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Tourn. Dwarf Flower-de-luce, with 

 a redifh Flower. 



46. Iris burnt/is, fiore pallida C5* 

 albo. Tow n. Dwarf Flower-de-luce, 

 with a pale and white Flower. 



47. Iris humilis,flore luteo. Tourn. 

 Dvvarf yellow Flower-de-luce. 



48. Iris hi/ mi lis, flore pv Hide lu- 

 teo. Tourn. Dwarf Flower-de-luce, 

 with a pale yellow Flower. 



49. Iris humilis fax a tilts G al- 

 lien. Tourn. Dwarf Rock Flower- 

 de-luce of France. 



50. Iris hu?nilis lati folia major 

 acaulis. Town. Greater broad-leav'd 

 dwarf Flower-de-luce, without a 

 Stalk. 



51. Iris Americana verficolor, 

 Jlylo non crenato. Hort. Elth. Party - 

 coloured American Flower-de-luce, 

 whofe Style is not crenated. 



.52. Iris Americana <verficolor, 

 jlylo crenato. Hort. Elth. Party - 

 coloured American Flower-de-luce, 

 with an indented Style. 



53. Iris Virginiana pumila, Jive 

 Chamcsiris vema angujlifiolia, fiore 

 purpuro - ccerulco odorato. Ban'tji. 

 Dwarf narrow-leav'd Spring Flow- 

 er-de-luce of Virginia, with a purple- 

 blue fweet fmelling Flower. 



54. Iris Virginiana pumila, five 

 Cham&iris <verna odoratifilma latifo- 

 lia caerulea repens. Banijl. The moil 

 fweet- fcented dwarf Spring Flower- 

 de-luce of Virginia, with broad 

 Leaves, and a blue Flower. 



Moibof thefe Sorts have been in- 

 troduced into curious Gardens, from 

 Germany, > : pain, and the Levant, 

 which are the Countries of their na- 

 tural Growth. All thefe are hardy 

 Plants, which will thrive in the open 

 Air in this Climate, and require 

 very little Care to cultivate them : 

 but as they afford a great Variety, 

 and continue long in Flower (efpe- 

 cially in a fhady Situation), they 

 merit a Place in every large Gar- 



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den. Thefe Sorts ufually grow 

 from two to four Feet high,- in a 

 good Soil ; therefore mould be plac'd 

 amongft hardy Flowers of the fame 

 Growth. 



The twelfth, thirty-fifth, thirty- 

 fixrh, and thirty-feventh Sorts are of 

 lower Growth than either of the 

 former; thefe feldom rife above a 

 Foot high, but have Leaves as broad 

 as thofe before-mentioned ; but not 

 fpreading fo fan by their Roots, do 

 not require fp much room. Thefe 

 Sorts flower earlier in the Spring, 

 than the tall-growing Kinds ; there- 

 fore, if fome of thefe Roots are 

 planted in a warm Situation, their 

 Flowers will appear in March-, and 

 thofe which have an Eaft Expofure, 

 will fucceed thefe ; fo that fome of 

 them may be continued near two 

 Months in Beauty. 



The feventeenth, thirty-eighth, 

 and thirty-ninth Sorts grow wild in 

 marmy Places in feveral Parts of 

 England; but the thirty-eighth is 

 much more common than the others, 

 which is found in Handing Waters 

 and Ditches almoft every-where. 

 The Roots of this Sort are ufed in 

 Medicine, under the Title of Acorus 

 adult erinus, or falfe Acorus. Thefe 

 two Sorts, being very common, are 

 feldom admitted into Gardens; but 

 where there happens a Bog, or any 

 low moift Place, in a Garden, fome 

 of them may be planted for Variety- 

 fake. 



The fortieth Sort grows wild in 

 moift Meadows in Trance and Ger- 

 many ; but is not a Native of this 

 Country. This Sort has narrow 

 Leaves, and is a much lefs Plant 

 than either of the former ; therefore 

 may be allowed a Place in mady 

 moift Borders for the fake of Varie- 

 ty, being a very hardy Plant, and re- 

 quiring very little Care to cultivate. 



The thirteenth, fourteenth, fif- 

 teenth. 



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