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6. Gladiolus maximus Indie us. 

 C. B. P. The largeft Indian Corn- 

 flag. 



7. Gladiolus florihus uno <ver[u 

 difpofetis, major tjf prucerior, fiore 

 (andicante. C. B. P. Greater and 

 taller Cornflag, with whitiih Flowers 

 rang'd all on one Side. 



8. Gladiolus floribus uno rjerfu 

 difpofltis t minor & humiiior. C. B. P- 

 ^mailer and lower Cornflag, with 

 Flowers ranged on one Side- 



9. Gladiolus minor •, florihus uno 

 *ucrfu di/pofltis incarnatis. H. L. 

 Smaller Cornflag, with fiefli coloured 

 Flowers ranged on one Side. 



10. Gladiolus utrinque floridus, 

 flore rubro. C. B. P. Cornflag with 

 red Flowers on both Sides. 



1 1 . Gladiolus florihus uno <vcrfu 

 (Hfpofitis* minor. C. B. P. Smaller 

 Cornflag, with Flowers ranged on 

 erne Side. 



AH thefe Sons of Cornflag are 

 propagated by their tubcrofe Roots, 

 which the firft, fecond, and fifth 

 Sorts produce in great Plenty; fo 

 that in a few Years, if they are 

 fuffered to remain unremoved, they 

 will fpread very far, and are hardly 

 to be intirely rooted out, when they 

 have once gotten PofTeflion of the 

 Ground. Thefe Roots are in Shape 

 very like thofe of the large yellow 

 Spring Crocus ; but are fomewhat 

 bigger, yellower within, and have 

 a rougher Outer-coat or Covering. 

 The lrnall Off-fets of thefe Roots 

 will produce Flowers the fecond 

 Year ; therefore when the old Roots 

 are tmnfplanted, the Off-fets mould 

 be taken off from them, and planted 

 into a Nurfery-bed for one Year, 

 by which time they will be fit to 

 tranfplant into the Eorders of the 

 Pleafure garden. Thefe Roots may 

 be taken up in July, when their 

 Leaves decay, and may be kept out 

 $f the Q r 9«nd until Ofiobery at 



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which time they mould be planted 

 into the Borders of the Pleafure- 

 garden, intermixing them amongft 

 other bulbous rooted Plants : but if 

 you plant them in large Borders in 

 Wildernefs-work, where they will 

 thrive and flower very well, they 

 need not be tranfplanted oftener 

 than every other Year, or once in 

 three Years ; whereas in Borders of 

 a Pleaiure-garden, if they were fuf- 

 fered to remain fo long, they would 

 over run the Ground, and be very 

 troublefome. 



"1 he third and fourth Sorts are 

 the moil valuable, producing taller 

 Stalks, and fairer Flowers : nor are 

 thefe fo apt to increafe ; which ren- 

 ders them fitter for the Borders of a 

 Flower-garden ; fo that fince thefe 

 have been introduced, and become 

 common, the other Sorts have been 

 rejected, unlefs in fome old Gar- 

 dens, or for large Wildernefs-quar- 

 ters, where they will grow better 

 than the two laft-mentioned. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which mould be 

 (own in Pots or Tubs of frefli light 

 Earth foon after they are ripe : thefe 

 Tubs mould be placed where, they 

 may enjoy the morning. Sun until 

 Eleven o'Clock, in which Pofition 

 thev Ihould remain until Oflober ; 

 at which time they muft be removed 

 where they may have the full Sun 

 during the Winter-feafon, and the 

 March following the young Plants 

 will begin to appear ; when the 

 Boxes or Pots fliould have a little 

 fine Earth fifted over the Surface of 

 the Ground, and be removed again 

 where they may have only the morn- 

 ing Sun ; obferving, during the time 

 of their Growth, to refreflithem with 

 Water in dry Weather, as alfo tq 

 keep them clear from Weeds. 



The Michaelmas following, if the 

 Plants are very thick in the Pots or 



