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Spring Crocus, with a purple-ftriped 

 Flower. 



15. 'Crocus vermis latifolius, 

 fiore casruleo, lineis violaceis varie- 

 gato. C. B. Broad-Ieav'd Spring 

 Crocus, with a blue Flower, ftriped 

 with Violet. 



16. Crocus vermis latifolius, al- 

 ius vel cinericeus. C. B. Broad- 

 leav'd Spring Crocus, with a white 

 or afh-colour'd Flower. 



17. Crocus vernus latifolius pur- 

 puro-viclaccus. C. B. The leffer 

 purple violet-colour'd Crocus, with 

 broad Leaves. 



18. Crocus vermis la t if oli us par- 

 vus, fore extus pallida, cum lituris 

 purpuras, intus caerulcfcente pallido. 

 Boerb. bid. Broad-leav'd Spring 

 Crocus, with a fmall Flower of a 

 pale Colour on the Outfide, with 

 p rple Stripes, and the Infide of a 

 pale-blue Colour. 



19. Crocus vermis angujlifolius , 

 parvo fore. C. B. Narrow - leav'd 

 Spring Crocus, with a fmall purple 

 Flower. 



20. Crocus vermis, capillars 

 folio. Cluf. J pp. Spring Crocus, 

 with a capillaceous Leaf. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of the Spring Crocus to be found in 

 the curious Gardens of the Florifts, 

 which are feminal Productions j for 

 there may be as great Variety of 

 thefe Flowers raifed from Seeds, as 

 there is of Hyacinths, Iris's, &C. 

 were we curious in faving and fow- 

 ing the Seeds of all the different 

 Kinds. The manner of fowing thefe 

 Seeds being exactly the fame with 

 the Xiphium, I mail refer the Reader 

 to that Article for farther Induc- 

 tions ; but (hall obferve here, that 

 the Seeds mould be fown foon after 

 they are ripe. 



All thefe feveral Varieties of Cro- 

 cus's are very hardy, and will in- 

 creafe exceedingly by their Roots, 



efpecially if they are fuffered to re- 

 main two or three Years unremoved: 

 they will grow in almoft any Soil 

 or Situation, and are very great Or- 

 naments to a Garden early in the 

 Spring, before many other Flowers 

 appear. They are commonly planted 

 near the Edges of Borders on the 

 Sides of Walks : in doing of which, 

 you ihould be careful to plant fuch 

 Sorts in the fame Line as flower at 

 the fame time, and are of an equal 

 Growth, othcrwife the Lines will 

 feem imperfect.. Thefe Roots, lofing 

 their Fibres with their Leaves, may 

 then be taken up, and kept dry un- 

 til the Beginning of Scpttmher, ob- 

 ferving to keep them from V ermin ; 

 for the Mice* are very fond of them. 

 When you plant thefe Roots, after 

 having drawn a Line upon the Bor- 

 der, make Holes with a Dibble about 

 two Inches deep or more, according 

 to the Lightnefs of the Soil, and two 

 Inches Diftance from each other, in 

 which you mull place the Roots with 

 the Bud uppermoft ; then with a 

 Rake fill up the Holes in fuch a 

 manner as that the Upoer-rnrt of 

 the Root may be covered an Inch or 

 more, being careful not to leave any 

 of the Holes open ; for this will en- 

 tice the Mice to them, which, when 

 once they have found them out, 

 will deftroy all your Roots, if they 

 are not prevented. 



In January, if the Weather is 

 mild, the Crocus will appear above- 

 ground; and in ^bru.'irytheirFlowers 

 will appear, before the green Leaves 

 are grown to any L > . ■ \o that 

 the Flower feems at firlt. to be naked ; 

 but loon after the Flowers decay, the 

 green Leaves grow to be fix or eight 

 Inches Ion?, which mould not be 

 cut off un:il they decay, notwith- 

 standing they appear a little un- 

 fightly ; for by cutting oft" the Leave?, 

 the Roots will be io weakei/d, as 

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