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Tanners Bark, and fhaded from the 

 Sun until they have taken new 

 Root ; after which time, they muft 

 be treated in the fame manner as 

 hath been directed for other tender 

 Exotic Plants. During the Sum- 

 mer- feafon the Plants may remain 

 in this Hot bed j but in Autumn 

 they muft be remov'd into the Stove, 

 and plung'd into the Bark-bed, ob- 

 ferving to refrefli them often with 

 Water j in very cold Weather it muft 

 not be given to them in large Quan- 

 tities. If the Plants live through 

 the Winter, they will flower the fol- 

 lowing June ; fo will ripen their 

 seeds in September ; but the Plants 

 nay be continued two or three Years, 

 provided they are carefully ma- 

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I The Flowers of thefe Plants are 

 Imall , and of a yellow Colour, fome- 

 >hat like thofe of Agrimony ; for 

 vhich the Plant has been by fome 

 •anged under that Genus. Thefe 

 'lowers are produe'd in Bunches at 

 \e Extremity of the Shoots ; but 

 I they are not very beautiful, they 



-e feldom preferv'd but in fuch 

 hardens where Variety is chiefly 



tended. 



: The firft of thefe Sorts rifes to the 

 (eight of fix cr feven Feet, and the 

 iem becomes woody. Toward the 

 :op it divides into feveral Branches, 

 ch of which produces a Spike, or 

 inch of Flowers. The Leaves of 

 is Sort are pretty large, andfhap'd 

 :e thofe of the larger Malvinda. 

 The fecond Sort feldom rifes more 

 an three Feet high, and has finaller 

 ;aves than the firft. The Stem of 

 s Sort is woody ; but it doth not 

 fcinch fo much as the former, and 

 in every refpect a much lefs Plant 

 in that. 



'TUBEROSE. Vide Polyanthes, 



TULIPA, Tulip. 



' The Characters are ; • 



It hath a Lily-flower, coibtpos'd,fo r 

 the moft part, of fix Leaves y fo aped 

 fomewhat like a Pitcher : the Point alt 

 which arifes in the Middle of the 

 Flower, furroundtd with Stamina, 

 afterward becomes an oblong Fruity 

 which opens into three Parts, is di- 

 vided into three Cells, and full of plain 

 Seeds, which reji upon one another in 

 a double Row : to thefe Marks ?nuft 

 he added, A coated Root, with Fibres 

 in the lower Part. 



It would be to little Purpofe to 

 enumerate the feveral Varieties of 

 thefe Flowers, which may be feen in 

 one good Garden, fince there is no 

 End of their Numbers j and what 

 fome People may value at a confi- 

 derable Rate, others reject ; and as 

 there are annually a great Quantity 

 of new Flowers obtain'd from Breed- 

 ers, thofe which are old, if they 

 have not very good Properties to re- 

 commend them, are thrown out, and 

 defpis'd : I fhall therefore point out 

 the Properties of a good Tulip, ac- 

 cording to the Chara&eriftics of the 

 beft Fiorifts of the prefent Age. i. 

 It fliould have a tall ftrong Stem. 

 2. The Flower fliould confift of fix 

 Leaves, three within, and three with- 

 out j the former ought to be larger 

 than the latter. 3. Their Bottom 

 fhould be proportion'd to theirTop, 

 and their Upper - part fliould be 

 rounded off, and not terminate in a 

 Point. 4. Thefe Leaves, when 

 open'd, fliould neither turn inward, 

 nor bend outward j but rather ftand 

 ered ; and the Flower fliould be of 

 a middling Size, neither over-large, 

 nor too fmall. 5. The Stripes fliould 

 be fmall and regular, arifing from 

 the Bottom of the Flower ; for if 

 there are any Remains of the former 

 feif-coloar'd Bottom, the Flower is 

 in Danger of taring its Stripes again. 

 The Chives fliould not be yellow, 

 but of a brown Colour. When, a 

 4 U 2 Flower 



