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quired Strength, they will refift the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters, pro- 

 vided they are planted in a {helter'd 

 Situation ; but as they are liable to 

 be killed by fevere Froft, it will be 

 proper to have fome Plants fhelter'd 

 to preferve the Kind. When the 

 Plants are kept in a Green-houfe, 

 they generally retain their Leaves 

 till the Spring ; but thofe which are 

 expofed to the open Air, always Ihed 

 their Leaves in Autumn. As thefe 

 Plants do not produce Seeds in this 

 Country, the only Method of pro- 

 pagating them is by Layers, which 

 ihould be laid in the Autumn ; and 

 if they are duly fupplied with Wa- 

 ter the following Summer, they wall 

 have made good Roots by Michael- 

 mas ; and they may be then taken 

 off, and tranfplanted, either into 

 Pots to be (heltered in Winter, or in 

 Borders where they are defign'd to 

 remain ; but' thefe mould have Mulch 

 laid about their Roots in Winter, to 

 preferve them from the Froft. The 

 Plants which are thus propagated, 

 will be hardier than thofe which are 

 raifed from Seed?, fo may be better 

 inured to our Climate ; and as this 

 Plant grows in Virginia, the Seeds 

 brought from thence will be better 

 adapted to this Country, than thofe 

 which are brought from South-Ca- 

 rolina. 



JONQUIL. Tidk Narciffus. 



IRIS, Flower-de-luce. 

 The CharaBers are \ 



It hath an oblong fifty creeping 

 Root : the Flower ccnfifs cf fix 

 Leaves, three of which are bifid, and 

 fiand erecl ; the other three are rtfiex- 

 ed: upon the Under -part cf the arched 

 Leaves is placed a Congeries of Hairs 

 refembling a Beard: from the very 

 Bottom arife the Male Stamina, care- 

 fully defended by an bellow Cafe of 

 Petals : the Flower grows to the 

 Apex of the Ovary, which fends forth 



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thefe Beards and cafe- like Tubes ; and 

 hence it appears like a nine-leaved 

 Flower. 



The Species are ; 



1. Iris purpurea, five vulgaris . 

 Park. Par. Common purple Flow- 

 er-de-luce. 



2. Iris hortenfis pallide coerulea. 

 C. B. Pale-blue Garden Flower- 

 de-luce. 



3. Iris hortenfis alba Germanic a. 

 C. B. White Garden German Flow- 

 er-de-luce. 



4. Iris alba Florentina. C. B. 

 White Florentine Flower-de-luce. 



Iris Dalmatica my or. C.B. 

 Greater Flower-de-luce of Dalmatian 



6. Ir.15 Sufi v.a, fiore maximo ex 

 albo nigricante. C. B. The Cbalcedo- 

 nian Iris, with a large black-and- 

 white Flower. 



7. Iris I at i folia Pannonica, colore 

 multiplici. C. B. Broad-leav'd Hun- 

 garian Flower-de-luce, with a many- 

 colour'd Flower. 



8. Iris Illyn'ca, fiore mnjore. 

 Tourn. Flower-de-luce of Illyricum, 

 with a large Flower. 



9. Iris fativa lutea. C. B. P. 

 Yellow Garden Flower-de-luce 



10. Iri3 lutea variegata. Cluf 

 Yellow variegated Flower-de-luce. 



11. Iris lati folia Candida, purpu- 

 reis venis difiincla. C. B. Broad- 

 leavM Flower-de luce, with a white 

 Flower ftriped with purple. 



12. Iris humilis minor, fiore pur- 

 pureo. Tourn. Dwarf purple Flower- 

 de-luce. 



13. Iris angujii folia maritima 

 majjr. C. B. Greater narrow-leav'd 

 Sea Flower-de-luce. 



14. Iris angufli folia maritima 

 minor. C. B. LeflTer narrow-leav'd 

 Sea Flower-de-luce. 



15. Iris angufi folia minor Pan- 

 nonica, five verf.color Cluf. Small 

 variable narrow-leav'd Flower-de- 

 Lce of Hungary. 



16. Iris 



