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9. Corona Imperiai.is Jlorepul- 

 chre luteo. Toum. Crown Imperial 

 with a beautiful yellow Flower. 



10. Corona Imperialis Jlore 

 luteo pleno. Boerb. Ind. Crown Im- 

 perial with a double yellow Flower. 



11. Corona Imperialis Jlore 

 luteo Jlriato. Toum. Crown Impe- 

 rial with a yellow- ftrip'd Flower. 



12. Corona Imperialis ramo- 

 fa. Toum. Branched Crown Im- 

 perial. 



There are fome other Varieties of 

 this Flower, which are preferved in 

 the Gardens of curious Florifts ; but 

 aa they are only Variations which 

 are accidental, from Seeds of the 

 fame Plants, their Numbers may be 

 increafed, like many other bulbous 

 Plants, by fuch as are curious in 

 favingand fowing Seeds of the dif- 

 ferent Varieties. 



The mahner of propagating this 

 Plant from Seeds being the fame 

 with the Tulip, I mall refer the 

 Reader to that Article for the par- 

 ticular Directions, and mall proceed 

 to the Method of cultivating their 

 Roots already obtained, fo as to 

 have fair large Flower's. 



The belt Seafon for tranfplanting 

 their Roots is in July or Auguft, be- 

 fore they pufh forth frefh Fibres ; 

 after which time, it is not fo fafe to 

 remove them : or they may be taken 

 up in June, when their green Leaves 

 are quite decay'd ; and may be 

 kept out of the Ground untii Auguft, 

 at which time they mould be planted 

 in Beds or Borders of good frelh 

 Earth, burying a little rotten Dung 

 in the Bottom, that the Fibres may 

 ftrike into it ; but be fure not to let 

 it - be near the Bulb; for it is apt to 

 rot whenever this happens. 



If they are planted in open Beds 

 or Borders of a Pleafure- garden, they 

 Ihould be placed exaclly m the Mid- 

 dle ; for they will rife to be three 



Feet high or more in a good Soil ; 

 and fo would be improper to ftand 011 

 the Side of a Border, where mould 

 be planted Flowers of lower Growth. 



In planting of thefe Roots, after 

 the Border is marked out, and the 

 Diftances fixed between each Root 

 (which mould be eight or ten Feet 

 or more, according to the Size of 

 the Garden, and the Number of 

 Roots to be planted), you mould 

 open an Hole with a fmaJl Spade 

 about fix Inches deep, into which 

 you mould place your Root, ob- 

 ferving to fet the Crown uppermoft; 

 and then with your Hand fill in the 

 Earth round the Root, breaking the 

 Clods, and removing all large Stones 

 from about it, and afterwards level 

 the Ground with your Spade, and 

 rake the Border over, after the 

 Whole is fin i flied. Your Roots be- 

 ing thus planted, will require no 

 farther Care, 2s being very hardy ; 

 the Froltliever injures them : but if 

 the Ground is too wet in Winter, 

 they will be apt to rot ; therefore, ' 

 in fuch Cafes, the Borders Ihould 

 be raifed a Foot or more above the 

 Level of the Ground. In February 

 their Buds will appear above-ground ; 

 and if the Weather be mild, they 

 will advance m Height very fair, 

 and in March they will produce their 

 Flowers : but as their Stems grow 

 tall, and the Spring-feafon being 

 commonly windy, it will be very 

 proper to fupport them with Sticks, 

 to prevent their being broken down : 

 nor mould the Flowers of this Plant 

 be gathered when blown ; for it 

 greatly weakens their Roots ; ib 

 that they do not afford an Increafe 

 of Bulbs, and many times are two 

 or three Years before they flower 

 again. 



Thefe Roots mould be tranfplant- 

 ed every third Year, by which time 

 they will have furnilhed fome Off- 

 B b 3 fets 



