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Years after ; fo that the belt Method 

 to obtain good Seeds is, to plant 

 new Roots every Year for that Pur- 

 pofe: altho' thefe Roots are, by 

 mod Perfons, taken up every Year, 

 yet if the Beds are well prepared for 

 them, they may remain two Years 

 in the Ground unremoved j and the 

 Roots will flower ftrongerthe fecond 

 Year than the firrt : but thofe Per- 

 fons who cultivate them for Sale, do 

 every Year take up their Roots 

 which are large and faleable; but 

 the Off-fets, and fmall Roots, they 

 ufually leave two Years in the 

 Ground. 



The common Englijb Hyacinths 

 are very hardy Plants, as are fome 

 of the fingle blue and white Oriental 

 Sorts, and increafe very faft by Off- 

 fets from the old Roots ; fo that it 

 is hardly worth while to propagate 

 them by Seeds, efpecially fince it 

 can fcarcely be expected to receive 

 any great Varieties from them. 

 Thefe Flowers, tho* common, are 

 very pretty Ornaments in the Bor- 

 ders of the Flower garden, where 

 being intermixed with other bulb- 

 ous-rooted Flowers, they add to 

 the Variety, and continue the Suc- 

 celhon of Flowers a long time in the 

 Spring ; and as they are very hardy, 

 and only require to be tranfplanted 

 every other Year, they are worthy 

 of room in every good Garden. 



I (hall in this Place mention two 

 or three Species of Hyacinth, which 

 have been lately introduced into the 

 Englijb Gardens from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Thefe have been figured 

 by Dr. Breynius in his Prodromus : 

 fo I fhall infert them by the Names 

 there given to them ; tho', by their 

 Characters, they might be fcparated 

 from this Genus. 



I. Hyacinth us orchioides Afri- 

 cant$s major biftlius, Jlore carrx/eo 

 triors. Bret*, prod, u, 72, 



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Greater two^leavM African Hya- 

 cinth, fhaped like the Orchis, with 

 a large blue Fiower. 



2 Htacinthus orchioides Afri- 

 canus major bifolius maculatus, Jlore 

 fidphureo objolete mnjore. Breyn. 

 prod. 2. p. 72. Greater African Hya- 

 cinth, with two fpotted Leaves, and 

 a large worn-out fulphur- coloured 

 Flower. 



3.HYACINTHUS orchioides aphyl- 

 lus ferpentarius major. C. B.P. Great- 

 er ferpcnt-like Hyacinth, without 

 Leaves. 



Thefe Plants are too tender to 

 thrive in the open Air in England ; 

 fo mult be planted in Pots filled with 

 light rich Earth : and in Winter 

 they mult be placed in a good Green- 

 houfe, or in a Stove, which is kept 

 in a very moderate Heat ; if in the 

 latter, the Plants will require to be 

 oftener watered ; becaufe the Heat- 

 will caufe them to perfpire more, and 

 the Earth in the Pots will dry falter 

 than thofe placed in theGrecn-houfe. 



The Leaves of thefe Plants appear 

 about Michaelmas, and grow about 

 feven or eight Inches high ; and in 

 February the Flowers appear, which 

 grow without Pedicles, clofe to the 

 Stalk ; this riles about fix Inches 

 high. There is no great Beauty in 

 thefe Flowers ; but as they appear 

 at a Seafon, when there is a Scarcity 

 of other Flowers, they may be al 

 lowed to have a Place. The Leave; 

 and Flowers decay in May, and thi 

 Pots may then be placed abroad 

 but during the Summer, that th 

 Roots are inactive, they mould hav 

 very little Water given them. Th 

 time for tranfplanting of thele Roo 

 is in July, before they begin to pi 

 out freih Fibres. 



The Seeds of the two firft Sorts 

 received from Dr. Job Bajler, F. I 

 S. of Zurikzee in Holland ; and 

 •ne Year the Roots produced Floi 



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