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Flowers, as alfo that with ftrip'd 

 Leaves, are Varieties which have 

 been obtain'd from the former. 



Thefe Plants are eafily propaga- 

 ted by fowing their Seeds in the 

 Spring upon a Bed of light Earth ; 

 and when they are come up pretty 

 llrong, they mould be prick'd out 

 into another Bed of the fame light 

 Earth, about three Inches afunder ; 

 obferving to made and water them 

 until they have taken Root, after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care but to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, until Michaelmas ; at which 

 time they mud be tranfplanted into 

 the Borders of the Flower-garden, 

 where, being intermix'd with differ- 

 ent Sorts of Flowers, they will make 

 a beautiful Appearance. Thefe pro- 

 duce their Flowers mMay and June, 

 and their Seeds ripen in Augujl. 



The variegated Kinds are preserv- 

 ed by parting of their Roots ; be- 

 caufe the Plants raifed from Seeds 

 would be fubject to degenerate, and 

 become plain. The beft time to 

 part them is about Michaelmas, that 

 they may take good Root before the 

 cold Weather prevents them. Thefe 

 fhould have a frem light Soil ; but 

 if it be too rich, their Roots will 

 rot in Winter, and the Stripes will 

 go off. 



POLYANTHES, TheTuberofe. 

 The Char afters are ; 



*The Flovoer hath no Empalement, 

 and it funnelftajted, of ' one Leaf , haw- 

 ing a long curved Tube, and fpread 

 open at the Top, where it is divided 

 into fix Parts : in the Bottom of the 

 Flower is fituated the roundijh Poin- 

 tal, attended by fix thick Stamina, 

 which are ohtufe : the Point al after- 

 nvard becomes a roundijh triangular 

 Seed-vejel, having three Cells, vuhich 

 arg full of roundijh Seeds. 

 The Species are; 



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!. Polyanthes fiorihus alternis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. TheTuberofe. 



2. Polyanthes ft^ribus al terms, 

 flore plena. The double Tuberofe. 



3. Polyanthes fori bus umbella- 

 tis. Lin. Vir. The African blue 

 umbellated Hyacinth. 



The firft Sore has been long culti- 

 vated in the tvglijh Gardens for the 

 exceeding Beauty and Fragrancy of 

 its Flowers : the Roots of this Sort 

 are annually brought from Genoa, 

 by the Perfons who import Orange- 

 trees ; for as thefe Roots are too 

 tender* to thrive in the full Ground 

 in England, there are few Perfons 

 who care to take the Trouble of 

 nurfing up their Off-fets, till they 

 become blowing Roots ; becaufe it 

 will be two or three Years before 

 they arrive to a proper Size for pro- 

 ducing Flowers : and as they muft 

 be protected from the Froft in Win- 

 ter, the Trouble and Expence of 

 Covers is greater than the Roots are 

 worth ; for they are generally fold 

 pretty reafonable, by thofe who im- 

 port them from Italy. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, which was obtained from 

 the Seed by Monfieur Le Cour, of 

 Leyden in Holland, who for many 

 Years was fo tenacious of parting 

 with any of the Roots, even after he 

 had propagated them in fuch Plenty, 

 as to have more than he could plant, 

 as to caufe them to be cut in Pieces, 

 that he might have the Vanity to 

 boaft of being the only Perfon who 

 was poffeiTed of this Flower : but of 

 late Years the Roots have been 

 fpread into many Parts ; and as there 

 is no other Method to propagate this, 

 but by the Off-fets, moft People who 

 have had of this Sort are careful to 

 multiply and increafe it ; which is 

 done by planting the Off-fets upon 

 a moderate "Hot- bed, early tttMartk; 



