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Fritillaria flaw fore. Cluf. 

 The yellow Fritillary. 



6. Fritillaria precox purpureo 

 <zariegata. C. B. Early purple va- 

 riegated Fritillary. 



7. Fritillaria folio fplendente, 

 /lore ma j ore ex e vi?-idi & purpura <va- 

 riegato, fplendente. Boerb. Ind. Shine- 

 ing-leav'd Fritillary, with a large 

 green and purple mining variegated 

 Flower, commonly called the Mon- 

 ger. 



8. Fritillaria umbellifera. C. 

 B. Many -flower'd Fritillary. 



9. Fritillaria lutea maxima 

 Italica. Park. Par. Greateft yellow 

 Italian Fritillary. 



10. Fritillaria frotina, flori- 

 bui ex flanjo virentibus, flore pleno. 

 H. R. Par. Late Fritillary, with dou- 

 ble greeni£h-yeilow Flowers. 



11. Fritillaria nigra. Lob. 

 Adv. Black Fritillary. 



12. Fritillaria flore ex rubro- 

 purpureo 6jf njiridi variegato. Bocrh. 

 Ind. Fritillary with a redifh-purple 

 Flower ftriped with Gieen. 



13. Fritillaria flore ex pa Hide- 

 njiridi & viete purpureo variegate. 

 Bocrh. Ind. Fritillary with a pale- 

 green Flower, variegated with a deep 

 Purple. 



14. Fritillaria Ifabdla did a, 

 floribus ex pallide rubicundo -virenti- 

 bus. H. L. Ifahella Fritillary, with 

 a pale-red green i ill Flower. 



15. Fritillaria maxima •, flore 

 objokta: purpura. Tour?:. The great- 

 elt Fritillary, of a worn out purple 

 Colour, commonly called the Ft; flan 

 Lily. 



16. Fritillaria minima. Sivert. 

 Flor. The leaii Fritillary, or imali 

 Pe/flan Lily. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of this Flower, which are propaga- 

 ted in curious Flower-gardens abroad 

 (efpecially in Holland]), which uifrer 

 in the Colour or Size of their Flow- 



ers ; but as thefe are only Varieties, 

 which were obtained from Seeds, it 

 would be needlefs to mention them 

 in this Place, fince there will be new 

 Varieties obtained every Year where 

 People are curious in lowing rr.eir 

 Seeds. \ 



Dr. Linnaeus has reduced all thefe 

 Sorts to two, making the Difference 

 only in the Root; that of the Pcrfia* 

 Lily being round, and thofe of the 

 other Sorts being fiat : but there are 

 much greater Differences in the 

 Leaves and Flowers of fome of thefe 

 Species, than in many Plants which 

 he has allowed to be diltincr. Spe- 

 cies ; and thefe Differences hold from 

 Seeds. 



Thefe Plants are propagated either 

 by Seeds, or Off fits from the old 

 Roots : by the nrft of which Methods 

 new ^Flowers will be obtained, as 

 alio a larger Stock of Roots in three 

 Years, than can be obtained in 

 twenty or thirty Years in the latter 

 Method : I mall therefore firft treat 

 of their Propagation by Seeds. 



Having provided yourfelf with 

 fome good Seeds, fav'd from the 

 faireft Flowers, you muft procure 

 (ome mallow Pans or Boxes, which 

 mull have fome Holes in their Bot- 

 toms to let out the Moifture : thefe 

 you mould fill with frefh light 

 Earth, laying a few Fotfneards 

 over the Holes, to prevent the 

 Earth from Hopping them : then 

 having laid the Earth very level in , 

 the Boxes, cjV. you muft fow the 

 Seeds thereon pretty thick, covering 

 it with line fifted Earth a quarter cf 

 an Inch thick. The time for fowing 

 the Seed is about the Beginning of 

 Augufl ; for if it be kept much 

 longer out of the Ground, it will 

 not grow : then place the Boxes or 

 Pans where they may have the morn- 

 ing Sun until Eleven o'Clock, ob- 

 serving, if the Seaibn proves dry, to 



water 



