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greatly reflexed, commonly called 

 Coraliine. 



20. Hyacinthus Orientalis > 

 Jlore plenijjimo eandidijjimo, in fundo 

 oris rofeo. Boerb. lad. Oriental Ja- 

 cinth, with a very double pure 

 white Flower, and the Bottom of 

 the Rim of a Rofe-colour, com- 

 .xnonly call'd The Queen of Flowers. 



21. HyaC!N>thus Orient ali s , 

 Jlore plenijjimo candidijjimo, petalis 

 angujiisy & magis acutis. Oriental 

 Jacinth, with a very double pure 

 white Flower, with narrow fharp- 

 pointed Petals, commonly called 

 The King of Flowers. 



22. Hyacinthus Orient alls , 

 Jlore plenijjimo candidijjimo toto, cla-uo 

 eanico, petalis maxime refiexis, caule 



Jlore maxitnis. Boerh. Ind. Orien- 

 tal Jacinth, with a very double 

 white Flower, and the Petals very 

 much reflexed, and large Stalks and 

 Flowers, commonly called Kaijart, 

 v. hue Jewel. 



23. Hyacinthus Orient r.lis , 

 Jlore plenijjimo Candida cameo, lituris 

 rubeliis, cla'vo bre<viJJimo crajjijjtnr', 

 Bo r rh.lr.d. Oriental Jacinth, with dou- 

 ble white Flowers iireak'd with Red, 

 commonly calPdThe Princefs Royal. 



Befides thefe here mentioned, there 

 are a great Variety of fine double 

 Hyacinths, with beautiful variegated 

 Flowers, moil of which have Names 

 impofed on them according to the 

 Fancy of their Owners ; and ibme 

 of thefe are highly eileemed by the 

 Florifts in Holland, where, accord- 

 ing to their printed Catalogues, they 

 have many Flowers which are valu- 

 ed at five, fix, feven, eight, or ten 

 Pounds per Root : but as thefe are 

 Varieties which have been obtained 

 from Seeds, the Number of them 

 is continually increas'd where Peo- 

 ple conliantly few of their Seeds; 

 and thofe new Flowers which are 

 rais'd, if they are large, beautiful, 



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and very double, will always oe 

 much valu'd at firft, until there" 

 has been a good Number of Roots 

 obtained from them; after which 

 they conftantly decreafe in their Va « 

 lue according to their Plenty i But 

 to enumerate all the Sorts that arc 

 now printed in the Dutch Cata- 

 logues, would be to no Purpofe in 

 this Place : therefore I mall proceed J 

 to their Culture. 



The firft of thefe Species is a Na-1 

 tive of England, growing in Woods/I 

 and under Hedges, in divers Parts, I 

 but efpecially near London. The two J 

 next-mentioned are Varieties which! 

 have been accidentally obtained from I 

 thefirft, from which they differ only I 

 in the Colour of their Flowers. The I 

 twenty next-mentioned are all of 

 them Varieties of the Oriental Hy- 

 acinths, which were originally 

 brought from Ajla\ but by the Jn- 

 duftry of the Florifts in Holland and 

 Flanders, they have been fo much 

 improv'd, as to become one of the 

 moil ornamental Flowers of the 

 Spring : and as they continue fow- 

 ing Seeds annually of thefe Flowers* . 

 they not only increafe the Numbers 

 of their Flowers, but have yearly 

 fome extraordinary Beauties appear ; 

 which are, according to their Stature, 

 Figure, and other Properties, highly 

 efteem'd ; and are fometimes bought, 

 at a very great Expence, by the cu- 

 rious Delighters in thefe Beauties. 



All the different Sorts of Hya- 

 cinths are propagated by Seeds of 

 Off-fets from the old Bulbs : the 

 former Method has been but little 

 pradlifed in England till very lately ; 

 but in Holland and Flavdtrs it hath 

 been followed for many Years, where- 

 by they have obtain'd a very great 

 Variety of the moft beautiful Flow- 

 ers cf this Kind ; and it is owing to 

 the Induftry of the Florifts in thofe 

 Countries, that the Lovers and De- 

 lighten > 



