flowers ttmfift of one Leaf, 

 end are divided into fix Segments , 

 heing in Shape like the C? ocus- flower : 

 the heaves arc very long and narrow : 

 fbe Root conflfs of /olid Bulbs , one 

 ever the other, whiJj are cU/e/y 

 joined. 



We have but one' Species of this 

 Plant in the Englifo Gardens ; which 

 is, 



Bulbocodium croci folio, fore 

 par<vo cuiclacio. T. Cor. Bulboco- 

 dium with Leaves like the Saffron, 

 and fmall violet-colour'd Flowers. 



This Plant is cultivated after the 

 manner of the Spring Crocus's ; 

 <vi%. by parting its Bulbs or fovving 

 the Seeds : it is commonly three or 

 four Years before it ccmes to flower 

 from Seed ; b-jt as it increafes but 

 flowly by the Root, we mult fov/ 

 the Seeds, if we intend to have a 

 Stock of this Plant: it flowers in 

 April * and the Seeds are ripe \j\june 9 

 #nd mould be fown foon after in 

 Pots of common Earth, where they 

 fhould remain two Years undifturb'd, 

 and then may be planted out into a 

 Border, at about three Inches fquare, 

 where they may fiand to flower : 

 it is alfo very probabfe, that fome 

 C'he-' Colour may be obtained by 

 fowi g the Seeds, as we find is often 

 the Cafe with tnoft other Bulbs, when 

 yajftd from Seeds, 



BUPHTHALMUM, Ox-eye. 



The Characters are ; 

 The whole Face of this Plant is 

 Uh->. Tan fey : the Flowers, which art 

 radiated, are, for the mofi part, pro- 

 duced fimply : the Florets of the Dijk 

 are Jeparated with an imbricated 

 little leaf 



The Species are ; 



1. Buphthalmum tanaceti mi- 

 noris folio. C. B. The common 

 Ox-eye, with Leaves like Tanfey. 



2. Buphthalmum Orientale, ta- 

 naceti minoris folio, fore lutco am- 

 phjfimo. T. Cor. The Eaflern Ox- 

 eye, with large yePow Flowers. 



3. Buphthalmum Orientale, ta» 

 naceti minoris folio, fore albo am- 

 plij-mo. T. Cor. The Eaftern Ox- 

 eye, with large white Flowers. 



4. Buphthalmum tanaceti mi- 

 noris folio incanOjflore fulphureo am- 

 plijpmo. Boerh. bid. Ox-eye with 

 hoary Tanfey leaves, and large ful- 

 phur-colour'd Flowers. • 



5. Buphthalmum Creticum, co- 

 tulse folio. Breyn. Cent.i. Ox eye 

 from Crete, with a Mayweed-leaf. 



The fir!! of thefe Plants is men* 

 tioned by Mr. Ray as a Native of 

 England, but is rarely found wild 

 with us. The next two were found 

 by Monf Tournefort, in the Levant, 

 Thefe are propagated by fowing 

 their Seeds in March, in a Bed of 

 light Earth ; and when they are 

 come up, may be tranfplanted into 

 Borders of the Flower-garden, or 

 into littleWildernefs-quarters. Thefe 

 Plants continue flowering almoft all 

 rhe Summer long ; for which they 

 d< ferve a Place in every good Gar- 

 den, The Flowers are very pro- 

 per to gather for Flower- pots to 

 adorn Rooms and Chimneys in the 

 Summer-feafon. 



They delight in a dry Soil, and 

 fuch as is not much dunged ; and 

 may alio be increafed by parting 



their 



