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©f each Sort Town in Autumn, and 

 again in the Spring, there will be a 

 Succeflion of their Flowers. 



The branching Kind feldom be- 

 gins to flower until the Middle of 

 July, when the Seeds are fown in 

 Autumn; but when they are fown 

 in the Spring, it is generally a Month 

 later ; fo that if the Autumn is not 

 favourable, thefe Spring Plants do 

 not ripen their Seeds; fo that, in 

 order to have good Seeds, the beft 

 Plants of thofe fown in Autumn 

 mud be marked to ftand for Seeds ; 

 but where fome of the fineft Colours, 

 and moll double Flowers, of each 

 Kind are chofen to fave their Seeds, 

 it will be very proper to pull up all 

 the other Plants which are near them ; 

 by which you will preferve the Sorts 

 in greater Perfection than can be 

 otherwife done ; for thefe Flowers 

 are very apt to degenerate where 

 there is not the greateft Care taken 

 in faving of their Seeds: it will alfo 

 be very proper to exchange the Seeds 

 every other Year, with fome careful 

 Perfon, at a Dillance ; which will 

 alfo be a Means of continuing thefe 

 Kinds in the greateft Perfection. 



DENS CANTS, Dog's-tooth. 

 The Char a den are ; 



It hath a flejhy Root Jhapcd like a 

 Dog's Tooth : the Leaves are broad, 

 and fpread upon the Ground, and, hi 

 appearance, like thofe of the round- 

 feawd Soiv - bread : the Flower is 

 naked, and produced fengle upon each 

 Stalk, each confifting of fix Leaves, 

 and Jbaped like a Lily, and hang 

 downward : the Petals of this Flower 

 are rrfex'd: the Point a I of the Flower 

 becomes a . roundijh Fruit, in which 

 are contained many oblong Seeds* 

 The Species are ; 



I. Dens Can is latiore rotundio- 

 rf. que folio, fore candido. C. B. The 

 broad round-leav'd Dog's- t00th,with 

 a white Flower. 



2. Dens Canis latiore rotunda 

 reque /olio, fore ex purpura rubente, 

 majore. C. B. Broad round - leav'd 

 Dog's-tooth, with a large purplilh- 

 red Flower. 



3. Dens Canis angujliore longio- 

 reque folio, fore alho. C. B. Long 

 narrow-leav'd Dog's-tooth, with a 

 white Flower. 



4. Dens Canis angujliore longio- 

 reque folio, fore fua^e -rubente. H. 

 R. Par. Long narrow leav'd Dog's- 

 tooth, with a fine red Flower. 



There are fome other Varieties of 

 this Plant in the curious Gardens 

 abroad ; but thefe here mentioned 

 are all that I have yet feen in Eng- 

 land: the two fir ft -mention'd are 

 the moft common with us 3 the other 

 two being very rare at prefent, and 

 only to be found in a few curious 

 Gardens. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds, as alio by OfT- 

 fets from the old Roots. The Seafon 

 for lowing thefe Seeds, and the Me- 

 thod of raifing and managing the 

 young Plants, being the fame as di- 

 rected for the Narcilfus, I mall refer 

 the Reader thereto, to avoid Repe- 

 tition. 



The Off-fets, which thefe Roots 

 produce but fparingly, fhould be 

 taken off" at the time when the old 

 Roots are tranfplanted, which mould 

 be when the green Leaves decay, 

 which is commonly toward: the Lat- 

 ter-end of May ; but the Roots mould 

 not be kept long above-ground ; for 

 then they are apt to fhrivel and dry 

 up ; and if this happens, they fel- 

 dom recover again. Thefe Plants 

 delight in a good frem Soil, neither 

 too light nor too heavy, but fuch as 

 is of a middling Nature, and not 

 over-dung'd ; and they fhould have 

 an Eaft or Weft Afpect ; for if they 

 are planted in a very warm or an ex- 

 treme cold Situation, they feldom 



thrive 



