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ike upright Leaves are of a sky-blue 

 Colour. 



8. Xiphion angufifclium, fiore 

 major e dilute cceruko. Narrow-leav'd 

 bulbous Iris, with a large aky-blue 

 Flower. 



9. Xiphion angufiifolium, fore 

 majore dilute cceruleo, liueis rubris 

 elega-nter flriato. Narrow - leav'd 

 bulbous Iris, with a large sky-blue 

 Flower, elegantly ftriped with Red. 



10. Xiphion angujlifolium, fore 

 majore albo. Narrow-leav'd bulbous 

 Iris, with a large white Flower. 



1 1. Xiphion angufiifolium, fire 

 majore albo, lineis dilute cazruleo, & 

 pitiis violaceo diftinclo. Narrow- 

 leav'd bulbous Iris, with a large white 

 Flower, with sky-blue Stripes, and 

 fpotted with Violet. 



12. Xiphion angufiifolium, fore 

 major e fat urate <violaceo. Narrow- 

 leav'd bulbous Iris, with a large 

 deep violet-colour'd Flower. 



13. Xiphion angufiifolium, fore 

 major e, pe talis repandis dilute cceru- 

 leis, erect is faturate <violaceo. Nar- 

 row-leav'd bulbous Iris, with a large 

 Flower, whofe Falls are of a Sky- 

 blue, but the upright Petals are of 

 a deep violet Colour. 



14. Xiphion angufiifolium, fore 

 majore dilute caeruleo, petalis repan- 

 dis fwis. Narrow-leav'd bulbous 

 Iris, with a lar^e sky-blue Flower, 

 with yellow Falls. 



15. Xiphion angufli folium, fore 

 majore faturatius vioiaceo, flriis ru- 

 bris elegantcr ^variegato. Narrow- 

 leav'd bulbous Iris, with a deep vio- 

 let - colour'd Flower, beautifully 

 ftriped with Red. 



16. Xiphion angufli folium, fore 

 majore, petalis repandis dilute coeru- 

 leo, creclis favo. Narrow-leav'd 

 bulbous Iris, whofe Flower hath pale- 

 blue Falls, but the upright Leaves 

 are of a yellow Colour. 



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There ar« many other Varieties 

 of this Flower, which have been of 

 late Years obtain'd from Seeds : their 

 Numbers are every Year fo mud* 

 increas'd that way, that it would be 

 endlefs to enumerate them all ; there- 

 fore I mall proceed to their Culture; 

 in which, I fhall firft begin with the 

 Method of raifing them from Seeds, 

 that being the way to obtain new 

 Varieties. 



Having procured a Parcel of Seeds 

 from good Flowers, the Beginning 

 of September, you mould provide 

 fome flat Pans or Boxes, which mug 

 have Holes in their Bottoms to let 

 the Moiiture pafs off ; thefe lh-ould 

 be fill'd with frem light fandy Earth, 

 and the Seeds fown thereon pretty 

 thick, obferving to fcatter them as 

 equally as polfible ; then cover them 

 over about half an Inch thick witia 

 the fame frelh light Earth, and place 

 the Boxes or Pans where they may 

 have the morning Sun till Eleven 

 o'Clock ; and if the Seafon mould 

 prove very dry, they muft be now- 

 and-then refrenYd with Water. 



In this Situation they may remai* 

 until the Middle of Otlober, whea 

 they mould be remov'd into a more 

 open Pofition, where they may have 

 the full Sun moll Part of the Day; 

 in which Place they muft abide all 

 the Winter, obferving to keep them 

 clear from Weeds and Mofs, which, 

 at this Seafon, are very apt to fpread 

 over the Surface of the Earth, ia 

 Pots, when they are expofed to the 

 open Air. 



In the Spring the Plants will ap- 

 pear above-ground; when, if the 

 Seafon is dry, they muft be now- 

 and-then refrefh'd with Water, and 

 conftantly kept clear from Weeds; 

 and as the Seafon advances, and the 

 Weather becomes warm, they fhould 

 be again remov'd into their former 



