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gated by the Roots in Europe ; for 

 it never produces any Seeds. The 

 Seafon for tranfplanting the Bulbs 

 is in M y or June, when the Leaves 

 are decayed, at which time they 

 may be kept out of the Eart . two 

 or three Months without Damage; 

 tho" the fooner they are tranfplanted. 

 the ftronger the Roots will be, and 

 more likely to flower. The Soil 

 in which they muft be planted mould 

 be one half frefli Earth from a 

 Pafture, and a fourth Part rotten 

 Dung, and the o:her Part Sea fand; 

 thefe mould be well mixed two or 

 three Months before ufed, that their 

 Parts may be better incorporated : 

 then you Ihould put a few Stones in 

 the Bottom of each Pot, that the 

 Water may be the eafier drained off ; 

 and afterwards put the Earth into 

 the Pots, planting the Bulbs therein, 

 only fo deep as that their Upper- 

 parts may be juft covered : then 

 place the Pots in a fliady Situation, 

 giving them now-and-then a little 

 Water in very dry Weather ; but 

 you muft obferve, never to let them 

 have too much Moifture, efpecially 

 at the time when they are deflitute 

 of Leaves : in this Situation they 

 may continue until the Latter-end 

 of Augujl, when they muft be re- 

 moved to a warmer Place ; for about 

 that Seafon they will begin to pufh 

 out new Roots : but they may re- 

 main abroad until the Middle or 

 Latter-end of September, at which 

 time they mould be removed into a 

 moderate Stove, where they muft 

 be carefully preferved, obferving 

 frequently to refrefh them with 

 Water; for now their Leaves will 

 appear, and will, in a fhort time, 

 grow to a large Size, if the Roots 

 are ftrong ; but you muft not give 

 them too much Water at once, which 

 will endanger their rotting. The 

 Stove, in which thefe Plants are 



placed mould be kept to new the 

 temperate Heat, as is mark'd on 

 the Botanical Thermometers ; in 

 which they will thrive very well, 

 and if the Bulbs are ftrong, will 

 produce their beautiful Flowers late 

 in Autumn, or in Winter, which 

 renders them very valuable, it being a 

 time when few other Flowers appear. 

 Thefe Roots Ihould not be tranf- 

 planted oftener than every other 

 Year : but the Earth in the Upper- 

 part of the Pots fhould be taken out 

 twice a Year, and fome frefh Earth 

 put in, which will greatly ftrengthen 

 the Roots. 



The Flowers of this Sort generally 

 come up before the green Leaves 

 appear : but thefe Plants feldorn 

 flower in Europe, nor do the Roots 

 propagate much by Orf-fets; for in 

 upward of twenty Year c , which | 

 have had this Plant, it has produced 

 but one Cff-fet, and has flowered 

 but twice in that time ; nor do I 

 find, that it flowers any better in 

 Holland : but they have either a. 

 Method of propagating the Roots, 

 by fpfitting them, or they are fur-, 

 nifhed with Seed^ from abroad ; for 

 in fome Gardens they have plenty of 

 the Ro ts: but altho* this Plant 

 doth not often flower, yet, for the 

 Singularity of the Plant, it may 

 have a Place in the Stove ; for in 

 Winter the green Leaves appear, 

 which are feldom more than two ? 

 thefe are very long and broad, ftiaped 

 like a Tongue, and are reflexed 

 backward., one on each Side, to the 

 Ground ; fo that they fpread over 

 the whole Surface of the Pots in 

 which they grow, and have a dif» 

 ferent Appearance from all the 

 Plants at pre.ent known. 



The fecond Sort was brought from 

 the Cape of Good Hope to the curious 

 Garden of Mr. Eeamont in Holland \ 

 but is now become pretty common 



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