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3 eel to fhrink, which caufes their 

 Flowers to be weak the following 

 Year. 



The Earth which the Flowers 

 thrive belt in, is a light fandy Loam; 

 and if it be taken from a Pafture- 

 ground, with the Sward, and laid in 

 an Heap until the Grafs is through- 

 ly rotted, it will be ftill better ; for 

 thefe Bulbs do not delight in a rich 

 dunged Soil: nor mould they be 

 planted in a Situation where they 

 may be too much expofed to the 

 S^n ; for in fuch Places their Flo'w- 

 ers will continue but a few Days in 

 Beauty, and their Roots are apt to 

 decay ; but in an Eaft Border, where 

 they have the Sun until Eleven of 

 the Clock, they will thrive and flow- 

 er extremely well, elpecially if the 

 Soil be neither too wet, nor over- 

 dry. From the moil beautiful of 

 thefe Flowers mould Seeds be faved, 

 and (own every Year ; which will al- 

 ways furnifh new Varieties, fome of 

 which will greatly exceed the ori- 

 ginal Kinds. 



The Perfian Iris is greatly efteem- 

 «d for the Beauty and extreme S weet- 

 nefs of its Flowers, as alfo for its 

 early Appearance in the Spring, it 

 generally being in Perfection in F<?- 

 hruary, or the Beginning of March, 

 according to the Forwardnefs of the 

 Seafon, at which time there are few 

 other Plants in Beauty. 



This may be propagated by Seeds, 

 in the fame manner as the other 

 Sorts ; but the Boxes in which they 

 are fown, mould be put under a 

 Garden-frame in Winter, to (helter 

 them from hard Froft; becaufe, while 

 the Plants are young, they are fome- 

 what tender. From the Seeds of this 

 Kind I could never obtain any Va- 

 rieties, their Flowers being always 

 the fame. 



Thefe Plants are alfo propagated 

 by OfF-fets, in the fame manner as 



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the other Sorts ; but their Roota 

 mould not be tranfplanted oftenex 

 than every third Year : nor mould 

 they be ever kept out of the Ground 

 long; becaufe their Roots will in- 

 tirely decay in a fhort time, fo as 

 not to be recover'd again. This 

 Sort was formerly more common ia 

 the Gardens near London than at pre- 

 fent ; which, I fuppofe, has been 

 occafion'd by the keeping the Roots 

 above-ground too long, which de- 

 ftroyed them. 



XYLON, The Cotton Plant. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower confifts of one L;af, cut 

 into federal Segments almojt to the 

 Bottom ; and is of the expanded Bell- 

 fiiape : from the Centre rifes an hollow 

 pyramidal Tube, adorned and loaded, 

 for the mofi part, with Chives : from 

 the Empalement Jhoots up the Point al 9 

 fixed like a Nail in the Bottom of the 

 Flower, and out of the Tube ; which 

 is afterward charged into a roundijh 

 Fruit, divided into four or more ferns- 

 nal Cells, gaping at the Top, and in- 

 cloying Seeds covered over with, and 

 wrapped within, that j'oft ductileV/ool, 

 commonly known hy the Name of Cot- 

 ton. 



The Species are; 



1. Xylon, Jive Goffypium hcrha- 

 ceum.J.B. Kerb or Shrubby Couon. 



2. Xylon Americanwn prseftan- 

 tijfimum, femine virefcente. Ligon* 

 The moit excellent American Cotton, 

 with a greenifh Seed. 



3 . Xylon, Jive Goffypium frute- 

 fcens annuum, folio <viti< ampliari quitz- 

 quefdo, lnjulte Prov'tdentiee. Pluk. 

 Phyt. Annual fhrubby Cotton of 

 the Ifland of Providence, with a large 

 quinquefid Vine-leaf. 



4. Xylon arbor eum. J. B. The 

 Tree-cotton. 



5. Xylcn arbor eum, fore flaw. 

 T mm. Txee-coiton, with a yellow 

 Flower. 



There 



