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Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seed, which mould be fown the Be- 

 ginning of March, in a warm dry 

 Border of frefh, but lean Earth ; 

 for they will not live long in a moift 

 rich Soil. When the Plants come 

 up, they mull be carefully cleared 

 from Weeds ; as they grow large, 

 they fnould be thinned and tranf- 

 planted out in warm Borders, leav- 

 ing the Plants, which are defigned to 

 remain, about two Feet afunder, 

 that they may have room to fpread. 

 After this there is no other Culture 

 required, but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds; and in two Years they 

 will produce their Flowers, when 

 they will make a fine Appearance 

 lamongfl: other hardy Flowers in the 

 iPleafure-garden : but thefe Plants 

 rarely perfect Seeds in this Country ? 

 i which is the Cafe of feveral Other 

 ipf the headed Plants ; for if the 

 iSeafon mould prove moift at the 

 [time when tho Plants are in Flower, 

 the Wet foaks into the Empalement 

 where the Embryoes of the Seed are 

 lodged, which prevents their ripen- 

 ing, and caufes them to rot; fo that 

 the Seeds muft be procured from 

 Abroad. 



Thefe Plants are apt to (hoot their 

 Roots very deep into the Ground, 

 which renders it very difficult to 

 tranfplant them with Safety, efpe- 

 cially after they are grown to any 

 Size : therefore it will be proper to 

 permit mod of th^ Plants to remain 

 in the Piace where they were fown ; 

 and fuch of them as are removed, 

 fhould be tranfplanted the Autumn 

 ! following their coming up. If thefe 

 are fown upon a ihallow Ground, 

 where there is a gravelly Bottom, 

 ! they will fucceed better than in a 

 iricn deep Soil, where the Roots 

 | frequently run fo deep into the 

 ; Ground, as to be rotted in Winter 

 Pby Moiiture. 



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HjEM ANTHUS, Blood- 

 flower. 

 The Characlers are ; 

 The Empalement of the Flower is 

 large, compofed of fix oblong laa*vts % 

 which grow in form of an Umbel, 

 and do not fall off : the Flower is of 

 one Leaf which is cut into fix Jlender 

 Parts at the T op ; but the Bottom is 

 tubulous and angular : in the Centre 

 if each Flower is fituated the oblong 

 Poinlal, attended by fix Stamina, 

 which are. inferted at their Bafe into 

 the Petals of the Flower, but are 

 firetched out much longer at the Top : 

 the Paintal afterward changes to ct 

 roundijh Birry, having three Cells t 

 each containing one triangular Seed. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. H^mamthus foliis lingua- 

 formibus. Flor. Leyd. Blood flower, 

 or /Ifrican Tulip, *vulgo. 



z. H.emanthus foliis lanceolatis . 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Blood-flower with 

 fpear-lhaped Leaves. 



Thefe Plants were brought from 

 the Cope of G od Hope to the curious 

 Gardens in Holland - % where the firft 

 Sort has been long an Inhabitant. 

 This has been well figured in iome 

 of the old Her'als, and Books of 

 Flowers : in fome of thefe Books 

 it is called a Lily, in others Liljo- 

 narciffus, and Narciffus Indicus ; and 

 by one Author 'Tulipa Promontorii 

 Bonre Spei, i. e. Tulip of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Of this Sort the 

 Gardeners in Holland make two or 

 three Varieties, which they diftin- 

 guifh by the Shape of their bulbous 

 Roots ; but they are not diitincl: 

 Species. This Sort is only propa- 

 gated 



